Entries from November 2014
Nels Cline and Julian Lage: Room
Serious fans of guitar may have heard of both m: Nels Cline and m: Julian Lage , but many listeners more likely know only one or the other of these guitar giants. The two innovators have very different styles and sounds. Cline is known primarily for his work with {{m: Wilco = 2…
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SA ren Bebe Trio feat. Helge Andreas Norbakken and Julian ArgA1/4elles: Gone
It would be good if more non-jazzers under the age of 90 could also appreciate how little hardship there is in being totally absorbed by original music from a group like BeBuTa. Gone , from pianist SA ren Bebe’s trio plus guests is a real swell of reactions and contemplations that makes life feel a…
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Mike McKoy: Ludwig Manhattana€(TM)s Germaican Blues
This is not a conventional jazz album because this is not just a jazz album. Ludwig Manhattan’s Germaican Blues melds together the blues feeling with literature and a strong social philosophical idea: “Could you bloom, wherever you’d been planted?” Apparently, this audio-book experiment has been ins…
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Sebastian Gramss: Thinking ofa€|
The late Italian double bass master Stefano Scodanibbio, who died untimely in 2012 after a battle with the ALS disease, was a unique artist. A musician who expanded significantly the vocabulary of the double bass, exploring its almost infinite timbral range, and inventor of many extended and experim…
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Mike Downes: In the Current
In the Current, the fifth recording as leader by Canadian bassist m: Mike Downes –who doubles as composer / arranger–is the second (in a row) with an aqueous theme and the first performed by his “little big band,” the Parallel Streams Ensemble. Downes’ album Ripple Effect, recorded with…
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Brenda Hopkins Miranda: Aeropiano
The aphorism that art imitates life is appropriate in describing pianist m: Brenda Hopkins Miranda . A consummate traveler and beneficiary of a bilingual and bicultural environment, her sense of purpose is to genuinely exploit the piano as a personal extension to convey melodious concepts…
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Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra: Return Journey
Return Journey, the fourth recording –and first in four years –by m: Daryl McKenzie ‘s splendid Jazz Orchestra from Melbourne, Australia, was inspired in part by McKenzie’s visit to the States in 2012 wherein he renewed ties with many of his onetime musical mates and colleagues and brie…
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