Daniel Rosenboom Quintet: Fire Keeper (Orenda) Steve Gadd Band: Gadditude (BFM/Planet) Kim Lawson Quartet: Hey Day (Yum Yum Tree) Taste is a handy attribute: you can be sure that you have it and those who disagree with you do not. It allows you to poke fun at, say, Michael Bolton…
Category: Album Reviews
Permission To Evaporate (ABC) In his erudite liner notes Joseph Tawadros observes the oud is neither “ethnic” nor “Arabic”. Amen. An instrument is like a painter’s brush, and the limits are of the heart and imagination, not of prescribed traditions and techniques. Herein lies the wonder of Tawadros’s 11th album:…
Sanitary Apocalypse (http://wyattmosswellington.com/) Ah, the joy of stimulation by the imagination of one who dares to ask “what if?”, amid so much hollow falsity and slavish imitation. Wyatt Moss-Wellington’s new opus consists of one 28-minute composition blending innocence and knowing, wit and wonder, charm and unabashed cleverness. His satirical narrative…