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Trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader David Weiss has been a fixture on the New York scene since returning to the city of his birth after graduating from North Texas State. Leader of the long-running New Jazz Composers Octet, Weiss continues to evolve. The Turning Gate, the third album from the NJCO, though the first under the Motema Music label, proves that Weiss has big and excellent ears--not...
With a group possessing as strong and unique an identity as Swiss pianist Nik Bartsch's Ronin--heard most recently on the remarkable Holon (ECM, 2008) and in performance in Kristiansand, Norway at Punkt 08--It's not surprising that the debut album by its reedman Sha possesses many of the same characteristics. Ronin, after all, is more than just a group; it's a musical philosophy combining minimalist...
"I'm not sure but I think all music comes from New Orleans." -Lee Dorsey While New Orleans may not be as popular as some of her sisters to the North, her personality and charm are second to none. She is as diversified as the people who live within her boundaries. Though she is indelibly linked with the unwanted visits from her ill-mannered and tempestuous cousins Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike; she...
When guitarist Joe Morris began playing contrabass in outfits with alto saxophonist Rob Brown, drummer Whit Dickey and others at the beginning of the 2000s, it might have struck some as a surprise. But whatever the differences in requirements between those two instruments, it's clear that Morris is a highly rhythmic player and composer whose flights spiral out from a central axis. The only really suitable...
Sometimes when listening to improvised music there's the feelingof being Donny Kerabatsos from the movie The Big Lebowski, who Walter Sobchak scolds with the line, “...you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know the story.” ...
Meet Laura Wolfe: The lovely entertainer Laura Wolfe embodies the description "triple threat," a handle defining her equal abilities as an actor, singer and dancer. It's an accurate description, though it doesn't sufficiently explain what happens when all aspects of a talented performer's training and discipline come to bear, as they do in Laura's work. Her distinctive style derives from a life's worth...
Ted Nash, The Mancini Project (Palmetto). The multi-reed star of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra finds the jazz core of fourteen Henry Mancini songs or themes from films and television shows. There are familiar melodies here, but Nash avoids some...
German-born bassist Martin Wind has had an extensive career as a sideman. His fourth CD as a leader (and third for Challenge) is his best effort to date, featuring pianist Bill Cunliffe, multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson (who restricts himself to only three here) and drummer Greg Hutchinson. Most of the CD focuses on Wind’s striking originals. “Remember Oct. 13th” salutes the birthday of the late...
Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson is one of a slew of hornmen to emerge from the long shadow of Charlie Parker, one whose distinctive bluesy sensibility eventually became a leading voice in the soul jazz movement. Here ‘Tis (recorded in 1961), Donaldson’s 14th session as a leader for Blue Note, is a standout release in his catalogue, a high midpoint along a stylistic transition that began with 1958’s...
Ernie Watts and his quartet will return to the Jazz Bakery Wednesday, October 7th trhough Saturday, October 11th. The Jazz Bakery wasthe scene of a live recording of the Ernie Watts Quartet latest CD, To The Point. The Quartet features Ernie Watts on saxophones, David Witham on piano, Brice Lett on bass, and Bob Leatherbarrow on drums. The Jazz Bakery is just South of Venice Blvd. at 3233 Helms Ave....
Intellectual Property A federal judge has issued a secret, interim order blocking the sale of RealNetworks' DVD-copying software, RealDVD, two sources said Monday. In an unusual move, the judge presiding over the MPAA's federal copyright lawsuit against RealNetworks also instructed both parties not to disclose the existence of the restraining order to the public...
Carbon dioxide output reached a record high last year, which once again puts the world on high alert for the consequences of global warming. The three percent increase, driven heavily by China and the United States, could result in the highest rises in temperature ever recorded, according to the Associated Press.
Even though Wayne Krantz was born in Corvallis, Oregon (per Wiki...), this NYC based guitar player has an East Coast feel & resume' through & through. Having worked with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham & Leni Stern, to mention a few, Krantz is most at home exploring new improvisational territory as a solo artist with his own band. Perhaps his Pacific NW roots at least partially explain Krantz'...
Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis will bring his mesmerizing musical program, “Marsalis Brasilianos,” to the Cohan Center stage of the Performing Arts Center at Cal Poly on Thursday. Presented by Cal Poly Arts, “Marsalis Brasilianos” features Marsalis in a unique collaboration with the Philarmonia Brasileira, under conductor Gil Jardim...
Read extremely interesting articles from the Smithsonian Institution's award-winning, monthly general interest magazine. Recent topics include: Quincy Jones, Daredevils, Tattoo Art, Black Holes, The Phantom of the Opera and much more.
On this album three modern jazz musicians, Irish guitarist Mark O'Leary and Americans Kenny Wollesen on drums and Jamie Saft on synthesizer, try to fuse the music of those musicians who first explored electronic possibilities in music with more current musical ideas and jazz. Mark O'Leary mentions his admiration for musicians such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Rick Wakeman and Tangerine Dream. But don't let...
