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Dana Leong Quintet: Leaving New York
by Tom Greenland
"Earth living birth rhythm... it grows and grows, in studios and shows, amassing energy, momentum, it rolls from New York to the whole globe. These words, excerpted from Baba Isarael's “Poem, the opening cut on cellist/trombonist Dana Leong's debut recording Leaving New York, aptly foreshadow the music to follow: an effervescent, ebullient explosion of jazz energy. ...
Dave Douglas: Rue De Seine & Meaning And Mystery
by Tom Greenland
Dave Douglas, a dynamic improviser, composer, bandleader, stylistic envelope-pusher, and neo-traditionalist without parallel, is one of the sharpest knives on the cutting edge - and he's not resting on his laurels. Two new releases show the trumpeter in top form. Martial Solal/Dave Douglas Rue De Seine CAM Jazz
Bill Frisell: Further East/Further West
by Tom Greenland
Bill Frisell Further East/Further West Nonesuch Records 2005 Bill Frisell is an exceptional musician because he has the ability to mine the usual guitaristic textures without getting caught up in clichés, to unearth original ore in the same old vein. Further East/Further West (available only in download form) is a ...
Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff: The Distance
by Tom Greenland
An elaborative collaboration, The Distance--featuring Chris Gestrin (prepared & unprepared piano), Ben Monder (eclectic guitar), and Dylan van der Schyff (percussion)--is an expansive set, demonstrating the instant and infinite affinity possible when like musical minds meet. Recorded at the 2004 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the CD documents a fast and freely composed concert of chamber jazz. ...
Ben Goldberg Quintet: The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact
by Tom Greenland
Steve Lacy may no longer be here, but he's “hear" these days, a musical spirit living on in many facets and forms. Clarinetist Ben Goldberg's quintet has recorded a loving tribute to Lacy in The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact, a collection of poignant vignettes, interpretations and revitalizations. Goldberg, known for his progressive take ...
Transit: Transit
by Tom Greenland
While improvising musicians thrive on novel combinations of instruments and musical personalities, there is also the sense that close and repeated creative camaraderie fosters group cohesion. Transit, the eponymously titled debut recording from the quartet of drummer Jeff Arnal, bassist Reuben Radding, alto saxophonist Seth Misterka and trumpeter Nate Wooley--all active on the grassroots avant jazz ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa
by Tom Greenland
Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa seems to have his fingers in quite a few pies lately: his quartet, featuring Vijay Iyer on piano, François Moutin on bass and Dan Weiss on drums, will be shortly releasing Code Book (Pi); Raw Materials, his duo with Iyer, also has an upcoming CD (Savoy); MSG, a trio with bassist Ronan ...
Victor Prieto: Persistencia
by Tom Greenland
Originally from Orense, Spain, accordionist Victor Prieto brings old-world charm and a new-fangled approach to jazz. Prieto's debut CD release, Persistencia, featuring Carlo DeRosa on acoustic bass and Allison Miller on trap drums, showcases the leader's unique approach to harmony, melody, and tone, effectively translating the accordionist's unique jazz sensibility via an unusual instrumental vehicle. The ...
Arntzen Family: Arntzen: 3 Generations in Jazz
by Tom Greenland
Following in the family band tradition of “Prof Willis Handy Young (Lester's father) and Ellis Marsalis comes Lloyd Arntzen, a 78-year-old clarinetist/soprano saxophonist/vocalist/songwriter hailing from the hinterlands of Bad Lake, Saskatchewan, the proud patriarch of a dynamic dynasty of musical progeny. Arntzen's sons Tom (piano, vocals) and Leif (trumpet, guitar, vocals) and their sons--Evan (saxophones, clarinet, ...
Yusef Lateef: Roots & Routes
by Tom Greenland
Yusef Lateef is one of the first practitioners of “our music" to embrace “the other", those peoples and cultures far removed geographically and often ideologically from the sounds and sensibilities of North America. A renaissance man for the new millennium, Lateef is a philosopher, organologist, composer/arranger/performer, educator, author and acoustic Argonaut. He'll be in town in ...
