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Mark Elf: Liftoff
by Terrell Kent Holmes
John Coltrane's “Countdown, like Hemingway's “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, is a brief, emotional and enduring classic. Guitarist Mark Elf makes this tune the heart of Liftoff. Elf, who played last month at Flushing Town Hall with bassist Essiet Essiet and drummer Quincy Davis, was an exuberant performer who scatted along with his solos on up-tempo tunes, ...
Don Moore
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Bassist Don Moore was the pulse of numerous avant-garde jazz bands, collaborating with such luminaries as Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Jackie McLean, and Elvin Jones to create cutting-edge music that defined an era. In addition to his recording and touring, Moore also co-founded Collective Black Artists, an organization whose goal was to help ...
Vincent Gardner Quintet: Elbow Room
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Trombonist Vincent Gardner, an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, makes an impressive debut as a leader on Elbow Room, a balanced mix of standards and challenging originals. Joining him in his quintet are saxophonist Walter Blanding, pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Greg Williams and drummer Quincy Davis. The band gets off to ...
Lou Donaldson: The Artist Selects
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Alto sax master Lou Donaldson's entry to the Blue Note Artist Selects series includes a blend of originals and standards, with Hall of Fame lineups from various eras. Listening to this music, one can map the evolution of jazz in the context of his development as a musician. Donaldson's first words on the ...
Bobo Stenson/Anders Jormin/Paul Motian: Goodbye
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The title of this release has a type of finality to it, especially considering the somberness of the tunes therein. This is meticulously crafted jazz, atmospheric and full of spare landscapes. Pianist Bobo Stenson, bassist Anders Jormin and the wonderfully restless drummer Paul Motian play with imagination and economy, Stenson with a facility and tenderness that ...
Ras Deshen: Ras Deshen: From Ethiopian Music to Contemporary Jazz
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Given the considerable number of African Jews living in Ethiopia, it makes perfect cultural sense for Israeli pianist Yitzhak Yedid to team up with Ethiopian sax man and vocalist Abatte Barihun to explore the music of Ethiopia on Ras Deshen, a work which mines the common musical ground shared by their countries. Yedid and Abatte performed ...
Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit: Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit takes free playing to its outer limits on this self-titled release, improvising the tunes in the studio and letting everyone's collective musical instincts work toward creating a coherent whole. Because the tunes were improvised during recording, the disc sounds closer to a live performance than a studio session, underscoring the concept.
Gene Ludwig: Live in Las Vegas
by Terrell Kent Holmes
When Hammond B-3 maestro Gene Ludwig performed recently at JALC's tribute to fellow Pittsburgh native Stanley Turrentine, his playing was certainly up to the occasion. Unfortunately, the sound system at the Allen Room wasn't. On certain notes the organ faded out or crackled like poor radio reception. These audio problems might have diminished Ludwig's performance, but ...
Bill Stewart: Keynote Speakers; Larry Goldings: Quartet
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Bill Stewart Trio Keynote Speakers Bill Stewart Music 2006 The trio of instruments on Keynote Speakers is quite unconventional, with keyboardists Larry Goldings and Kevin Hays bookending Bill Stewart's drums. On the opening tune, “Good Goat, Goldings sprints on the Hammond and Hays grooves on the electric piano ...
Billy Bang: Sweet Space / Untitled Gift
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Violinist Billy Bang has reissued two of his earlier albums on CD for the first time--Sweet Space, a live album from 1979, and Untitled Gift, a 1982 studio set. Both discs have lineups including luminaries like Frank Lowe and Don Cherry. The free structure and embrace of atonality give this music its kick. ...
