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Paul Motian Trio 2000 + 1: On Broadway, Vol. 4: Or The Paradox of Continuity
by Tom Greenland
Remember the Push-Me-Pull-You, the two-headed llama from Dr. Dolittle? Like Hugh Lofting's imaginary beast, the latest effort from Paul Motian (cum Trio 2000 + One) seems to be heading in several directions at once. Like the previous three recordings in the On Broadway series, it features “standards from the Great White Way in a relatively understated ...
Joe Lovano: Streams of Expression
by Tom Greenland
Joe Lovano never fails to create an impression. Streams of Expression, his eighteenth release for Blue Note, is a suite-within-a-suite that honors and signifies upon a considerable amount of jazz history--cool, modal, avant, bop--with authority and individuality. The centerpiece of the album is the “Birth of the Cool Suite," a tribute to the chamber jazz outings ...
Uri Caine / Bedrock: Shelf-Life
by Tom Greenland
Shelf-Life, Uri Caine's seventeenth release as a leader (his thirteenth for Winter & Winter) is a continuation of the pianist/composer's earlier collaborations with drummer Zach Danziger and bassist Tim Lefebvre, particularly 2002's Bedrock. A departure from his highly individualistic reworkings of classical composers such as Mahler, Wagner, Schumann, Bach, and Beethoven, this disc recalls the Philly ...
Pete McCann: Most Folks
by Tom Greenland
Along with a prestigious career as a flexibly eclectic sideman, guitarist Pete McCann has released his third effort as a leader, Most Folks, an impressive outing showcasing his considerable chops and tuneful craftsmanship, backed by Mark Ferber (drums), John Herbert (bass), Mike Holober (piano) and John O'Gallagher (alto and tenor saxophones). The recording boasts compelling original ...
Donny McCaslin: Give & Go
by Tom Greenland
Proust, Faulkner and Joyce: all wrote in protracted sentences that challenge the reader's mettle. Donny McCaslin is one such improviser, creating melodic lines that seem to stretch out and out and out, yet, through rigorous internal logic, never lose the thread of the narrative nor rankle the listener with overblown verbosity. Give and ...
Shot x Shot: Shot x Shot
by Tom Greenland
Shot x Shot is a group of four young musicians from Philadelphia--Bryan Roger (tenor sax), Dan Capecchi (drums), Dan Scofield (alto sax) and Matt Engle (bass)--who play with a free-roaming, exploratory spirit coupled to a precociously mature sense of pacing and restraint. Recorded in St. Mary's Church, this self-titled disc emits an ethereal ambiance, from the ...
Ras Moshe: Live Spirits, Vols. 3 & 4
by Tom Greenland
Ras Moshe Live Spirits Vol. 3 Utech Records 2006 Ras Moshe Live Spirits Vol. 4 Utech Records 2006 Ras Moshe is a well known denizen of NYC's ...
Ned Rothenberg: El Nino and The Fell Clutch
by Tom Greenland
Ned Rothenberg, Matthias Ziegler, Peter Schmid El Nino Creative Works 2006 Ned Rothenberg, Tony Buck, Stomu Takeishi, Dave Tronzo The Fell Clutch Animul 2006 “Unvorherhorbar," Meinrad Buholzer ...
Matana Roberts: Lines For Lacy and The Calling
by Tom Greenland
Matana Roberts Lines for Lacy Self-Published 2006 Matana Roberts The Calling Utech 2006 The sound of Matana Roberts' alto sax spans jazz her-story, from its roots in ...
John Tchicai Trio: Good Night Songs
by Tom Greenland
The cryptic ideographs on the cover are suggestive: Good Night Song is like a Japanese haiku or Zen painting that--through economy of means, suggestion, emptiness and space--says more with less. Sans drums and bass, the trio features the leader on tenor, bass clarinet, and vocals; Charlie Kohlhase on tenor, alto, and baritone saxophones; and Garrison Fewell ...
