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Somethingfour: Somethingfour
by Mark Sabbatini
Having short-changed them once, why not do it again? After all, the world is full of talented unknowns. It's easy to praise Somethingfour's self-titled debut album as a meaty combination of past intellect and modern attitude--for a measly $5, no less. But since they've already been stiffed when their impressive concert debut got a ...
Buddy Catlett: Here Comes Buddy Catlett
by Mark Sabbatini
Buddy Catlett is a snapshot of everything that's right and wrong with jazz today. A player with legends for more than fifty years--and supposedly Count Basie's favorite bassist--he's currently gigging as a sideman in a Seattle club on Thursday nights. Such unpretentiousness and enduring passion for the craft is what makes so many longtime players so ...
A Ton of Music (and Frustration) at www.mp3unsigned.com
by Mark Sabbatini
It's this close to being a near-perfect source of free music downloads. But one problem is so critical it's like saying Halle Berry is the perfect date - if she weren't missing her head. The site www.mp3unsigned.com offers, as its name indicates, songs from musicians lacking big label contracts. Selection is vast and varied, many of ...
Not On Mars: Live and Studio Debuts
by Mark Sabbatini
"Louder than jazz, smarter than rock. It's a catchy slogan for Not On Mars, a new fusion quintet from Madison, Wis., and good shorthand for describing the merits of their composing and playing. They may not be the smartest guys in class, but they get their assignments done and still throw parties that get ...
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom: VooDoo Boogaloo
by Mark Sabbatini
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom VooDoo Boogaloo Levtronic 2005 Something doesn't seem fair. There's a lot of ideas at work, everyone plays their roles well and, yet the thought is “where is the excitement? Maybe it's just too many people are doing modern organ jazz ensembles well these days. ...
Gilbert Isbin Group: Water With A Smile
by Mark Sabbatini
Belgian guitarist Gilbert Isban is a formidable nylon finger-picking veteran on everything from classical to avant-garde. He makes his debut as a composer and arranger on his 13th album--and in this case, that proves to be a lucky number. Water With A Smile is another of those albums purporting the equation Latin + world ...
Kostas Maginas: Seven For A Secret
by Mark Sabbatini
The concept of Led Zeppelin-meets-Celtic might seem like too much to wrap your brain around, but Kostas Maginas makes the process easy. Maybe too easy. Seven For A Secret, the second album by the guitarist from Thessaloniki, Greece, is as smooth as a Pat Metheny Group release but with a more ethnically diverse tonal ...
Jacqui Naylor: Live East-West: Birdland/Yoshi's
by Mark Sabbatini
In the spirit of man bites dog, this is an album whose parts are greater than its sum. Jackie Naylor has a strong voice, good supporting players, a catchy “acoustic smashing" concept of singing the lyrics of one song to the tune of a second, and the freedom of stretching out in a double-disc ...
Jeff Coffin Mu: Bloom
by Mark Sabbatini
Plenty of musicians load up on all-star and eclectic personnel for what are promoted as genre-smashing albums. Saxophonist Jeff Coffin is among the relative few who actually delivers on a level most people can relate to. His multi-ensemble, multi-genre Bloom visits Dixie, freeform, world, folk, and other styles, interpreting with an authentic and modern ...
Ike Sturm: Spirit
by Mark Sabbatini
Like a good house guest, Ike Sturm leaves you wanting more. The bassist and composer puts together an impressive contemporary jazz orchestra effort on his debut album, Spirit, but with four songs totaling 32 minutes, one wishes he'd share more ideas from his ten-member ensemble. Strum composes pieces weekly as musical director for jazz ...
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