I know everyone is “into” Bill Frisell because he puts out these oh-so-cool “roots” releases that take you to the back roads of Tennessee, but for my money, I want the real thing, and this disc rye’chere is about as…
Author: George W. Harris
AND THE REASON YOU MADE THIS RECORD IS…Eric Salzman: The Nude Paper Sermon/Wiretap, Naked Truth: Ouroboros, Frank Macchia: Fried Zombie Stew
Sometimes I don’t know whether to listen to these cds, or just hang them from my fruit trees and use them to scare the birds away. Eric Salzman’s The Nude paper Sermon was supposedly a seminal recording back in the…
Andy Hunter: Think Like a Mountain
Trombonist Andy Hunter leads a cooking little post bop sextet with some interesting front line sounds with Alex Sipiagin/tp, Jason Marshall/bs, Dave Kikoski/Rhodes, Boris Kozlov/b and Danny Fischer/dr. Except for a couple standards, all of the material is penned by…
Jean-Marie Machado & Danzas: La Fete A Boby, Rusconi: Revolution
Is this jazz? Is it potpourri? Is it a world gone mad? I’m not sure, but it’s definitely European! Is this the future of the Euro as well? Pianist/arranger Jean-Marie Machado leads a unique-sounding band that includes Andre Minvielle’s…
MODERN POST MODERN…Outer Bridge Ensemble: Determined, Ricardo Grilli: If On A Winter’s Night a Traveler, Adam Rongo: Tell Your Story
Here are three bands that are keeping the tradition of the post bop small group intact. Outer Bridge consists of Mark DeJong/sax, Steve Hudson/key, David F reeman/perc and Jerome Jennings/dr and all of the material here is written by band…
LET’S START THE YEAR WITH MORE THAN ONE!***ROTW***HIGH NOTE PIANO PLAYING-George Cables: My Muse, Harold Mabern: Mr. Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.
Ya know, I really don’t ask for much in life. If you’ve got peace with God, a good family, a handful of faithful friends, a roof over your head and food on the table, you’re ahead of the game in…
START THE YEAR RIGHT****ROTW****Louisiana Red (1932-2012): When My Mama Was Living
If you want the blues, and I mean the REAL blues, like sittin’ on the porch and sounding like Howlin’ Wolf or Johnny Shines, then this little obscurity is going to make your day. Louisiana Red, who just recently left…
Bob Wolfman: Transition
Hey, anytime a guitarist has a session produced by Larry Coryell, you’ve got to pay attention. What’s more, Coryell plays alongside the singer/vocalist/songwriter, as well as gets some heavy hitters to join in, such as Victor Bailey/b, Ferdi Argenti/p and…
Greg Duncan: Chicago, Barcelona Connections
Greg Duncan plays trumpet and flugelhorn here, and leads a hip band of Corbin Andrick/ts-as, Sturart Mindeman/key, Jon Deitemeyer/dr, and Patrick Mulcahy/b through a collection of Latin jazz material. The music is listed by types of dances, always a favorite…
The Bad Plus: Made Possible
It is quite the rare thing for a jazz band to stay together for longer than 1-2 years, and yet we have these Midwesterners, The Bad Plus, who’ve been recording and touring for over a decade, not to mention that…