Michael Ullman
Iridescence is a masterful set, with none of the tentative feeling …he bipped when he should have bopped …that sometimes afflicts free jazz outings.
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This is demanding contemporary music that succeeds at the trick of pulling you in — and makes you glad to be there.
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Dave Pietro is a fine, distinctive composer, an agile, precise saxophonist, and a band leader to be trusted.
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That this assemblage works so well is a tribute to the big ears and hearts — and collective intelligence — of all the players here.
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Yes, purchasing this EP will help out a good cause, but the musical value of this fabulous duo’s performance is priceless.
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This is an intelligent, inventively performed, be-boppish tribute to a composer I now know better than ever.
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The interpretations of the covers in this beautifully realized tribute album will bring back memories of the originals in a way that is enlivening rather than nostalgic.
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Saxophonist Brian Landrus seems to know what he’s got in this magnificent trio: Fred Hersch on piano, Drew Gress on bass, and Billy Hart on drums.
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The Lynne Arriale trio offers the kind of mutual responsiveness that only the best small groups attain.
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The songs by Milton Nascimento and Chico Buarque re-imagined on Rio Minas are not necessarily their best known, but all of the performances on this album eloquently testify to saxophonist Jean-Pierre Zanella’s love of Brazil and its people.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else