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Diana Krall’s Road to Royalty SPRING 2013 D isplay uNtIl JuNE www.jazziz.com that he won’t replicate that success with parent in the results, which were released by a Poisoned Arrow,” the last of which his latest album, The Beat (Concord). James on 2008’s Now is our selection. Vitchev’s instrumental says that the new recording was inspired Was the Time. The voice bears echoes of the tonal warmth by his passion for both Latin music and veteran jazz artists and big-sky sweep of Pat Metheny, as he R&B, specifically Sergio Mendes’ record of team up once again and Iago, his beyond-simpatico musical “Batucada,” or “The Beat,” which the saxo- on Witchcraft compatriot, switch off on leads, riding the phonist reinterprets here as a funk tune. (Savant), another rolling hillocks of rhythm provided by In addition to his old pal Rick Braun, who sterling program Shannon and acoustic bassist Dan Robbins. lends his trumpet to the Mendes’ song, of duets that finds Shannon proves an exceptional addition James also recruited soul singer Raheem both players at the height of their mature to the group, responding to and driving his DeVaughn and spoken-word artist The mastery. Barron, who celebrates his 70th companions in equal measure. Floacist on other tracks. Expect the usual birthday this summer, remains among the mix of high-energy romps and romantic most lyrical of straightahead pianists, his At age 36, trumpeter jeremy Pelt is a balladry, the latter of which is represented thoughtful and unfussy playing engag- standard-bearer with “Mari’s Song,” included here. ing in dynamic conversation with the for the continued 64-year-old bassist. Indeed, both players relevance of Serving as keyboardist, composer and are equal participants in a fascinating straightahead arranger on Jimmy dialogue, which delves into the music of modern jazz. His Kimmel Live for the Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder and Eumir discography of past decade hasn’t Deodato, among others. One of their more recent years has seemed to slow obscure selections, “Deep Night,” included reflected solid down jeff Babko. here, is a peppy number first performed by grounding in the modal and post-bop The Southern Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees vocabularies established by Miles Davis California native in the 1920s. However, Barron and S swing and Wayne Shorter on their early-to- and University of it in a fashion closer to Sonny Clark’s mid-’60s recordings. And Pelt certainly Miami School of Music grad has played version from his 1958 classic Cool Struttin’. continues in that direction on Water and on albums with Vinnie Colaiuta and Jeff Hearing the piano-and-bass team just dig Earth (HighNote), albeit with a different in- Coffin, as well as with drummer Toss in and go for it is sheer, smile-inducing joy. strumental orientation. Replacing acoustic Panos, and, more recently, with Frank piano and bass with their electric coun- Ocean and Alanis Morissette. He also found Over the past few years, Bulgarian-born, terparts, and subtly employing electronic time to co-produce the all-star Generosity Bay Area-based effects, Pelt isn’t severing his straightahead Water Project, which raised money for and guitarist and ties, but simply updating them. While awareness about desperate water shortages composer Hristo listeners may hear hip-hop or trance or in Africa. The keyboardist’s latest recording, vitchev has con- electronica flavors woven into the tapestry, Crux (Tonequake), features an exciting mix sistently crafted in truth, the album frequently calls to of straightahead jazz and fusion sensibili- music of great lyri- mind Freddie Hubbard’s late-’60s/early-’70s ties on a program of original music. Babko cal beauty. With his CTI recordings, or even Miles’ or Shorter’s creates a moody aural palette on “Fools,” self-named quartet albums from that period. Much of that has