ANDREW HILL – BLUE BLACK
A really great session from pianist Andrew Hill – and one of his few post-Blue Note sessions to feature a horn player! The style of the set draws from a few strands of Hill's career – in that Hill is playing in some freely exploratory piano modes, yet also manages to swing soulfully with the rest of the group, especially sax player Jimmy Vass – who makes a rare appearance here on soprano, alto, and flute. In a way, the album probably most closely resembles the Andrew LP on Blue Note – which is great by us, as it's one of his best sets! Titles include "One For", "Remnants", "Blue Black", and "Golden Spook". ~ Dusty Groove
VIJAY IYER – BREAK STUFF
Beautiful trio work from pianist Vijay Iyer – a record
that's filled with the sorts of chunky rhythmic lines we love so much in his
playing! The album's got Iyer working much more at a familiar level than his
more electronic album for ECM – with that sort of warmth and joy that's really
brought new life to the piano trio format through his recordings – the best of
which we might put up there with our early favorites from Robert Glasper. The
group features Stephan Crump on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums – and titles
include "Blood Count", "Break Stuff", "Taking
Flight", "Work", "Wrens", and "Mystery
Woman". ~ Dusty Groove
WOLFGANG MUTHSPIEL / LARRY GRENADIER / BRIAN BLADE – DRIFT WOOD
Subtle interplay between the guitar of Wolfgang Muthspiel, the bass of Larry Grenadier, and drums of Brian Blade – a trio who have just the right sort of evocative feel to live up to the album's title! Blade is perhaps the biggest surprise here – as his style is very loose, and quite different than his own recent work – very well adapted to match the spare tones of Muthspiel's guitar, which is still the most dominant instrument on the record – although we're especially fond of the bass of Grenadier, both plucked and bowed. Titles include "Bossa For Michael Brecker", "Driftwood", "Highline", "Lichtzelle", "Madame Vonn", and "Uptown". ~ Dusty Groove
Subtle interplay between the guitar of Wolfgang Muthspiel, the bass of Larry Grenadier, and drums of Brian Blade – a trio who have just the right sort of evocative feel to live up to the album's title! Blade is perhaps the biggest surprise here – as his style is very loose, and quite different than his own recent work – very well adapted to match the spare tones of Muthspiel's guitar, which is still the most dominant instrument on the record – although we're especially fond of the bass of Grenadier, both plucked and bowed. Titles include "Bossa For Michael Brecker", "Driftwood", "Highline", "Lichtzelle", "Madame Vonn", and "Uptown". ~ Dusty Groove
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