Search results for "Mark Saleski"
Mark Zaleski: Care Free (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 09, 08Music writers are used to artist queries. "Hi, I'm John Q. Polytonal, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in r...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Le Clit (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 25, 08From a fine tribute record to the late saxophonist Dewey Redman, the Mark Masters Ensemble moves along the solid and ...
Mark Lambert: Sunshine Of Your Love (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music July 17, 09It's nice to hear an artist put a jazz spin on a rock tune not by using the harmonic structure as source material but...
Mark Ledford: Blue in Green (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music December 03, 07The late Mark Ledford was a gentle, multi-instrumental hit man for the Pat Metheny Group. Here, a modern, Hip-Hop spi...
Mark Weinstein: Lua e Sol (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 31, 08Now here is a fine example of sensitive instrumental interplay. After the ominously low rumble of bass serves as an i...
Mark Rapp: 1st Minute, 1st Round (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 20, 09Did Miles ever employ a didgeridoo? Well, if he didn't, he should have. This tune totally cooks, thanks to a rel...
Dewey Redman: Thren (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 27, 07I fell in love with Dewey Redman's big, open sound after hearing his work on Pat Metheny's 80/81. Going back in music...
Fly: Super Sister (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 10, 09Saxophone, bass, drums. I immediately think of Sonny Rollins, or maybe even Branford Marsalis in a more modern contex...
Pat Metheny: Phase Dance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08The longtime concert opener, "Phase Dance" provides a distillation of the early Pat Metheny Group sound. Metheny roll...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES
Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...
Andrew Green: Narrow Margin/Taxi Driver (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 29, 09Now this is just a terrific juxtaposition. Andrew Green weaves his tense and suspense-laden workout around the broodi...
Mark Saleski Overcomes Energy Crisis and Picks the Best Jazz of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 29, 08Few music critics listen to more CDs than Mark Saleski, or are so vigilant in hunting out exciting sounds in new and ...
Bennie Maupin: Ensenada (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 27, 07For some reason, the idea of a “tone poem” has always bothered me. It seemed like one of those pretentious, reviewer ...
Pat Metheny: Minuano (Six Eight) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08Like many songs from Metheny's 'Brazilian period,' "Minuano (Six Eight)" displays his penchant for making use of vari...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES
Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Modul 39_8 (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music February 12, 08You wouldn't think that a discussion of minimalism and funk would be a very long one. On "Modul 39_8," Nik Bärtsch's ...
Duke Ellington Legacy: Toe Tickler (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 24, 08Edward Kennedy Ellington II, grandson of The Duke himself, founded the Duke Ellington Legacy with the intent of ...
Bobby Streng Saxemble: Streng Theory (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music August 27, 08"Streng Theory," essentially an exuberant blues brought to life by Bobby Streng's high-powered group, takes one liber...
Tim Kuhl: Dr. Doom (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music August 27, 08With "Dr. Doom," drummer Tim Kuhl takes a page out of the latter-years John Coltrane playbook, where a theme is poked...
Southside Johnny: Walk Away (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 04, 08Southside Johnny Lyon fans have waited years for this dream project. Southside has shown his love for Tom Waits songs...
Bujo Kevin Jones & Tenth World: Tenth World Order (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music October 31, 08The percussion builds tension right from the start, and you can't help but wonder where the inevitable explosion will...
Miles Stiebel: Dance With Me (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 20, 09OK, it's time to admit the obvious: I have somehow become a sucker for jazz covers of pop tunes from the 1970s. "Danc...
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