Search results for "Peter Erskine"

Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine: Con Alma (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 27, 08

(Editor's Note: This recent trio release, a reunion of the group previously heard on Badlands and Live at Rocco, was...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: PETER ERSKINE

In the music world, but especially in the jazz world, everyone wants to know what everybody else is listening to. So ...

Peter Erskine: Meanwhile (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 26, 08

Who would have thought that Peter Erskine – the former Stan Kenton alumnus and Weather Report ace, one of the greats ...

Weather Report: Volcano for Hire (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 12, 08

Weather Report's very first album, named Weather Report, came out in 1971. This album is also called Weather Report. ...

Mike Mainieri: Straphangin' (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 03, 08

As vital and inquisitive a musician as Mike Mainieri has been over the years, best known as leader of Steps Ahead, it...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Steps Ahead: Pools (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Steps Ahead was one of the best of the fusion groups in part because all its members were outstanding jazz players. ...

Mark Masters Ensemble: Le Clit (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 25, 08

From a fine tribute record to the late saxophonist Dewey Redman, the Mark Masters Ensemble moves along the solid and ...

Jaco Pastorius (with Herbie Hancock): Liberty City (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 20, 09

I really enjoy “Liberty City” from Jaco Pastorius’ second record, Word of Mouth. It’s a big band arrangement where Ja...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: URI CAINE SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL HERBIE HANCOCK TRACKS

Few jazz-related artists are busier these days than pianist-composer Uri Caine, whose international career transpires...

Weather Report: Black Market (live, 1979) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 12, 08

It was no accident that Weather Report continued to thrive in the shrinking fusion world while other jazz-rock superg...

John Abercrombie: The Cat's Back (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 07, 08

This track is less a song than a musical conversation among masters. After Abercrombie begins the dialogue, the Great...

Martial Solal: Triangle (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 19, 09

When Martial Solal looks for American musicians as partners for a trio session, he goes for the best: Teddy Kotick an...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A HALF CENTURY OF MARTIAL SOLAL

A few years ago, on the stage of a big French jazz festival, veteran pianist Martial Solal introduced the tune he w...

Toots Thielemans: Take Five (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 14, 08

In this West Coast-based lineup, a swinging duet intro by onetime Mahavishnu violinist Jerry Goodman and Joni Mitchel...

Toots Thielemans: Waltz for Debby (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 14, 08

The harmonica may not be the first instrument that comes to mind when someone thinks of jazz. But "Toots" Thielemans'...

Joni Mitchell: The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

I never really understood how good Mitchell was at singing jazz numbers, but she really shines on this song. Her voca...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Frank Macchia: Air Mail Special (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Need to cut down on your caffeine intake? Are you making one too many visits to the coffee machine in the middle of t...

Jaco Pastorius: Soul Intro/The Chicken (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 18, 09

If Jaco Pastorius is ever remembered for one composition, it's probably going to be "The Chicken." This song was orig...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JACO PASTORIUS

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) was one of the most electrifying performers in the history of jazz music. Although his...

Gary Burton: September Song (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Gary Burton, 33 years after joining the George Shearing Quintet at age 20, returns to the scene of the chimes. "Septe...

Joni Mitchell: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Non-jazz artists flirting with jazz are usually slumming. Not so Joni Mitchell, whose respect for the art led her&nbs...

Don Grolnick (with Michael Brecker): Pools (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 11, 08

“Space is the breath of art.“ – Frank Lloyd Wright An inspired harmonic architect, Grolnick designed spacious stru...

Christof Lauer: Sweet and Sentimental (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music February 18, 08

At the end of the '80s, as here on his debut recording, Christof Lauer was still deeply influenced by Michael Brecker...

Vince Mendoza: All Blues (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 08, 08

Stuart Nicholson sang the praises of this CD on the jazz.com blog in November 2008. And for good reason. Blauklang ...

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