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Triple-Star Piano Trios: Gordon Beck, Greg Burk & Yaron Herman
by Tom Greenland
Gordon Beck Trio Appleby Blues Art of Life 2007 Greg Burk Ivy Trio 482 Music 2007 Yaron Herman Trio A Time for Everything Laborie 2007
Chris Speed: Playing For The Team
by Tom Greenland
Human Feel Galore Skirl 2007 Chris Speed has been perking up audience ears since the early 1990s, when he and a talented coterie of Boston music students descended on Manhattan to test their mettle in the downtown scene. One of the important outgrowths of this camaraderie was Human ...
Paul Bollenback: Invocation
by Tom Greenland
Journeyman guitarist Paul Bollenback's Invocation is just that: a shout-out and a summoning forth of the muses, representing a high point in a consistent and substantial oeuvre. This sophomore release for Elefant Dreams is a departure from the guitarist's R&B cover-heavy material found on several of his five earlier recordings for Challenge. Like Brightness of Being ...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Classic Black Classical Musician
by Tom Greenland
As the thirtieth anniversary of his passing (Dec. 5th, 1977) approaches, Rahsaan Roland Kirk remains a palpable presence and pervading influence, musically and personally. A complex man of seemingly paradoxical traits, he was a childlike prankster with old-soul wisdom, a self-touting egoist who humbly honored his musical forefathers, a tradition-bound futuristic pioneer, a highly combative man ...
Sacks/Opsvik/Maneri/Motian: Two Miles a Day
by Tom Greenland
Two Miles A Day is a recording date spearheaded by 'newbie' composer/performers Jacob Sacks (piano) and Eivind Opsvik (bass), ably abetted by downtown newjack-of-all-trades Mat Maneri (viola and violin) and interactive maestro Paul Motian (drums). An outing of structured volatility, it features the compositions of the co-leaders, rough templates for group interactivity and exploration.
Freddie Hubbard: Super Blue
by Tom Greenland
Freddie Hubbard's Super Blue, finally available on CD, is a minor classic--overlooked, perhaps, because it lies in the long shadow of the titan trumpeter's earlier output, or because it was recorded in the middle of a lackluster phase at Columbia. But Blue is a late-summer sleeper. Reassembling some of the best talent from ...
Maria Schneider: Raising the Bar
by Tom Greenland
Maria Schneider, one of the most innovative big band composer/arrangers of the past two decades, is on a roll--in an era of declining record sales and rising recording costs, she is flying high. Sky Blue (2007), her second release through ArtistShare, has garnered considerable accolades; largely fan-funded, the album is not only an artistic triumph but ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Red Earth: A Malian Journey
by Tom Greenland
Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater walks in with considerable credentials, including a hit list of Broadway accolades, an apprenticeship with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and a string of acclaimed straight-ahead albums, but Red Earth: A Malian Journey trumps them all. While world-beat listeners will recognize these grooves, Bridgewater brings her own experiences as an African-American woman ...
Eric Alexander: Five Corners & Temple of Olympic Zeus
by Tom Greenland
Dmitri Kolesnik Five Corners Twinz-Challenge 2007 Eric Alexander The Temple of Olympic Zeus High Note 2007 Originally from the rain-drenched Northwest, Eric Alexander came to New York ...
Jimmy Bruno: Maplewood Avenue & Jazz Hits, Vol. 1
by Tom Greenland
Jimmy Bruno Maplewood Avenue Affiliated Artists 2007 MB3 Jazz Hits, Vol. 1 Mel Bay 2006 Jimmy Bruno, one of the most technically proficient yet stylistically-nuanced hard bop ...
