Excellent and always fascinating Misha Mengelberg - this time a Dutch-New York quartet with Han Bennink, Dave Douglas and Brad Jones on board. Fantastic, modern post-bop playing of Mengelberg's own compositions and Monk's two iron standards: 'Monk Moods' and Criss Cross' and the title, also...
'Cafe Blue' and 'Modern Cool' are really good recordings, but there's a few more which I like a lot. It so happened that I was at the Companion concert in Green Mill, the same which we listen to from the famous album 'Companion', so 'Companion' is naturally one of my favorite Patricia Barber...
Gilad Hekselman and his third album 'Hearts Wide Open' recorded on March 28 & 29, 2010. Melodic subtle jazz without swing playing remind me the best Kurt Rosenwinkel 'stories'. Lightness of playing and communication between musicians can delight from the beginning to the end of the album. On...
Dee Dee Bridgewater will never stop fascinating me, never. She is an Artist who has all the features of the best jazz vocal - amazing feel, time, charisma, technique and fantastic voice - I love Dee Dee. Her musicians are always the highest class, the highest level and riding to the max...
Only two of us have left... but 'We Are On The Edge'. New album from Art Ensemble Of Chicago - A 50th Anniversary Celebration.
Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don Moye - last two originals members of this famous group together with a new fresh faces of the band recorded fantastic and uncompromising...
'On The Corner' - rock & funk period of MD. Very good stuff, I have a full session of this recordings - very nice 6 CD box set - love it. What's important there is Dave Liebman on the board - one of my favorite musician all the time. He's a 'main tree branch' in Coltrane context.
Thinking of a jazz musician that is excellent but never became a 'jazz superstar' and never became rich, generally known that Hank Mobley was one of the most under appreciated jazz sax players. Joe Henderson was also appreciated relatively late, paradoxically despite the fact that he's one of...
Ben Wendel - 'The Seasons'. I'm very impressed that recording all the more so since I sow live concert last night at Constellations Club in Chicago. It was one of the best show I've ever seen, and please trust me I've seen a lot through the all 'jazz years' in my life. A curiosity are titles -...
Favorite jazz albums 2018? I would say that I have at least a dozen or so. First reveal, which turned out to be a 2nd after their 1st album, it's a group from Windy City - Chicago Edge Ensemble - and their second album 'Insidious Anthem'. An excellent recordings with mix of improvised jazz...