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 … Read More
By Steve Provizer, The Arts Fuse Jazz doesn’t have many éminences grise. Either a musician’s influence is widely acknowledged, as in, for example, Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker, or a … Read More
Michael Ullman, The Arts Fuse Once again, drummer Ralph Peterson pays fine homage to Art Blakey’s tradition of joyous, hard-edged bashing jazz. Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy/ Legacy Alive: … 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 … Read More
Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron — Paying Expert Homage Steve Provizer, the Arts Fuse Smartly, Vanessa Rubin has gathered a strong group of collaborators, a number of whom knew Tadd … Read More
Steve Provizer, The Arts Fuse Kelly Green and her trio are essentially mainstream players, but they explore a lot of challenging territory within that framework. Volume One is the first album … Read More
Steve Provizer, The Arts Fuse Younger Arts Fuse readers probably don’t know about the Jackie Gleason-Bobby Hackett collaborations from the late 1950’s-early ’60s. Gleason was a comedian-television star with a musical bent … Read More
By Jon Garelick, The Arts Fuse Emma Frank is one of those singer-songwriters who lean the jazz way (think: Becca Stevens, Joanna Wallfisch, and, you know, Joni Mitchell). Her new album, Ocean … Read More
Michael Ullman, The Arts Fuse The first time I saw saxophonist (and, on this recording, flutist and recorder player) Dave Liebman, he was performing with Miles Davis. It was around … Read More
