This type of music is one of my guilty pleasures. In a day of posers, where cowboys wouldn’t know a fetlock from a fret, Michael Monroe Goodman delivers the style of country music that takes you back to the rich…
Month: January 2016
Stefan Nilsson: The Gift
Stefan Nilsson takes us back to his days of the band Kornet and explores the material from what was called “jazz-rock.” In retrospect, the sound that mixed genres became a style all to itself, and here it still sounds fresh…
Luca Sisera Roofer: Prospect
Bassist Luca Sisera brings together Michael Jaeger/ts-cl, Silvio Codotsch/tb, Yve3s Theiler/p-cemb and Michi Stulz/dr for nine flights of fancy. Codotsh’s trombone gets to make some noises with his valve along with other eerie effects with the band on “Warship Requiem”…
Slobber Pup: Pole Axe
Do we need to Google the definition of “music” again? The band Slobber Pup, consisting of Joe Morris/g, Jamie Saft/org-key, Mats Gustafsson/sax and Balazs Pandi/dr might need a refresher course. There are three “songs” here, and if your idea of…
OTHER WORLDS…Shujaat Husain Khan/Katayoun Goudarzi: Ruby, Gentleman’s Dub Club: The Big Smoke, Alan J. Bound: Deep Space, Karavan Sarai: Woven Landscapes
Here are four releases that take you to places and spaces far and wide, and far out! Sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan joins with the haunting nasal voice of Katayoun Goudarzi for a handful of songs that ring in traditional Indian sounds…
Dwiki Darmawan: So Far, So Close
Dwiki Dharmawan plays just about anything with keys on it with this fusion based album alongside teammates Jimmy Haslip/b, Chad Wackerman/dr, Dewa Gudjana-Tohpati/g and guests. Jerry Goodman brings his Mahavishnu-inspired violin for an assertive “Arafura” while the whole band charges…
Jazz Bakery’s “Moveable Feast” Presents: Jeremy Pelt’s Power Quintet@Moss Theatre 01.10.16
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt put the “POW” into his “Power Quintet” on a crisp Sunday night at the Moss Theatre. Promoting his upcoming album #JIVECULTURE, he delivered a sneak preview with the all star lineup of Steve Nelson/vib, Danny Grissett/p, Peter…
JAZZ COMFORT FOOD…Kenny Burrell: The Road to Love, Joey DeFrancesco: Trip Mode, Houston Person: Something Personal
At this stage in life, I don’t need to be impressed by mindlessly complex solos or shrieking high notes. As the song goes, “Give me the simple life.” Here are three artists who have nothing to prove at their respective…
12 STRINGS OF JOY!!! Larry Carlton & David T Walker: @Billboard Live Tokyo
Larry Carlton once told me that his dream was to play hip and casual guitar in front of small crowds. That’s all he wanted. Unfortunately for him, but beneficial for us, was that he became world famous for his work…
WELCOME BACK, MY FRIENDS…Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Live at Montreux 1997
The famed prog rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (better known as “ELP”) got together for one more thrill back in ’97 to give one last round of it. The songs themselves hold up amazingly well, with a mix of…