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Various Artists: Gospel for JFP III: Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
by John Kelman
In his relatively short life, John Francis “Jaco Pastorius III not only revolutionized the role of the electric bass, he contributed a small but resonant body of composed work that remains influential to this day. Pastorius is best known for his work with Weather Report and his own Word of Mouth band. The tragedy of mental ...
Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62)
by George Harris
Various Artists Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62) Mosaic Records 2005 The joy, camaraderie and enthusiasm reflected on Mosaic's Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62) grabs the heart, soul and mind. The listener yearns to dance to it, sing with it, even take up an instrument and play along. One ...
Various Artists: Gospel for JFP III: Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
by David Miller
As a neophyte to Jaco Pastorius' music, I did not know what to expect from Gospel for JFP III. I didn't know if I would feel right reviewing the disc having nothing to compare it to. However, after giving the album a spin, I realized this would be easy. First of all, this is great jazz, ...
Alaskan Cool: Jazz from The Last Frontier
by Mark Sabbatini
Contrary to popular myth, Alaskans don't live in igloos, Eskimos buy refrigerators even from lousy salesmen and Jewel isn't the state's best musician. It's tough finding a jazz musician from The Last Frontier with the notoriety of the 31-year- old singer/songwriter who left her “home town" of Homer 15 years ago. But look hard ...
Various Artists: Jukebox Jazz
by David Rickert
Once the long-playing record became the recording industry standard, jazz had an uneasy relationship with the jukebox. LPs allowed artists the freedom to stretch out in extended solos and longer compositions than the 78 afforded them, and thus any resulting singles tended to be edited versions or, in some cases, split in half over two sides ...
Superstar Lineup From Shout! Factory
by Charlie B. Dahan
In its all but three-year history, Shout! Factory has made its mark as the new premier reissue label on the block, but what would you expect from the former founders and executives from Rhino? Since March, they have begun releasing an aggressive schedule of reissues, collections and two top of the line three-CD box sets that ...
Various Artists: Irving Stone Memorial Concert
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Irving Stone's history as a voracious listener stretched back to checking out Monk and Coltrane at the Five Spot and hanging with Ornette. In his later years, he focused on the burgeoning downtown jazz scene, championing musicians taking risks and forging new sounds. Stone developed a reputation for big ears, and insiders knew they were at ...
Mali and the Sahara: Compilations
by AAJ Staff
West Africa is experiencing a musical golden age. The unbelievable diversity of the region's music, often rooted in centuries-old tradition--but just as often attuned to modern production and popular accessibility--has been piling up on record and in performance at a prodigious pace. So if you don't get a chance to visit Dakar, Bamako, or Lagos in ...
Various Artists: New School University Jazz Program 2004/2005
by AAJ Staff
The top-notch jazz program of New School University continues to play a significant role in consistently sending off mature sounding players to infiltrate the New York and global jazz scenes. With a faculty that boasts an impressive jazz veteran roster (trumpeters Charles Tolliver and Jimmy Owens; saxophonists Billy Harper and George Garzone; trombonist Benny Powell; pianists ...
Various Artists: Acoustic Brazil
by Woodrow Wilkins
Brazilians loathe to entertain the mere suggestion that their native music is jazz. However, the rhythms and melodies of traditional Brazilian music and some styles of North American jazz are so similar that a song from one genre can easily blend into the soundscape of the other--often without translation of lyrics or major changes in the ...
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