October 1991
Features
- For Art's Sake
Art lovers and social animals, take note. That season's here again, the time to gallery hop instead of bar bop (the… - Film Fest Preview
Film buffs, get ready to roll... The New Orleans Film and Video Society (NOFVS) presents its fall program for the Third… - Bela and Barker on the Banjo
Danny Barker and Bela Fleck are the opposite ends of the jazz banjo timeline. Barker is a survivor from the banjo's… - Chicago Jazz
It's odd that even when cruising at 20,000 feet, heading north from New Orleans to the Chicago Jazz Fest, there is… - Ear to the Ground: Victor Goines
Tenor saxophonist Victor Goines is dedicated to his music. His schedule reflects this. He gigs about town, travels as a member… - Jazz Ladies
While singers are dependent on the physics of sound, it is a less definable ingredient that transcends the sterile grasp of…
Spare Parts
- Spare Parts October 1991
Ahhh, October in New Orleans. The weather cools down, the gators shed their skin and those poor nutria keep getting smashed…
Reviews
- Stephen Scott, Something to Consider (Verve Records)
Stephen Scott is a former Harper Brothers Band pianist. His first solo album features such noteworthy players as Joe Henderson, Jeff… - Donald Harrison, For Art's Sake (Candid Records)
From the first note to the last, Donald Harrison and his group swing as if their lives depended on it. This… - Johnny Griffin, The Cat (Antilles Records)
Johnny Griffin's first U.S. recording in too many years is everything that you'd expect from someone who has worked with Thelonious… - Bebop and Beyond, Bebop and Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie (Enja Records)
This reviewer will have to admit to not expecting much from this CD, having been disappointed by an earlier recording this… - Johnny Adams, Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus: The Real Me (Rounder Records)
This album is a tribute to the late, great Doc Pomus, the co-author of such classics as "Lonely Avenue," "Little Sister,"… - Champion Jack Dupree, Forever and Ever (Rounder Records)
Back Home in New Orleans, the legendary Champion Jack's first-ever recording in New Orleans, was released last year to universal praise.… - Van Halen, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (Warner Brothers Records)
Ever since the sappy "Jump" became Van Halen's first chart-topping single, the band has pursued melody at the expense of the… - Randy Travis, High Lonesome (Warner Brothers Records)
This record's most remarkable feature is that songs with many contributing musicians—the average is about 12—can sound so cohesive, and simple.… - Robert Nighthawk and His Flames of Rhythm, Live on Maxwell Street, 1964 (Rounder Records)
Robert Nighthawk was among the earliest of Mississippi bluesmen to emigrate to Chicago, and this disc, recorded by blues historian Norman… - The Dynatones, Chopped and Channeled (RNA Records)
For a debut disc on Rhino's RNA, these Bay Area rock 'n' soul jivemeisters don't waste any time turning on the… - Darrell Nulisch and Texas Heat, Business As Usual (Black Top Records)
Darrell Nulisch has been around for some time, having fronted bands for Anson Funderburgh and Ronnie Earl for the past ten… - Turtle Island String Quartet, On the Town (Windham Hill Jazz)
Do you swing? This disc certainly does, with a departure from TISQ's usual mix of self-compositions to unique interpretations of standards,… - Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill (Rough House/Columbia Records)
South Central Los Angeles is a rough place, as any hip-hop listener from any socio-economic background knows. N.W.A. first showed us… - Manhattan Transfer, The OffBeat of Avenues (Columbia Records)
The success of this album will have a lot to do with how it is marketed, and whatever poor sucker is… - Jim Cooper with Ira Sullivan, Tough Town (Delmark Records)
This is the first release by the veteran Chicago vibraphonist, with a little name recognition help from tenor saxophonist Ira Sullivan,… - Dr. John, "Fathead" Newman, Ray Anderson, Will Calhoun, Essiet Okon Essiet, Jay Leonhart, and Joe Bonadio, Bluesiana II (Windham Hill Jazz Records)
Dr. John and David "Fathead" Newman are at it again with a slightly different lineup than their Bluesiana Triangle. The late…
