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Anton Fig: Behind the Band Stand, Part 1
by Ben Scholz
Part 1 | Part 2 It's around 3 o'clock in early January, that melancholy time of year where the day perpetually feels like 7 pm. We're standing on West 53rd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue around the corner from the entrance to The Ed Sullivan Theater. A light haze of snow is falling ...
Saxophonist/Composer Russ Nolan To Release "Call It What You Want" March 31
A dexterous improviser with an abiding passion for Latin American rhythms, Russ Nolan delivers a deeply satisfying program of original tunes on his new CD Call It What You Want. The prolific tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger will release the disc, his 5th as a leader in 10 years, on his Rhinoceruss Music label March 31. ...
Buddy Tate: Texas Tenor
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist George “Buddy" Tate came to prominence in the 1930s with his hard swinging style and robust and resilient tone. His sound mellowed and matured like a fine spirit throughout a long and busy career but his approach did not veer far from his original fashion of playing, dubbed Texas Tenor. The 1978 Sackville record is ...
David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana featuring Hilario Duran: Walk to the Sea
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo l'apprezzato album Odessa/Havana del 2007, il trombettista canadese David Buchbinder e il pianista cubano Hilario Duran tornano a registrare la loro originalmente eclettica proposta di musica “ebraico-cubana." La formazione che li accompagna è ampia e variegata, ovviamente ricca di percussionisti--mai però presenti tutti assieme--e in alcune tracce caratterizzata dalla presenza di cantanti--in particolare della brava ...
Jim Galloway Remembered (1936 - 2014)
By Ted O'Reilly Jim Galloway (born James Braidie Galloway July 28, 1936 in Kilwinning, Scotland) died peacefully at home on December 30, 2014 surrounded by loved ones. An internationally renowned jazz musician, one of the few specializing on the soprano sax (along with alto, tenor, baritone and occasional clarinet), Jim lived a full life doing what ...
Don Pullen: Richard's Tune
by Hrayr Attarian
Idiosyncratic pianist Don Pullen's debut as a leader, Richard's Tune (Sackville, 1974) already bore marks of his unique style and singular improvisational approach. Delmark reissued this superb solo outing in 2014 augmenting it with previously unreleased material from the same session making it all the more satisfying.Pullen peppers “KaDiJi," one of the bonus works ...
Carol McCartney: Be Cool
by Edward Blanco
Toronto native Carol McCartney records another impressive vocal statement on the breezy Be Cool cementing her reputation as one of Canada's finest jazz vocalist and building on the foundation established from her critically-acclaimed debut Night In Tunisia (CDBaby, 2007). Though presenting a selection of primarily familiar standards from the jazz cannon, the Joni-Mitchell pop tune title ...
"Souling" Songs From Allison Crowe
Allison Crowe’s gorgeous voice brings tidings of comfort and joy with Souling—her 11th full album release. The artist, one of our greatest living musicians, singer-songwriters and performers, has always created authentic music. With this newest song set her voice is heard wholly a cappella. The songs themselves have a purity of expression—a 21st century take on ...
Zebrina: Hamidbar Medaher
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent American clarinetist Ben Goldberg is an integral component of this Canadian ensemble's buoyant and cleverly articulated blend of traditional Jewish music, rock and modern jazz for John Zorn's enterprising New York-based Tzadik record label. In effect, the band traverses through luxuriant musical terrain, comprised of popping grooves, hummable melodic hooks and crisp, keys-based jazz fusion ...
Peripheral Vision: Sheer Tyranny Of Will
by Bruce Lindsay
If titles are anything to go by, then Canadian quartet Peripheral Vision has a pretty pessimistic world view--if Sheer Tyranny Of Will isn't downbeat enough, “Robbed And Ridiculed," “The Ill Conceived Plan" and “Neurosis And Everyday Life" add further evidence to the pile. Maybe it's circumstantial though: tucked away in the track listing is one of ...
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