Reedist Dave Liebman has contributed to scores of recordings, including Miles Davis’ On The Corner. (Photo: Courtesy Dave Liebman)
For New Live Recording, Dave Liebman Heads Back Out ‘On The Corner’
Dave Liebman’s legacy seemingly coalesced in an enthralling full-circle moment on Feb. 6, 2015, at Nashville’s 3rd and Lindsley. Along with Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Chester Thompson, Chris Walters and James DaSilva, Liebman…
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Drawn from a 2018 Jazz Gallery commission inspired by the life of artist Frida Kahlo, saxophonist and bandleader Melissa Aldana is set to release Visions on May 24 through the…
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Pianist Carla Bley’s longtime trio with bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard is set to head into a Swiss studio this spring to record the group’s third album…
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Cellist, improviser and composer Tomeka Reid is one busy musician: leading her own quartet, performing in multiple collaborations, gigging with masters including Anthony Braxton,…
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BY Bobby Reed
Polish violinist Adam Bałdych goes where the muse leads him. On each of his recent ACT albums recorded with the Helge Lien Trio—Brothers (2017) and Bridges (2015)—Bałdyc composed almost the entire program. In the liner notes for his new quartet album,…
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BY Dave Cantor
Huw Warren has a thing for Hermeto Pascoal—and Brazilian music in general.
As far back as 2009 on Hermeto + (Basho), the Welsh pianist has taken the time to arrange and record more than a dozen compositions by the bandleader. But on Everything In…
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BY Bobby Reed
Wealth and fame can be destructive. Athletes and celebrities who hit it big at a young age often crash and burn. Norah Jones is an exception. She was 23 when Blue Note released her debut, Come Away With Me, in 2002. It earned her an armload of Grammys, and by…
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BY Ed Enright
Branford Marsalis never has sounded better on tenor and soprano saxophones, as revealed on this new release by his stellar working quartet with pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner.
The Secret Between The Shadow And The…
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BY J.D. Considine
Ideally, a songbook tribute album shouldn’t have the listener agree, “Yes, this is great writing,” but instead think, “Wow, I never understood these songs that way before.” In other words, the idea is to strive for revelation—which is precisely…
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BY Ed Enright
With the release of his sixth album as a leader, Australian-born, New York-based pianist Ben Winkelman continues to develop his concept of a piano trio whose primary artistic goal is to strike a balance between composition and improvisation. Bassist Matt…
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BY Dave Cantor
There’s a sense of heedless exploration that opens guitarist Lage Lund’s Terrible Animals, but the bulk of the album moderates the initial avant-excursions.
Opener “Hard Eights” rattles with an moody melody and some light effects listeners might…
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BY Bobby Reed
The reissue of keyboardist Eumir Deodato’s Os Catedráticos 73 is a head trip that will make synapses fire and hips sway.
The opening track, “Arranha Céu (Skyscrapers),” is dance-floor manna, fueled by the kind of awesome grooves that crate-diggers…
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BY Dave Cantor
There’s something solemn and wondrous about the writing of Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsum (1859–1952). He didn’t necessarily laud the creative class and weirdoes in works like Mysteries (Mysterier) and Hunger (Sult), but each offered a unique, sometimes…
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Bari Woodwinds’ Raptor mouthpiece gives saxophonists the ability to project with minimal exertion in all registers while retaining tonal integrity at loud and soft volumes. Currently available in alto and tenor models, the mouthpiece was designed by company owner Gary Spears after listening to…
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Blue’s Ember is a premium XLR condenser microphone designed for vocals and instruments. Featuring a hand-tuned custom condenser capsule, Ember delivers detailed performance with a tight cardioid pickup pattern that minimizes room noise for an up-front sound with excellent isolation. It’s ideal…
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Remo has introduced the Adjustable Bass Drum Dampener, designed in conjunction with Dave Weckl. The device attaches to the bass drum’s rim and lets players modify the feel and tone of the instrument with ease. Due to its unique design, the dampener won’t interfere with tuning, and it won’t…
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The Effigy Control Pedal is a foot-activated MIDI controller for keyboardists. It provides a viable replacement for controls (such as pitch bend and expression wheel) that usually require a player to interrupt left-hand play to operate. The pedal can produce any MIDI output desired by the user and…
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Yamaha’s CSF-TA adds the company’s TransAcoustic technology to its premium line of parlor guitars. It incorporates an actuator installed on the inner surface of the guitar back. When the CSF-TA’s strings are played, the actuator conveys sound vibrations to the guitar body and the air inside…
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by John Corbett // December/2008
Ekkehard Jost’s description of Ornette Coleman’s music—despite being a little too academic for such a soulful and organic art form—seems to ring true: motivic chain association. Coleman strings together melodic clusters, eschewing an overarching harmonic framework but retaining the immediacy and clarity of a tonal center. His music moves…
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