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Joe Louis Walker: Preacher and the President
by Ed Kopp
Joe Louis Walker is one of the most soulful cats in music, blues or otherwise. A great guitarist, Walker also sings with tremendous passion on this release, the San Francisco native's finest collection of songs. It combines blues with soul, funk, and a hint of jazz, and it features jaunty horns and the justifiably famous Muscle ...
Cassandra Wilson: Traveling Miles
by Robert Middleton
Although there have been some great Miles tribute albums over the past few years, from the exquisite So Near, So Far by Joe Henderson to the incendiary Yo Miles by Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith, these two loving vocal tributes are in a class by themselves. And if you're not a big fan of vocal ...
J. J. Johnson and Ray Anderson: Heroes and Funkorific
by John Sharpe
Many years ago, I played the trombone in my high-school band. Personally, I found it to be a rather awkward, unwieldy instrument. These two discs demonstrate that, in the hands of master musicians, the old 'bone is capable of great range and expressive versatility. Heroes and Funkorific are a study in contrasts between the legendary veteran ...
J.J. Johnson: Heroes
by Jim Santella
Still paving the way for younger trombone-playing leaders and composers, J.J. Johnson at 75 plays that instrument better than any other jazz artist does. Remember Kid Ory, Jack Teagarden, Vic Dickenson, Glenn Miller, and Tommy Dorsey? Don’t forget Frank Rosolino. And there’s Urbie Green, John Fedchock, Steve Turre, Wycliffe Gordon, Robin Eubanks, and Ray Anderson. Lots ...
Bobby Hutcherson: Skyline
by Jim Santella
Hard bop vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, 58, came to the jazz world during one of its most fertile eras: in the late fifties and early sixties. His early experience in the clubs and coffeehouses of Pasadena (California) prepared Hutcherson for New York City's fast pace and innovative ways. His recording contract with Blue Note placed the vibraphonist ...
Sphere: Sphere
by C. Michael Bailey
Reviewer's Note : This disc was also review by All About Jazz reviewer Ian Nicolson in the January Issue of the magazine. Angels We Have Heard on High Thelonious Sphere Monk was a study in opposites. He was called the “high priest of Bebop" while not really being a part of it. His music is immediately ...
Sphere: Sphere
by Ian Nicolson
Back in February 1982, when ex-Monk sidemen Charlie Rouse and drummer Ben Riley began the sessions for the first album by Sphere - intended as an homage to the then reclusive Thelonius' genius - they were yet to learn that he had died that same morning. Joined by pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Buster Williams from ...
Anita O'Day: All The Sad Young Men
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz on a Summer's Day. There is no better introduction to Anita O'Day than her over the top performance of “Sweet Georgia Brown" and “Tea for Two" from the documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz on a Summer's Day. She scats and swings through these jazz war horses with a sex appeal as certain ...
The Sound of Summer Running
By Marc Johnson
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing: Faith in You; Ghost Town; Summer Running; With my Boots On; Union Pacific; Porch Swing;
Dingy-Dongy Day; The Adventures of Max and Ben; In A Quiet Place; For A Thousand
Years.
