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Joe Farnsworth: It's Prime Time
by Terrell Kent Holmes
It's Prime Time , by drummer Joe Farnsworth, is an inspired blend of past and present, with a lineup of young lions roaring in the presence of several pantheon-dwelling vets. Their combined talents give this disc, a nod to the hard bop period of the '50s and '60s, a sound that is at once nostalgic and ...
Montreal Jazz Festival 2004: Week 2
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Coverage: Week 1 | Week 2 July 7 | July 8 | July 9 | July 10 | July 11 Although the center of the Montréal Jazz Festival was situated in a specially bordered downtown area, it was clear that the spirit of jazz had permeated the entire city. The music was everywhere, whether it ...
Bob Cunningham: Walking Bass
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Didja hear? Bobby C's back in town! Actually, bassist Bob Cunningham has always been around, but his first and only album as a leader, Walking Bass , has been released for the first time on CD. Originally recorded in 1985, it features the late, great Bross Townsend on piano and Melvin Sparks (Hassan) on guitar, with ...
The Bad Plus and Good For Cows
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The Bad Plus Give Sony-Columbia 2004 The Bad Plus, jazz's ground breaking trio, have followed up their acclaimed release These Are the Vistas with Give , a disc that reaffirms the band's intentions to do nothing conventional, and to shift the music's landscape. The format of the disc is similar: ...
Ari Hoenig: The Painter
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Drummer Ari Hoenig has just released The Painter , an octet of songs recorded either live or in closed session at Fat Cat, the phoenix from the ashes of what had been the legendary Greenwich Village club Smalls, which shut its doors last year.The bulk of the songs are composed by Hoenig, but a dazzling version ...
Bob Cunningham
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Bassist Bob Cunningham is another example of a talented, underrated and uderappreciated musician. Born in Cleveland in 1934, Cunningham arrived in New York in 1960, hit the ground running and hasn’t stopped, appearing on countless recordings and gigging with all time greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Sun Ra, Abbey Lincoln and Yusef Lateef. His ...
David S. Ware: Threads
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Tenor sax giant David S. Ware, a prominent disciple in the religion of free jazz, has managed to pull off an impressive feat: he stays out of the way while making his presence felt. On Threads, it's almost as though Ware is a guest star on his own session. This is because he has placed the ...
Jeff "Tain" Watts: Megawatts
by Terrell Kent Holmes
These days, the appearance of a “lost" jazz disc usually means that an old disc is being reissued with perhaps a few alternate takes and new artwork. It's rare when a work appears that is not only brand new but exciting. Such is the case with Megawatts, the first recording as a leader by drummer Jeff ...
Orrin Evans/The Band: Live at Widener University
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Live At Widener University, a two-disc set by The Band, led by pianist and educator Orrin Evans, exemplifies cohesiveness, and shows just how exciting jazz can be when a gathering of stellar musicians step up to the plate and knock it out of the park. “Two Faces of Nasheet," composed by drummer Nasheet Waits' ...
Mick Rossi/Russ Johnson: New Math
by Terrell Kent Holmes
On New Math trumpeter Russ Johnson and pianist/flutist/percussionist Mick Rossi expand the limits of improvisation and invention. Their duets are musical poetry slams, a blueprint for performance jazz, with three-digit numbers identifying the songs on this envelope-shredding disc. “2.70” begins with a wailing trumpet salvo from Johnson that sounds like a Dixieland ululation, with Rossi’s piano ...
