Jazz
“Ornette was looking for those notes, the ones that feel no pain.”
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The album’s set of pieces not only revels in the spirited formal experimentation of the great musician’s music, but its expressive urgency as well. Read More
Every piece here seems to play by its own rhythmic rules, and yet nowhere does the music sound academic or formal.
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The playing on this 1979 album, which would generally be considered as flawed, is part of the singular (mature) Chet Baker gestalt.
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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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No matter his musical surroundings, there is never any doubt that it is Joe Lovano you are hearing.
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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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Peggy Lee’s career took her far from the bifurcated sexual image expected of a canary — 40% coy seductiveness and 60% “I just want to settle down but will entertain you until the right guy comes along.”
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Thanks to Octave and Mack Avenue Records, a significant section of pianist Erroll Garner’s storied career is back, sounding better than ever before.
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Jazz Commentary: Ornette Coleman — An Outsider Cracks the Egg
The final, ineluctable quality that Ornette Coleman brought to the table was that he had an individual “voice,” which is the sine qua non and preeminent ethos in jazz.
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