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McCoy Tyner: Guitars
by Terrell Kent Holmes
"Music is like a mirror of your soul. You just play and let it all happen." McCoy Tyner says this toward the end of his CD/DVD release Guitars, a meeting with a diverse lineup of guitarists for vibrant interpretations of contemporary tunes and classics. Marc Ribot imbues Tyner's “Passion Dance" with a dynamic ...
Jason Domnarski Trio: Notes From Underground
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Jason Domnarski is obviously a talented pianist, so his new CD Notes From Underground is something of a letdown. He leads his trio through a set of cleverly titled tunes that touch various genres, but middling execution dampens the entire venture. The problem is that most of the tunes are merely average. For ...
Jason Rigby: The Sage
by Terrell Kent Holmes
With The Sage, Jason Rigby has composed an album that’s thought-provoking without being pretentious, accessible without being insubstantial. Rigby is a fine saxophonist who builds coherent ideas gradually without over-emoting, the sign of someone in complete control of his craft. The fluid themes and textures of “Magenta” recall an Ornette Coleman-type of ...
Scott Dubois: Banshees
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Scott Dubois thrives on mercuriality. The guitarist-composer writes and plays with a starkness and moodiness that suits him perfectly, as displayed on Banshees. The shifts of focus and varying tempos make the music as fluid and intriguing as a Dalì painting. Dubois shows off his Metheny-influenced licks on “Mid to the West” ...
Sadao Watanabe: Basie's at Night
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The packed house that greeted Sadao Watanabe at NBew York's Blue Note in August, 2008 was a testament to both his popularity and the rarity of his visits to America. Now in his mid-70s, Watanabe is still an impressive alto sax man who plays with confidence and a heartwarming sentimentality. He was appearing in ...
Miles, Ornette, Cecil
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Miles, Ornette, Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz Howard Mandel Hardcover; 288 pages ISBN: 0415967147 Routledge 2007 The music and personalities of Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor inspired taxis and tropism. Each is endearing, maddening, mercurial, confounding, innovative and timeless. Howard Mandel has written ...
Dave Liebman: Renewal, Depth of Emotion, Music from the KOPAFestival 2006, Vol. 1 & Negative Space
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Dave Liebman/Ellery Eskelin Renewal hatHUT 2008 Depth of Emotion Depth of Emotion World Improvised Music 2008 Various Artists Music from the KOPAfestival 2006, Vol. 1 Kopasetic ...
Ron Carter: New York Reunion, The Next Level & Just Between Friends
by Terrell Kent Holmes
McCoy Tyner New York Reunion Chesky 2007 Ignaz Dinne The Next Level Challenge 2008 Houston Person with Ron Carter Just Between Friends HighNote 2008
George Cables: You Don't Know Me
by Terrell Kent Holmes
When George Cables sat at a bright red Steinway at the Society for Ethical Culture during the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival this past June and played his first notes of the evening, it was immediately clear that his recent illnesses, surgeries and convalescence had not blunted his enviable skills. He played an excellent set that night, ...
Chico Hamilton: It's About Time!
by Terrell Kent Holmes
"It's about time," a common phrase of exasperated relief, has deeper temporal meanings as the title of Chico Hamilton's new CD. Its primary reference is to keeping time on the drums, which Hamilton has done skillfully for over a half-century. Moreover, the drums/bass/guitar trio setup on this disc is the same type he used on his ...
