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Jack Mouse - Range of Motion
by Jim Eigo, JazzHistoryOnline.com
Staking out the vast middle ground between Dresser and Kennedy is drummer Jack Mouse?s new Origin CD, Range of Motion. Mouse composed all of the pieces on this album, but the structures are considerably looser than on Dresser?s album. He also closes his album with an impromptu duet with his tenor saxophonist, Scott Robinson, but the results are much more low-key than on the Kennedy CD. Of course, Mouse?s album stands up on its own without... read more
Zem Audu - Spirits
by DanMichael Reeves, Revive Music
You'll want to familiarize yourself quickly with saxophonist Zem Audu. The New York-based musician was born in Nigeria before his parents quickly relocated his family to England. "The question I always get asked is, 'Where are you from?' I don't want to neglect that I was born in Nigeria and just say I'm English because of my passport," shares Audu. "I don't want to not mention that I live in the States after being here for seven years. And I... read more
Trio Linguae - Kevin Woods / John Stowell / Miles Black - Signals
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Three storied improvisers get together to play the kind of intimate, grown up jazz that was the province of Bill Evans and others back in the '50s. Trust me, if they can play with telepathy, they can play composed music with their eyes closed. A tasty set throughout, it probably helps to be a grown up or have aspirational tastes to get the most out of this. Well done and cooking... read more
The Spin Quartet - In Circles
by Don Lerman, Cadence
The Spin Quartet consists of top-notch musicians who carve out an interesting group identity on In Circles. The absence of a piano or guitar from the instrumentation of two horns, bass, and drums gives clarity and an open quality to the music, aided by the fine writing from mostly band members. Trumpeter/flugelhornist Chad McCullough wrote five of the pieces, with the subdued "Oranges Are Supposed to be Orange" and bright-eyed "Haberdasher"... read more
Bobby Broom - Upper West Side Story
by Brent Black, Critical Jazz.com
Sometimes when a release is billed as "intimate" or "personal" the words "dull" and "boring" can be easily slid in the mix and sadly be a pretty accurate representation of the end result of recording. I call this artistic death by self indulgence.
Not here.
Bobby Broom is an artist that is not doing as much of an autobiographical release as much as Upper West Side Story is a story told from the artistic perspective of how it all... read more
Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill - Inside Voice / Outside Voice
by Peter Aaron, Chronogram
The title of this heart-stopping collaboration by Gloversville bassist Michael Bisio (Matthew Shipp Trio) and Beacon vocalist and acoustic guitarist Timothy Hill is rich in layered meaning. Recorded in one continuous take—with no edits or pauses—this sublime set takes its sweet, soft time meandering through jazz standards (Coleman's "Law Years," Coltrane's "Wise One"), Great American Songbook ballads (Cahn and Styne's "I Fall in Love Too... read more
Tom Rizzo - Imaginary Numbers
by Bill Donaldson, Cadence
Tom Rizzo's Imaginary Numbers, though putatively a showcase for the guitarist, features on every track a group of matured Jazz professionals performing witty arrangements that concentrate instead on their intuitive cohesiveness and effortless abilities to express the emotions evoked by the tunes. One wouldn't expect the emphasis upon ensemble playing at the beginning of the album, when Rizzo alone states succinctly and lyrically a brief... read more
Collier & Dean - Duets
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
Ringing right in the middle of Duets, the new release by mallet man (vibes and marimba player) Tom Collier and bassist Dan Dean, is the unlikely--for a jazz set--Jagger/Richards tune, "What A Shame." It's an instrumental here, of course, but on the Rolling Stones version, the lyric goes:
What a shame,
nothing seems to be going right...
It's a nice take on the tune, but the sentiment doesn't ring true for Collier and Dean. With this, as... read more
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