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Entries from January 2015

Tony Mastrull Jazz Nonet: The Tony Mastrull Project

In the late 1960s, the story circulated in Las Vegas that m: Elvis Presley caught aural wind of an original composition written by a young arranger and which piece was used in the Vegas production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The King was so taken by the tune’s emotio…

Date: Jan 31st, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Zhenya Strigalev’s Smiling Organizm: Zhenya Strigalev’s Smiling Organizm: Robin Goodie

It’s always interesting to discover how the rest of the world views your country and this, the second album by Strigalev’s six piece Smiling Organizm, was apparently inspired by his time in England. So while we might reasonably expect a paean to the joys of tea, queue etiquette and appalling public…

Date: Jan 31st, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Jonas Kullhammar: Gentlemen

Swedish saxophonist m: Jonas Kullhamma continues to capture the late-fifties and early-sixties Blue Note sound. That magic golden age of jazz, when legends roamed roamed the earth, and recorded their music at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio. His music conjures names like {{m: Joe Henderson = 757…

Date: Jan 31st, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Annie Lennox: Nostalgia

You can’t fault Annie Lennox if she gives the impression Nostalgia is her first swipe at a “serious” jazz record. Back in the 90’s she entered the scene as the gender-bending vocalist of the Eurythmics turning out perfect synth pop. Lennox turned 60 this year and along with her closely-cropped grey…

Date: Jan 31st, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Worker

Of all the bands playing jazz-rock, or fusion, or whatever-you-want- to-call it, the m: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (or JFJO as they’re known by their fans) is the one that comes closest to embodying Josef Zawinul’s dictum regarding m: Weather Report ‘s modus operandi: …”nob…

Date: Jan 30th, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Juan Pablo Carletti/Tony Malaby/Christopher Hoffman: NiA o/Brujo

A funny thing happened on the way to a free jazz trio session. What’s funny is that leader m: Juan Pablo Carletti brought seven unique compositions for his trio to perform. The Argentinian-born, New York-based drummer recruited tenor saxophonist m: Tony Malaby and cellist {{m…

Date: Jan 30th, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Tomasz Stanko: Leosia

Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997, Leosia is not only one of the high points of trumpeter m: Tomasz Stanko ‘s forty-year career, but one of the absolute gems in the ECM catalogue, twenty years removed from his first ECM recording, Balladyna. The album itself is one of those things that…

Date: Jan 30th, 2015 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews