Name: Pico
Dateline: South by Southwest
Weblog: somethingelsemusic.blogspot.com [RSS]
Articles: 207
First Published: Friday, September 22, 2006
Last Published: Friday, July 25, 2008
Currently listing articles 207-151:
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Quickies: Three From ESP-Disk Records— ESP-Disk hauls out three vintage documents of extreme whack jazz from its vaults.
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Quickies: Mike & The Ravens, Pete Levin, Antonio Ciacca Quintet— From the rowdy to the refined, it's all here in this episode of Quickies.
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Music Review: Steve Allee Trio - Dragonfly— Steve Allee's latest proves again that this contemporary jazz pianist can more than cut it with the straight ahead stuff.
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Music Review: Umphrey's McGee - Jimmy Stewart 2007— A tasty selection of full-on improvs by the band that's rewriting the rules on full-on improvs.
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Music Review: The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Pay Me No Mind — The Homemade Jamz Blues Band are the Blues' new kids on the block but they play like old veterans.
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Music Review: Charles Lloyd Quartet - Rabo de Nube — You take a jazz giant like Charles Lloyd for granted at your own risk.
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Music Review: Totem> - Solar Forge — Ahhh, sweet, sweet cacophony...
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Music Review: Art Pepper - Unreleased Art, Vol III: The Croydon Concert May 14, 1981— Art Pepper's widow Laurie gives us jazz fans another reason why we miss her late husband so much.
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Music Review: Scrapomatic - Sidewalk Caesars — When it comes to what it takes to present old roots music to modern audiences, Scrapomatic understands.
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Quickies: Cassandra Wilson, Larry Vuckovich Trio, Peter Calandra— This episode of Quickies has a bit more of a cinematic feel than prior ones. Find out why...
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Music Review: Dixon-Rhyne Project - Reinvention— Where old-school soul-jazz meets new-school grooves.
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Music Review: Arthur Brown - The Voice Of Love — The God Of Hellfire has turned into an Angel Of Love.
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Quickies: Three From Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records— Announcing the inaugural releases from the nascent Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records.
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Quickies: Albuquerque/Amorim/Barata, Brian Blade Fellowship, Paolo Nutini— Sounds of May and before still fill my head.
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Music Review: Mike Zito - Today— One of St. Louis' best-kept secrets may not be a secret much longer.
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Music Review: K.J. Denhert - Lucky 7 — Denhert's self-described "urban folk-jazz" is a lucky discovery for anyone who comes across her latest release.
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Music Review: James Carter - Present Tense— Finally, an appropriate introduction to James Carter's growing legacy.
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Music Review: Derrick Gardner And The Jazz Prophets - A Ride To The Other Side
— Sometimes we need guys like Derrick Gardner to remind us of that jazz is meant to be vibrant and fun to listen to.
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Music Review: Pete Robbins - Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy— Robbins has a unique, highly creative take on progressive jazz.
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Music Review: Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January— Tomasz Stanko's former protégés are going to keep Polish jazz viable well after Stanko is done.
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Quickies: Taylor Eigisti, Bernie Worrell, Avishai Cohen— I've got a problem...but it's the good kind of problem.
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Music Review: Blue Mitchell - Blue Soul— Here's a good reason why Blue Mitchell should have gotten more recognition as a top drawer trumpet player.
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Music Review: Barry Adamson - Back To The Cat— What a Ennio Morricone movie soundtrack might have sounded like if Isaac Hayes was assigned to score it.
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Music Review: James McMurtry - Just Us Kids— McMurtry's latest reinforces the notion that precious few songwriters can articulate the darker side of America as well as he can.
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Music Review: Dave Douglas & Keystone - Moonshine— Celebrated jazz trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas is once again inspired by a silent movie star to create forward-looking music.
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Sean Costello, 1979-2008— Costello joins Magic Sam and Stevie Ray Vaughan as exciting young blues talents who left us just as they're hitting their stride.
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Music Review: Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz— The first record by the threesome who changed piano trio jazz forever.
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Music Review: Dave Stryker Quartet - Strike Up The Band— Dave Stryker strikes hard bop gold...again.
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Music Review: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Lil Tae Rides Again— The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is a bit of a misnomer.
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Music Review: The Wood Brothers - Loaded— This ain't no Medeski, Martin & Wood spinoff; it's a real family affair.
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Quickies: North Mississippi All-Stars, Ryan Blotnick, Tal Ross, Jovino Santos Neto— From the South to the Northeast? Once again, we're mixing it up on Quickies.
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Music Review: Steve Reid Ensemble - Daxaar— The well-traveled drummer Steve Reid goes back to Africa for some honest-to-goodness soul-jazz jams.
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Music Review: Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Remedy: Live At The Village Vanguard— Rosenwinkel and his band give a memorable performance at one of jazz's most sacred venues.
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Music Review: Lizz Wright - The Orchard — Lizz Wright's latest is organic goodness that defies categories, although "splendid" fits it just fine.
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Music Review: John Ellis & Double-Wide - Dance Like There's No Tomorrow— John Ellis combines the New Orleans jazz of his apprenticeship with North Carolina gospel of his childhood.
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Quickies: Jack Bruce/Robin Trower, Amos Hoffman, Ruthie Foster, Kevin Ayers— After a month's layover, Quickies is back, y'all!
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Music Review: Sam Barsh - I Forgot What You Taught Me— Barsh was well prepared when it came time to step out from under the shadow of being a sideman.
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Music Review: Eric Bibb - Get Onboard — Anyone who hears Bibb's soothing blend of folk, blues, gospel and soul will most likely "Get Onboard."
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Music Review: Sean Costello - We Can Get Together
— At the rate he's going it's scary to think how good Costello will be by the time he finally hits 30.
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Music Review: Jane Ira Bloom - Mental Weather— "Mental Weather" will tell you most everything you need to know about what is great about Bloom.
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Music Review: Marco Benevento - Invisible Baby— Marco Benevento is a new force to be reckoned with in the post-rock world.
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Quickies: Akoya Afrobeat, Joe Jackson, Herbie Hancock— Familiar names, familiar sounds, and a few surprises.
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Music Review: Swamp Cabbage - Squeal— Music by Swamp Cabbage from way down in Dixie, where they get things done but it's slow and sticky.
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Quickies: Ben Allison, Ronnie Earl, Nick Moss & The Fliptops, Erik Friedlander— Recommendations from three Blogcritics Music personalities are subjected to the Pico Audition. Did they steer me right?
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Music Review: Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin - Holon— Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin proves that a thinking person's music can be quite accessible. And even quite funky.
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One Track Mind: Bugge Wesseltoft - "Change"— Wesseltoft's conception for "Change" is a wonderful blend of sounds from four decades underpinned by a dry, cool beat.
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Quickies: Pat Metheny, Eivind Aarset, Neil Larsen, Maceo Parker— The first Quickies of the year scans new releases of three types of jazz and a one-of-a-kind saxophone funkmaster.
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One Track Mind: John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio "Traneing In"— You don't have to be a jazz snob to enjoy Coltrane when he's playing a blues jam like "Traneing In."
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Music Review: Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - Setting Standards— 25 years ago this month, Jarrett reintroduced and reinforced the idea that standards are vehicles for limitless invention.
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Music Review: Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark— The Drive-By Truckers will never be considered sophisticated, but they've polished up their act some with this release.
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One Track Mind: Charles Earland - "Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home"— Charles Earland tackles a happy Chicago tune that was sadly part of trumpet great Lee Morgan's last recorded performances.
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Music Review: James Blood Ulmer - Bad Blood In The City; The Piety Street Sessions— Blood pours his heart, soul and immense talents into a poignant reminder of a great American tragedy.
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One Track Mind: Gov't Mule "Perfect Shelter"— Nothing like some good, funked-up hard rock from The Mule to get your weekend kick-started.
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Music Review: Medeski, Martin & Wood - Let's Go Everywhere — An acid jazz primer for pre-schoolers.
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One Track Mind: Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim Black - "43 RPM"— Chicks who play whack jazz on accordion are hawt.
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Music Review: David Rogers Sextet - The World Is Not Your Home— David Rogers skillfully melds African melodies and rhythms with American jazz.
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One Track Of The Year: the subdudes - "Poor Man's Paradise"— A good song should make you feel good. More than any other song I've heard this year, this one does.
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