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Entries from September 2016

Bobby Rush: Porcupine Meat

They don’t call m: Bobby Rush the King of the Chitlin’ Circuit for nothing. With an extraordinary discography, and legendary status as an enthusiastic live performer, Rush was recognized in 2015 with a fifty year, retrospective box set, titled “Chicken Heads,” by Omnivore Recordings.

Date: Sep 29th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Kayle Brecher: This is Life

m: Kayle Brecher is in the lineage of jazz singers like m: Sheila Jordan and m: Lisa Sokolov who use their voices as a serpentine instrument that slides through and around melodies as deftly as any jazz instrumentalist. On this CD she does her thing on a number of ja… [ read more ]

Date: Sep 29th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Eric St-Laurent: Planet

Given the fact that guitarist Eric St-Laurent pulls from many different places and styles in his work, it’s tempting to consider him a musical polyglot. The truth, however, is that he really only speaks a single language–his own, which just so happens to be influenced and informed by everything fro… [ read more ]

Date: Sep 28th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

AGNZ: Chance Meeting

Before proceeding, a word about the name of this admirable quartet: AGNZ (jazz from A to Z?) comprises the first letter in the last names of its four members–guitarist m: Jay Azzolina , tenor saxophonist m: Dino Govoni , drummer m: Adam Nussbaum and bassist {{m: Dave… [ read more ]

Date: Sep 28th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Evan Parker / Alexander Hawkins: Leaps In Leicester

Leaps in Leicester furthers a sequence of duets between renowned saxophonist m: Evan Parker and pianists that already contains such luminous entries as Rex, Wrecks and XXX (Rogue Art, 2013) with m: Matthew Shipp and Either, Or And (Relative Pitch, 2014) with {{m: Sylvie Courvo… [ read more ]

Date: Sep 28th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Milt Jackson: Sunflower / Goodbye

Even if vibes player m: Milt Jackson had just played with The Modern Jazz Quartet and not embarked on a solo career, his place in jazz history would be secure. However, Jackson was much more than a vital part of the famous chamber jazz group and he recorded a string of excellent albums, i… [ read more ]

Date: Sep 28th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews

Wadada Leo Smith: Wadada Leo Smith: America’s National Parks

Trumpeter m: Wadada Leo Smith has a feel for the epic in his art, on recordings like: America (Tzadik Records, 2009), a duet set with drummer m: Jack DeJohnette ; “America’s Third Century Spiritual Awakening,” from his first Golden Quartet (Tzadik Records, 2000) outing; Occupy T… [ read more ]

Date: Sep 27th, 2016 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz CD Reviews