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Vision Festival Vol. 3 CD/DVD/Book
by Tom Greenland
Various Artists Vision Vol. 3 (CD + DVD) Arts for Art / AUM Fidelity 2005 Are they the stepchildren of the underdog? Avant-guardian angels? 20-20 visionaries? Dancer/vocalist Patricia Nicholson, bassist William Parker, and friends are up to something, and they've been up to it for quite some time, bringing avant-jazz ...
Peter Bernstein Trio: Live at Smoke
by Tom Greenland
Peter Bernstein Trio Live at Smoke Mel Bay Records 2005 Peter Bernstein is the ultimate guitar anti-hero. Without the usual prestidigitation and pyrotechnics of his ilk, without an incessant impulse to chart new stylistic frontiers, Bernstein is nevertheless a guitarist's guitarist and a musician's musician. On his first DVD release, ...
Sedric Choukroun: In the Parlor
by Tom Greenland
Sedric Choukroun is one of New York's hidden treasures, a soulful man who speaks through his horn with gentle authority. An immigrant of French-Algerian heritage, Choukroun has been a central figure at Marjorie Eliot's intimate Parlor Entertainment, where an extended “family" gathers in her Harlem apartment every Sunday to enjoy a uniquely hospitable concert environment.
Kenny Barron Trio: The Perfect Set: Live at Bradley's II
by Tom Greenland
In the Middle East, “tarab," a state of musical and spiritual ecstasy, is produced and maintained when a creative feedback loop is established between performers and listeners. The transformation is dependent not only on the skilled artisans, but on the environment created by the musically initiated audience. In jazz, people and place are equally important: Bradley's, ...
The Motion Trio: Pictures from the Street; Play Station
by Tom Greenland
"We are peasants somehow...we grew up in small towns, writes Janusz Wojtarowicz in the liner notes of Pictures from the Street, the Motion Trio's debut CD. Don't be fooled. These three squeeze-box Bachs are all conservatory trained virtuosos who are going boldly where no accordionists have gone before. Playing custom-built, extended range Piginis--"the Rolls-Royce of accordions, ...
Jeremy Pelt: Identity
by Tom Greenland
Jeremy Pelt is a man in search of himself and a sonic identity that will enshrine him in the pantheon of trumpet greats. For the young lions and lionesses of jazz, this is a daunting task, given the hordes of spirits-of-jam-sessions-past that haunt the hallowed halls of jazzdom. Certainly Pelt is a contender: his tone and ...
Hilary Noble & Rebecca Cline: Enclave
by Tom Greenland
Ever since the arrival of Machito and Mario Bauza in Spanish Harlem in the '30s, New York has been a hotbed of Latin jazz activism, a vital corner of an artistic triangle cross-pollinated by African and Cuban cultures. Saxophonist/conguero Hilary Noble and pianist Rebecca Cline might not be the original mambo king and queen, but with ...
Jason Lindner: Live/UK
by Tom Greenland
Jazz people like to catch a buzz. Used to be you could grab a quick six-pack and duck into Smalls, a Greenwich Village venue run by Mitch Borden that literally hummed with world class talent-deserving-of-wider-recognition. Amidst this beehive of activity, Jason Lindner was always a contender, and New Yorkers in-the-know knew it was only a matter ...
The Claudia Quintet: Semi-Formal
by Tom Greenland
Painter Georges Seurat, the inventor of pointillism, believed that small, discrete units of color could be effectively juxtaposed to interact in complex yet clarifying ways. John Hollenbeck, drummer and maestromind behind the Claudia Quintet's third release, Semi-Formal, seems to employ a similar modus operandi in his innovative compositional techniques. Writing for a quintet of sonically similar ...
Gene Ess: Sandbox and Sanctum
by Tom Greenland
Guitarist Gene Ess' third effort as a leader is a noteworthy departure from his sophomore release (Sunrise Falling, Amp Records 2003) in significant ways: while the earlier work straddled rock and fusion-jazz sensibilities, forefronting groove and melody with looped electronica and digital pastiche, the latest is leaner, cleaner, and full straight-ahead, underscoring the guitarist's impeccable tone ...
