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David "Fathead" Newman: Life
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Even after decades in the music business, it's clear that David “Fathead Newman still has many, many notes left to play. Toward that end Life is a handful of chestnuts on which he displays his formidable triple-threat skills on tenor sax, alto sax and flute. Newman's sultry tenor on “Girl Talk speaks volumes ...
Lionel Loueke: Virgin Forest
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Guitarist/singer Lionel Loueke's Virgin Forest blends West African rhythms with standard jazz idioms, boiling down the music to its soul-catching essentials. Loueke sings and scats in Fon and Mina, languages from Benin and Mali, and his vocals and guitar playing are so seductive that one doesn't need to understand either to be drawn in.
Mamiko Watanabe: One After Another
by Terrell Kent Holmes
With the release of One After Another, add Mamiko Watanabe to the list of talented jazz pianists that have come out of Japan in recent years. Watanabe composed all of the songs on this impressive debut and they show a strong, fully developed hard bop sensibility. Watanabe's composing MO is to start off a song with ...
Jimmy Cobb: Standard-Bearer
by Terrell Kent Holmes
One night in 2006, drummer Jimmy Cobb walked through the foyer of a New York jazz club with a lit stogie jammed coolly between his teeth. Someone standing in line for the next show wondered aloud if smoking was allowed in the club. Another patron waiting nearby figured that anyone who could survive the uncertainties of ...
Turtle Island Quartet: A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The Turtle Island Quartet honors saxophone titan John Coltrane with A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane, putting its distinct signature on tunes written by, inspired by, or associated with Trane in ways that are faithful to the original concepts while giving them new dimensions and depth. Jimmy Garrison's signature four-note bass ...
Frank Morgan: A Night in the Life & Reflections
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Frank Morgan A Night in the Life: Live at the Jazz Standard, Volume 3 HighNote 2007 Frank Morgan Reflections HighNote 2007 The irrepressible alto sax man Frank ...
Kenny Werner: Lawn Chair Society
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Keyboardist Kenny Werner's ambitious work Lawn Chair Society is an amalgam of straight-ahead jazz, R&B and funk, skillfully blending the avant-garde, the accessible and the modernistic. The rush-hour scatting of Dave Douglas' cornet and Chris Potter's bass clarinet on “Lo's Garden and the postmodern “New Amsterdam, featuring Potter's gritty tenor, set the CD's tone. The tight ...
Ari Hoenig: Inversations
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Drummer Ari Hoenig has always created emotionally satisfying and challenging jazz, and his streak continues with Inversations. The bebop classic “Anthropology begins with an interplay between Hoenig on drums and pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, with bassist Johannes Weidenmueller on pizzicato. The trio executes this classic jazz groove to perfection, playing with the tempo and displaying the tune's ...
Piano/Guitar Duos: Anacronics and Quartet
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Sergi Sirvent & Santi Careta Anacronics Fresh Sound-New Talent 2007 Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau Quartet Nonesuch 2007 Anacronics and Quartet are twin discs of different mothers. Each one ...
Jed Levy: Gateway
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Listening to Gateway, by tenor man Jed Levy, is like walking along a familiar street and being pleased by previously unnoticed nuances in the architecture of a building. Levy's tunes are small samples of exploration. With a different number of bars, a key change or a different tempo, Levy takes the listener to unexpected places.
