The New Gary Burton Quartet – Common Ground (2011)
Vibraphonist Gary Burton’s entire career as a musician has been about thinking outside the box and exploring new frontiers in jazz music. You May Also Like: No related posts.
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Half Notes: Avery Sharpe Trio – Live (2010)
by Mark Saleski First off, I just have to say that this album, recorded at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio in Boston, sounds gorgeous. Many modern recordings, even in the quieter jazz realm, are tainted by the overuse of compression. Not so here. The inner detail of Winard Harper’s cymbal workRead More
Michael Wolff, jazz pianist: Something Else! Interview
Endlessly engaging, Michael Wolff was praised by the New York Times for “near impeccable good taste, technical facility and lyrical inventiveness.”
Chris Greene Quartet – ‘Merge’ (2009): Half Notes
I do like my jazz with some funk, and Chris Greene delivers.
Edith Wilson – He May Be Your Man … But He Comes to See Me Sometimes (1973)
A pioneer as just the third African American woman to make a phonograph recording back in the 1920s, Edith Wilson later fell on hard times — and was reduced to appearing through the mid-’60s (and quite anonymously) in the first Aunt Jemima TV commercials. You May Also Like: Cassandra Wilson’sRead More
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Rocket Science (2011)
Sometimes old really is new again. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones existed as a trio for a handful of years after harmonica/pianist Howard Levy left, only to ask consistent fill-in saxophonist Jeff Coffin to join their ranks. You May Also Like: Bela Fleck, Robin McKelle, Delfeayo Marsalis + Others: FiveRead More
Sean Jones – No Need for Words (2011)
Sean Jones does something with No Need To Words” that’s sorely needed: Talk about love in a complete way. Not just the romantic part, or the passionate part (though that’s here, too) but the other parts — the angry parts, the melancholy parts. The part where you thank a parentRead More
Half Notes: Melvin Jones – Pivot (2011)
Listening to this record before I even read Melvin Jones’ liner notes, I already knew what he meant by the title of this debut album by him. It’s an album that has many shades of jazz on display, and the constant is the pure, malleable trumpet voice of Jones. SoRead More
Half Notes: Tom Harrell – Roman Nights (2010)
by Mark Saleski My favorite Tom Harrell record is actually a Jim Hall record. These Rooms was a Jim Hall Trio album featuring Tom Harrell. Really great stuff. There was a certain synergy between Harrell’s flugelhorn and Hall’s guitar. Some of that kind of thing is evident on Roman Nights.Read More
Stephane Grappelli – ‘Plays Jerome Kern’ (1987): Half Notes
Stephane Grappelli’s ‘Plays Jerome Kern’ wasn’t a rethinking of the legendary American Broadway composer’s work, so much as a deeply romantic, light jazz/classical aside.
