Search results for "S. Victor Aaron"
Matt Wilson: That's Gonna Leave A Mark (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 28, 09A blurt from everyone signals the beginning of this sprint. Lightcap rumbles around on the low notes while Wilson rum...
Will Sellenraad: It's Been A Long Time (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 26, 09The title came about probably because drummer Victor Lewis wrote it a long time ago, but finally brought it to l...
John Abercrombie: The Cat's Back (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 07, 08This track is less a song than a musical conversation among masters. After Abercrombie begins the dialogue, the Great...
The Naked Future: We Boil The Raven’s Skull Into Gold (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 06, 09This isn’t death metal as the title might suggest, but the dirge-like drone caused by Dionyso’s bass clarinet and Skl...
Louis Sclavis: Aboard Ulysses’s Boat (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music July 08, 09A circular, menacing bass line; a slow, simmering, sinister groove; slippery guitar lines and sparse horn parts. Soun...
John Patitucci: Messaien’s Gumbo (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 18, 09In an album full of tributes of other musicians, my best guess at the target of this paean is the 20th century French...
Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black: It's A Samba (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 06, 08The title is truth in advertising, but with some intriguing twists. Black seems to be able to slip a heavy rock backb...
Roch Lockyer: Monk's House (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 15, 09For his first CD, Nondirectional, Denver-area guitarist Roch Lockyer wanted his music to "reflect my respect for all ...
John McLaughlin and Chick Corea: In A Silent Way / It's About That Time (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 24, 09Here’s a recent, live all-star recreation of the entire backside of Miles Davis’ classic early fusion platter, In A S...
Jason Ajemian: Sackett's Harbor (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 06, 09Ajemian’s bass has this big rubbery sound that fills up enough space in the house to allow the guys up front to go “o...
Mike Marshall: Three Dragons (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 13, 09For "Three Dragons," stringed instrument maestro Mike Marshall sticks with acoustic guitar and enlists the help of tw...
Chico Hamilton: Autumn in New York (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 06, 09When Hamilton’s long and storied career as a leader commenced in 1955, he started out with just a trio that included ...
Brad Leali - Claus Raible Quartet: Puddin' Time (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 13, 08A single low note played by pianist Claus Raible opens this old-school styled gospel jazz number. Seconds later, Brad...
Stevie Wonder (featuring Dizzy Gillespie): Do I Do (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music February 08, 09Not long after the disco craze fizzled out, Stevie Wonder decided to make a disco song. In the new-wave era of 1982, ...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WHEN JAZZ CATS MEET ROCKERS
Jazz musicians performing sidemen roles on recording dates of non-jazz performances is a practice nearly as old as ja...
John Surman: Haywain (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 03, 09In 1992, Surman and Abercombie teamed up with Peter Erskine and Marc Johnson for Abercrombie’s exceptional November p...
Harvie S: Miyako (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 26, 09As stated in the liner notes for Now Was The Time, playing the songs is never about dazzling technique for these two ...
Will Sellenraad: Prayer (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 22, 09You might think that a tribute to the great Elvin Jones would be a thunderous song, to represent the drummer's monume...
Tim Collins: Twenty Something (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music July 16, 09Just as Steely Dan once started a song making one think that they were going to play Horace Silver’s “Song For My Fat...
Jake Hertzog: Bonding (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 13, 09“Bonding” employs a conventional guitar-acoustic bass-drums trio and even begins with a Thelonious Monk inspired pass...
Linda Presgrave: Evening In Concert (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 04, 09Linda Presgrave begins this paean to the songwriting prowess of Joanne Brackeen unaccompanied, delivering pretty, cas...
Previous Page | Next Page
