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Russ Spiegel: Chimera
by Troy Collins
Chimera is guitarist Russ Spiegel's fourth album and first for Steeplechase. His previous releases include a rock record, a live big band recording and a mainstream date for Doublemoon (2001's Twilight). This sextet session finds him in the company of an adventurous and like-minded set of peers. Channeling the spirited energy of hard-bop with the progressive ...
Ross Hammond: Teakayo Mission
by Troy Collins
Sacramento based guitarist Ross Hammond's Teakayo Mission is one of those rare, indie sessions that creatively succeeds where so many others fall by the wayside. Leading a potent group that listens as effectively as it plays, Hammond's quartet features saxophonist David Boyce, bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and renown drummer Scott Amendola. Covering an eclectic variety of tunes ...
The Nels Cline Singers: Draw Breath
by Troy Collins
Draw Breath, the third album from guitarist Nels Cline's ironically named instrumental trio, The Nels Cline Singers, offers another superlative collection of diverse electro-acoustic improvisation. Cline has been the subject of an unprecedented amount of press for an avant-garde musician, courtesy of his recent stint as lead guitarist for Wilco and his designation as ...
Andrew Hill: Change
by Troy Collins
Completed only five months after Compulsion (Blue Note, 1965), pianist Andrew Hill's creative free-form breakthrough, this quartet session was recorded, edited, titled and cataloged, but never officially released under his own name. Unceremoniously shelved at the time, like a number of recent reissues documenting Hill's more experimental 1960s work, the six principle cuts were eventually issued ...
John Zorn: From Silence To Sorcery
by Troy Collins
Once the enfant terrible of New Music, composer John Zorn has finally attained an irrefutable level of respectability in the world of classical composition. In addition to his recent MacArthur Foundation “genius" grant, Zorn's chamber compositions have been performed by many interpreters, including those outside of his Downtown circle. One of his quietest albums to date, ...
Marc Ribot: Asmodeus - Book of Angels, Volume 7
by Troy Collins
Asmodeus: The Book of Angels, Volume 7 is the most visceral exploration of the Masada songbook yet. In 2004, composer John Zorn added an additional 300 pieces to his already massive collection of Masada tunes. In the ensuing years, these pieces have been performed and recorded by a variety of ensembles beyond the original Masada Quartet. ...
Lafayette Gilchrist: Three
by Troy Collins
Three is Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist's first trio recording. Typically playing in larger configurations, Gilchrist is the leader of a seven-piece funk band, the New Volcanoes, and primary pianist for tenor saxophonist David Murray's numerous ensembles for the past few years. This stripped-down session is his most revealing record. The Music According to Lafayette ...
Fred Katz: Folk Songs For Far Out Folk
by Troy Collins
An early student of Pablo Casals, Fred Katz is best known as the seminal jazz cellist in Chico Hamilton's breakthrough chamber jazz quintet of the 1950s. With a lengthy list of credits to his oeuvre, Katz went on to forge an unprecedented career path. From film score composer for Roger Corman (Little Shop of Horrors, A ...
Mushroom with Eddie Gale: Joint Happening
by Troy Collins
The Oakland, California based instrumental band Mushroom has been blending psychedelia, fusion, post-rock, free jazz, Krautrock and grooving funk into a heady stew for ten years. Tying together their disparate influences through example, Mushroom has played with members of Krautrock pioneers Faust, Daevid Allen of Gong, Bundy K. Brown of Tortoise, and Kevin Ayers of Soft ...
Claudia Quintet: For
by Troy Collins
The brainchild of percussionist John Hollenbeck, the Claudia Quintet has navigated the boundary lines between free jazz, contemporary composition, progressive rock and electronica so successfully that its output is virtually uncategorizable. For, the aptly titled fourth album from the ceaselessly inventive group, offers a slight departure from its last record. Semi-Formal (Cuneiform, 2005), used ...
