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Brad Goode - Polytonal Dance Party
by Paul Abella, Chicago jazz.com
Since Brad Goode left Chicago a few years back, he's been on a tear, recording three CD's in three years. His latest, on Origin Records, is by far the best of the bunch. Finally, with the aid of a band willing to play his tunes the way that he wanted to write them, Goode can be heard in a whole new light. And in a light that takes him from being "another good trumpeter" to being in a class all his own.
Polytonal Dance Party is a fantastic... read more
Dmitri Matheny - Cascadia
by Robert Rusch, Papatamus
DMITRI MATHENY [flg] has lead a few sessions since he began recording in the late 1980's. CASCADIA [Origin Records 82849] is his latest quintet date featuring Charles McNeal [ts/ss] who blends wonderfully with Matheny on a mixture of fine originals and one jazz standard.... read more
Eddie Allen and PUSH - The Rhythm
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Brooklyn-based trumpeter Eddie Allen and his well-groomed sextet, PUSH, truly are Rhythm People, as they prove time and again on Allen's ninth recording as leader of his own group. Whatever the tone or tempo, PUSH swings its merry way through a dozen bright and upbeat tunes, most written and all arranged by Allen, wherein strong and dazzling rhythms are almost always front and center.
The lone exception to that rule is the brief "Psalms 150,"... read more
Dominic J. Marshall - Spirit Speech
by Peter Bacon, The Jazz Breakfast
Remember when the references you most commonly picked up from a piano trio were to the oblique harmonies and subtle rhythms of Bill Evans. Now it's the hip-hop groove and the sliding Robert Glasper phrases that most often stand out.
Of course there is nothing wrong with either form of sincere flattery and I haven't heard many pianists not use such influences to good effect. Dominic Marshall, originally from the UK but now working out of... read more
Rodney Whitaker - Common Ground: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Editor, Jazz Chill
Common Ground is the first of five CDs that bass maestro Rodney Whitaker intends to release in 2019 in acknowledgment of his fiftieth birthday year. It's his seventh album, and embodies the musical values that Whitaker has projected on antecedent dates like When We Find Ourselves Alone, from 2014; such turn-of-the-century gems as Winter Moon, Ballads and Blues: The Brooklyn Session and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; and the critically acclaimed... read more
Clark Sommers - Ba(SH)
by Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
Over the past decade Clark Sommers has emerged as one of Chicago's finest bassists, lending myriad bands an agile but hefty center of gravity and a muscular, propulsive kick. For his first recording under his own name, he leads a trio with drummer Dana Hall and reedist Geof Bradfield, two players who've worked with him on and off in many settings over the years. In the liner notes for the new Ba(SH) (Origin), Chicago bassist Dennis Carroll... read more
Richard Sussman - Live at Sweet Rhythm
by Doug Simpson, Audiophile Audition
Usually magical moments only occur once. But sometimes, with luck, magic strikes twice. That's the glory of Live at Sweet Rhythm, which features the Richard Sussman Quintet, also known as the Free Fall Reunion Band.
First a bit of history to set the proper perspective: back in 1978 pianist Sussman was part of the New York City jazz scene and played at loft parties and in smaller clubs. He met and performed with other musicians his age, which... read more
Ben Thomas Tango Project - The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
by Geoffrey Himes, Hard Rain & Pink Cadillacs
When the musician of one country tackles the music of another country, it's always not quite right. Often that results in the embarrassingly ersatz, but sometimes—as when the Beatles adapted Chuck Berry or Emmylou Harris adapted the Beatles—that "not quite right" results in something wonderfully new. That's the case when American Ben Thomas revises Argentinian tango music on this and previous albums. Playing the traditional, accordion-like... read more
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