Thursday, December 8 2011
A Moving Sound: A Moving Sound
High and sweet are the keynotes on A Moving Sound, quick and quicksilver.
Thursday, July 28 2011
Nguyên Lê: Songs of Freedom
Here's a trick: a five-minute "In A Gadda da Vida" that's more self-indulgent than the original!
Tuesday, June 7 2011
Miwa Gemini: Fantastic Lies of Grizzly Rose
Grizzly Rose's lies may be fantastic, but Gemini's songwriting is terrific as well.
Tuesday, September 14 2010
Catalyst: The Complete Recordings, Volumes 1 & 2
1970s Philly jazz act Catalyst now has the means to break out of its formidable critical and cult following into worldwide acclaim.
Friday, July 30 2010
The Stanley Clarke Band: The Stanley Clarke Band
Damn, I got a blister on my thumb!
Monday, July 19 2010
V.M. Bhatt & Matt Malley: Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights proposes a form of music that wishes to escape categorization based on "Eastern" and "Western" styles and traditions. The sliding notes of the guitar represent, for these musicians, an opportunity to evade the musical border police.
Friday, January 15 2010
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro: Tradition in Transition
For the bulk of this album, Quantic and his combo don't put a foot wrong. The result is a modern fusion sound based on Colombian rhythms infused with Brazilian string arrangements, Panamanian soul, and some wonderful salsa piano.
Wednesday, September 16 2009
TriBeCaStan: Strange Cousin
TriBeCastan makes a "cross-cultural crossroads" sound natural, flexible, and easy.
Tuesday, September 1 2009
Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt: Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World
The ethereal diffusions of the sitar get a fine grounding from the North American blues-groove.
