By Steve Feeney, ArtsFuse Havana-born Gonzalo Rubalcaba, 58, has teamed up with esteemed jazz veterans Ron Carter, 84, and Jack DeJohnette, 79, for a release that exhibits a refined ease of expression. That said, Skyline doesn’t fully deliver on the high expectations promised by the personnel. But, leaving that consideration aside, the recording has more … Read More
By Steve Feeney, The Arts Fuse A recent spate of posthumous releases confirms that Mabern never lost touch with his soulfully sophisticated manner of inhabiting a song. Producer /bassist Leon Lee Dorsey’s Thank You, Mr. Mabern! (recorded just over two months before the keyboardist’s passing) makes a claim to being Mabern’s final studio recording.
By Steve Feeney, The Arts Fuse Pursuance: The Coltranes — Lakecia Benjamin (Ropeadope) Earth –Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group (Whaling City Sound) With new releases of vault material, and a renewed appreciation of his creative genius, John Coltrane (1926-1967) seems to be very much in the hearts and on the minds of today’s jazz aficionados, … Read More
By: Steve Feeney, The Arts Fuse This album does an excellent job of recapturing some of the glory of the original Miles Davis recordings. Miles Davis (1926-91) has been gone quite a while now. But box sets and bootlegs of his music continue to appear, so his spirit is still very much around — amusing, … Read More