included here. His sparkling acoustic or quintet, or in duet with pianist and to do with the era-distinctive keyboard piano, Mark Isham’s poignant trumpet and frequent collaborator Weber Iago, Vitchev sounds of the Fender Rhodes and clavinet, Timothy Young’s textured guitar float atop has advanced a sound that manages to provided throughout by David Bryant. On a dreamy tapestry of strings, undergirded sound intimate and epic at the same time. “Mystique,” included here, Pelt and soprano by the super-sensitive rhythmic propulsion He does so again on Familiar Fields (First saxophonist Roxy Cross float atop those of Tim Lefebvre’s acoustic bass and Matt Orbit Sounds), his latest recording with his ambient keyboard textures on respective Chamberlain’s drums. quartet, which welcomes new member solos, before Bryant adds his own lively Mike Shannon on drums. As he has on solo to the mix. The superb rhythm section The bass-and-piano team of Harvie S and previous recordings, Vitchev makes use of of bassist Burniss Earl Travis — switching Kenny Barron first recorded together classical imagery and narratives in song to upright here — drummer Dana Hawkins in 1986, their wonderfully compatible titles such as “The Prophet’s Daughter,” and percussionist Jeffrey Haynes keep the sensibilities and unselfishness readily ap- “The Mask of Agamemnon” and “Wounded magma flowing underneath it all. OnDisc 40 spring 2013 jazziz JAZZIZ OnDisc SPRING 2013 SPRING 2013 Ladies First / Gentlemen Next Disc 2 GENTLEMEN NEXT JAZZIZ on Disc Larry Carlton • tim green • Ethan Farmer Donny McCaslin • Spencer Day • Carl Bartlett, jr. Disc One Ladies First Disc two Gentlemen Next Boney james • Aaron Diehl • jeff Babko • Harvie S 01 Larry Carlton “Room 335” Hristo vitchev Quartet • jeremy Pelt • Kevin Eubanks 01 Kait Dunton “Frolic” Disc 2 Four Hands & a Heart, Volume One (335) Kait Dunton Larry Carlton Disc 1 Mountain Suite (Real & Imagined Music) 02 tim green “Philippians 4:13” 02 Gentlemen Andrea Brachfeld Tim Green Ladies Andrea Brachfeld “Bebop Hanna” Songs From this Season (true Melody Music) lady of the Island (Zoho) 03 Ethan Farmer “Showdown” Next Iris Ornig Ethan Farmer First 03 iris Ornig “Spark of Light” Wine & Strings (Good People Club Music) No Restrictions (Self-Released) 04 Donny McCaslin “Henry” Nadje Noordhuis Donny McCaslin 04 nadje noordhuis “Le Hameau Omi” Casting for Gravity (Greenleaf Music) 000000 Nadje Noordhuis (little Mystery) WHITE 05 Spencer Day “Something Wicked” Terri Lyne Carrington Spencer Day 05 terri Lyne Carrington “Grass Roots” the Mystery of you (Concord) YELLOW Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue (Concord Jazz) Jana Herzen Carl Bartlett, Jr. MAGENTLADIES FIRST A 06 Carl Bartlett, jr. “Fidgety Season” Hopeful (Self-Released) CYAN 06 jana Herzen “Secrets are Safe With Me” Florencia Gonzalez Big Band Boney James Passion of a lonely Heart (Motéma) 07 Boney james “Mari’s Song” BLACK the Beat (Concord) 07 Florencia gonzalez Big Band “Hurry” Jessica Williams Aaron Diehl Woman Dreaming of Escape (Self-Released) 08 Aaron Diehl “Generation Y” the Bespoke Man’s Narrative (Mack avenue) Anat Cohen Jeff Babko 08 jessica Williams “Poem” Please see our file submission form at Songs of Earth (Origin) 09 jeff Babko “Fools” worldmediagrou p. com/resources/submission-checklist.pd f Crux (tonequake) Brandi Disterheft Harvie S feat. 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With a degree from Juilliard, onstage experi- Four Hands & a Heart, Volume One (335) ence with the likes of Benny Golson and Hank Jones, and a featured 02 tim green “Philippians 4:13” spot on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz program, Diehl has accom- Songs From this Season (true Melody Music) plished plenty at age 27 — not the least of which was his winning the 03 Ethan Farmer “Showdown” Wine & Strings (Good People Club Music) Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz competition in 2011.