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Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers: True Stories
by C. Michael Bailey
Jim Thackery, when he was part of the Nighthawks, played the most devastating version of Sonny Boy Williamson’s (Rice Miller) "Nine Below Zero" I have ever heard. Thackery played fast and accurate, without a single wasted note, betraying long nights at the roadhouse. Journeyman is the perfect designation for Thackery: he spent the better part of ...
Geoff Keezer: Sublime: Honoring the Music of Hank Jones
by C. Michael Bailey
Thirty-two-year-old Midwesterner Geoff Keezer was one of the last pianists to work as a part of the Ray Brown Trio. Many writers that I have spoken with feel that he was the quintessential Ray Brown pianist. The late Mr. Brown favored double-fisted orchestral pianists with a jones for the blues but also a strong ballad sensibility. ...
John Pizzarelli Trio: Live at Birdland
by C. Michael Bailey
Live at Birdland is two hours, twelve minutes, and sixteen seconds the finest of the American Musical Art form. The John Pizzarelli Trio celebrated its tenth anniversary at New York City's Birdland club this past year and Telarc was there to capture the festivities. How fortunate we are. Forty-three-year-old John Pizzarelli is jazz royalty. ...
Hiromi: Another Mind
by Dan McClenaghan
Is there any hype out there about pianist Hiromi? There should be--she's a major new talent, brimming with originality and musical joy.From the opening notes of the first trio cut, "XYZ," it's obvious that something special is going on here. Hiromi Uehara has a million stories, and she tells them with all her heart ...
Marcus Miller: The Ozell Tapes
by C. Michael Bailey
Marcus Miller is the Paul Chambers of the electric bass. His recordings possess the same bass- leadership as Mr. PC, reflecting the spirit in the title of one of Chambers’ 1950s Blue Note releases, Bass on Top. Miller mixes a potent brew of originals and modern jazz classics to produce a sumptuously funky meal of what ...
Hiromi: Another Mind
by Phil DiPietro
The bulk of my efforts here have focused on revealing some incredibly talented musicians who operate outside the bounds of the “conventional" music business (read: without benefit of major label clout) due to a plethora of barriers. It's a pleasure to be reporting on a new arrival that exhibits so much talent, so much potential, that ...
Steve Turre: One4J--Paying Homage to J.J. Johnson
by C. Michael Bailey
One4J is the second high profile multi-trombone release this season, after Spirit of the Horn (MCG Jazz, 2003) by Slide Hampton and The World of Trombones. That disc was an implicit hommage to the trombone master J.J. Johnson. This present disc is explicitly dedicated to the Imminent Mr. Johnson, who passed away February 4, 2001. Steve ...
Benny Green and Russell Malone: Jazz at The Bistro
by Mike Perciaccante
Russell Malone can play it all -- rock, pop, country, blues, jazz -- you name it. But as anyone who has heard his recording knows, he's most at home (and comfortable) when he's playing jazz. And we as listeners are rewarded with some of the most beautiful sounds, tones and phrasing possible on the guitar. On ...
Various: Blues for a Rotten Afternoon
by AAJ Staff
From the ain’t nothin’ more authentic dirge of Luther “Guitar Jr." Johnson’s “So Mean to Me" to the barrelhouse cluckin’ of Marty Grebb’s “Hen House," this blatant copy of Joel Dorn’s “Jazz for..." series combines true tales of loss with rather peppy pleas for love, wealth and the other anti-ingredients of the blues. In true blues, ...
Philip Bailey: Soul on Jazz
by AAJ Staff
The voice is unmistakable, as are many of the songs, but it is Earth Wind & Fire’s falsettoed front man’s treatments of standards and contemporary classics that make this album an intriguing and rewarding listen. From a smoothed-out yet still funky take on “Compared to What" to a gospely version of “Nature Boy" and a saxy ...
