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MARC JOHNSON - Right Brian Patrol (1992)
Tracks1. They Love Me Fifteen Feet Away (Arto Tunçboyaciyan)2. Batuki Burundi (Marc Johnson)3. Netcong On My Mind (Ben Monder)4. Right Brain Patrol (Marc Johnson)5. Heru Nazel (Arto Tunçboyaciyan)6....
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BILL BANG QUINTET - Invitation (1982)
Revisiting the tradition has consciously occupied most black musicians of post-Coltrane era, although whether the practice had ever been dormant is debat able. Certainly during the most...
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CECIL TAYLOR / BILL DIXON / TONY OXLEY (2002)
Now in his 70s, pianist Cecil Taylor has more strength and stamina than many musicians half his age. But recent recordings like The Willisau Concert (Intakt) suggest that Taylor has slowed by a...
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ROSWELL RUDD / MARK DRESSER - Airwalker (2006)
While duo recordings are hardly rare in jazz, it is hard to think of many trombone-bass meetings. But Roswell Rudd and Mark Dresser are two veterans who are up to the challenge of keeping things...
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ROSCOE MITCHELL - Nonaah (1977)
One of the significant things that set AACM music apart from its brethren in New York in the 1960s and early 1970s was its use of space, of opening up the music so that things could occur within broad,...
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PAUL BLEY - Sweet Time (1995)
Sweet Time, like the albums Open, to Love, Hands On, Tears, and Changing Hands, is an elliptical, mystifying masterpiece that displays Bley's uncanny knack for creating crystalline, gleaming musical...
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ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE - Hot 'N' Heavy; Live At The Ascension Loft (2007)
Though recorded last year on a sweltering summer day in a loft outside Chicago’s famous Loop district, Hot ‘N’ Heavy keeps its cool with performances as smart as they are passionate. Playing a...
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JACK DeJOHNETTE'S DIRECTIONS - New Rags (1977)
Today's Rediscovery is an album that, despite never being released officially on CD, is a relatively regular play chez Kelman, getting spun at least a couple times every year. New Rags (ECM, 1977), the...
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LOUIS SCLAVIS / CRAIG TABORN / TOM RAINEY - Eldorado Trio (2009)
France has two great clarinet players: Jean-Marc Foltz whose latest album, "To The Moon", still figures in the "Albums Of The Month" section.The other one is Louis Sclavis, without a doubt better...
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BERNARDO SASSETTI TRIO2 - Ascent (2005)
I am often a music fanatic before I'm a reviewer. Note to self: read the liner notes of the CDs to which you listen. With apologies to those who always begin with the notes, I tore open the latest by...
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DANILO REA / PIETRO TONOLO - Sotto La Luna (1998)
Tracks1. Ah, Cosa Non È Stato... (Danilo Rea)2. Lento (Pietro Tonolo)3. Primedonne (Pietro Tonolo)4. Fast (Pietro Tonolo)5. Occhi (Danilo Rea)6. Dromedario (Pietro Tonolo)7. Bizze (Pietro Tonolo)8....
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MICHAEL FORMANEK - Wide Open Spaces (1990)
Bassist Michael Formanek, who contributed all 15 selections to this CD (some of which are quite brief), utilizes an adventurous quintet also including Greg Osby on alto and soprano, violinist Mark...
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HENRY THREADGILL - Makin' A Move (1995)
This 1995 release represents one of three fine recordings that modern jazz saxophonist/composer Henry Threadgill recorded for Columbia Records, although few actually perceived that he would enjoy a...
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HENRY THREADGILL - Song Out Of My Trees (1994)
Even longtime Threadgill fans may be surprised at the direction and content on his most recent session. The five tunes include three pieces where Threadgill is absent, and one ("Over The River Club")...
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HENRY THREADGILL SEXTET - Subject To Change (1985)
The third album released by Threadgill's seven-member Sextet on the fine About Time label, Subject to Change continued to display the leader's extraordinary compositional gifts in a series of pieces...
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NEW AIR - Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1984)
In Litweiler's book, The Freedom Principle (William Morrow, New York), Threadgill tells how he composes for this group and for its predecessor Air."I began thinking about the personalities in the group...
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BERNARDO SASSETTI - Solo Piano / Indigo (2004)
This double-CD has subtle and inventive music from pianist Bernardo Sassetti. The 21 solo piano performances are mostly Sassetti's originals. Some are sophisticated and accessible enough to possibly be...
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STEVE LACY / ERIC WATSON - Spirit of Mingus (1992)
Steve Lacy's favorite duo partner, Mal Waldron, isn't present on this CD, which was recorded during a series of live concerts in Paris in 1991, but pianist Eric Watson is a more-than-capable foil for...
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ERIC WATSON / CHRISTOF LAUER - Out of Print (2009)
Tracks1. Rain Of Steel2. Hero In The Dark3. Out Of Print4. Cast Of Shadows5. JuggernautERIC WATSON pianoCHRISTOF LAUER soprano saxophone, tenor saxophoneAll music composed by Eric WatsonRecorded live...
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FRANZ KOGLMANN / LEE KONITZ - We Thought About Duke (2002)
Duke Ellington tributes, much like Cole Porter, George Gershwin, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis tributes, were a dime a dozen in the '80s and '90s. All too often, these Ellington tributes were...
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