tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13066858917565221202024-03-08T05:09:57.496-08:00SCRAWLIN' KINGSNAKERichard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-1960361822658658042019-02-02T14:42:00.002-08:002020-07-28T13:06:23.274-07:00Remembering Dennis The last of the sober cowboy poets has left the building, and things won't be the same around here. Dennis's stories, (and boy he had some stories) were colorful, poignant, and sometimes true. He'd be the first to tell you, with a central casting Irish twinkle in his eye "never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Yes, he had the Irish storyteller's gift for a bit o' the blarney, yet he was probably one of the most honest of our members when it mattered. And I don't think anyone's attention ever drifted when Dennis was holding court in a meeting, because he had so much to say, and always said it in the language of the heart. Dennis inhabited a world of jakey bums, tickle bullets and cash register honesty, and his stories were laced with these colorful gems. A favorite of mine was the one about rolling off a freight train and careening down the stairs of the old Centerville where his sober journey miraculously got its start. Long before he passed on, whenever I heard a train whistle, I would think of him and smile. Dennis's gratitude for the sober life was obvious, and yet he was stubborn in his concern that the program might change his personality. As far as I can see it didn't, except for the quiet generosity in his considerable commitment to helping other alcoholics. I know he was a praying man, because so many of his sentences began with the invocation JESUS CHRIST!<br />
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I met Dennis at the nooner, when we were both brand new and a bit ambivalent about sticking around. We did, and gradually got comfortable with the terms of our surrender, which in the long run turned out to be the best deal in town. Dennis met Annie in a hail of tickle bullets, and a great love story ensued. I treasure having known the two of them, constant reminders of the simplicity of the program, just show up, don't drink, go to meetings. So when you hear that train whistle, think of Dennis, he was one of the great ones. <br />
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Richard Mayer<br />
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January 2019 Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-81310676990722332832017-09-24T13:37:00.001-07:002017-09-24T13:37:59.303-07:00The Fab Faux: Repertory Rock and RollDespite the growing popularity of so called tribute bands, in some circles the mere mention of them sometimes elicits groans and shudders of revulsion. Among fellow musicians especially, contempt prior to investigation is the rule. This is partly because tribute bands are increasingly dominant in the marketplace, sometimes edging out acts that play original music. I have experienced more Beatles tribute bands than most, partly because of a love of the music, but also because of a musician grandson who also really digs the Beatles and Ringo Starr in particular. From what I have experienced, Beatles tributes typically strive for the look of the real Beatles, which sometimes involves ill-fitting Pepper costumes, wigs, and vain attempts at cheeky Liverpudlian accents, and perhaps a modicum of workmanlike bar band competence with the repertoire. As an exercise in nostalgia, it might be fun the first time, but after a while acts of this ilk often strike me as "phoned in" and maybe even cynical. Not so with New York City's Fab Faux, whom I would call the world's only Beatles repertory group, with a mission akin to Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mingus Dynasty, or even sometime Jazz at Lincoln Center. What these outfits all have in common is that they provide access to vital important music that is no longer available in a live context. This is not so different from the many fine European Classical orchestras who would probably be horrified if they were to be referred to as a Handel or Bach tribute. I think of the FF as a repertory group because of their ability to put across a loving, respectful performance of the greatest repertoire in all of Rock and Roll history. what's more it's the entire repertoire of Beatles music, including works that the Beatles couldn't and didn't perform live. To hear a Fab Faux concert is to hear high caliber versions of the Beatles book, with all the live energy and presence intact, and without the hype and costumes. It's clear that they love the music and that they have researched it with an archaeological intensity. It is beyond note for note, and with a quintet of multi-instrumentalists, and access to the now digital electronic innovations of Abbey Road in place, the Beatles canon is in capable hands. I have experienced the Fabs in concert many times now, and I believe they are providing an essential service in making available the best live Beatles experience anywhere.<br />
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9-24-17Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-30156301673540938692017-09-15T14:04:00.002-07:002017-09-15T16:08:08.306-07:00Theater Review: Heartbreak Hotel While on vacation in Maine this Fall, I was privileged to see the world premiere of <i>Heartbreak Hotel </i>at the Ogunquit Playhouse. This latest offering is from the pen of the prolific Floyd Mutrux whose previous works, <i>Million Dollar Quartet</i> and <i>Baby It's You</i> have enjoyed much success in recent years. I saw Million Dollar Quartet last year, and while it was a worthwhile experience overall, HH is the stronger and more compelling story, with a superior cast, at least in the Ogunquit production I attended. HH is the story of the young Elvis Presley, from his discovery at Sun Records in Memphis by Sam Phillips to the sale of his contract to RCA a few short years later. Portrayed by the captivating Eddie Clendening supported by a cast of solid musicians deftly paying respect to the music of Rock and Roll's dawning days, the Elvis character was lovingly played both as a believable character and a musician with a gift for the world. Clendening nailed the subtleties of the shy, awkward kid that first walked into Sun to make a record for his mother. In a world of hyped, cliched, and overstated impersonation, and the callous treatment of the tragedy that his life ultimately became, Clendening's respectful rendering of Rock and Roll's number one icon was refreshingly poignant. This, in short, is the Elvis I wish to remember. Musically, you couldn't do any better than this extraordinary cast serving up not only Presley's music, but the African American canon of music that influenced and shaped him. As is the case with many musicals in the Rock and Roll genre, the music itself is the real story, with trite dialogue serving as filler between the great and memorable repertoire we all came to hear one more time. HH is a story that deserves to be told with reverence and relevance, which is what happened here. Along with <i>Million Dollar Quartet</i>, <i>Baby It's You</i>, and <i>Heartbreak Hotel</i>, director Mutrux is also the author of the <i>American Pop Anthology</i> whose history informs his writing of Rock and Roll plays. His success and competence with these musical vehicles has earned him a Broadway run of MDQ with Clendening in the lead role, so it seems likely that HH is Broadway bound as well.<br />
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Richard MayerRichard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-33174819346120947272017-07-11T09:49:00.000-07:002017-07-11T18:56:58.216-07:00Dixie Dinos<br />
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Here's a clip from my recent gig with the Dixie Dino's in Orford, NH. Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-20784244589938815612016-12-09T17:59:00.009-08:002020-10-05T14:20:00.237-07:00Performance Schedule1-6-20 American Pop Duo @ Westwood, Keene, NH<br />
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1-9-20 American Pop Duo @ The Arbors, Greenfield, Ma<br />
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1-10-20 American Pop Duo @ Thompson House, Brattleboro<br />
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1-14-20 American Pop Duo @ Elm Wood, Claremont, NH<br />
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1-15-20 American Pop Duo @ Springfield Day Service<br />
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1-15-20 American Pop Duo @ Pine Hts, Brattleboro<br />
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1-22-20 Classic Country Duo @ Howe Village, Spencer, Ma<br />
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1-27-20 American Pop Duo @ Keene Ctr<br />
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2-12-20 American Pop @ Louis Barrett Apts, Lynn,<br />
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2-12-20 American Pop @ Apple Village, Beverly<br />
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2-14-20 American Pop Duo @ Bradley House, Brattleboro<br />
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2-18-20 American Pop @ Coolidge Apts, Sudbury, Ma<br />
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2-19-20 American Pop Duo @ Springfield Day Service<br />
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2-19-20 American Pop Duo @ Pine Hts, Brattleboro<br />
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2-21-20 UU Jazz Jam, Amherst Mass<br />
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2-24-20 American Pop Duo @ Keene Ctr<br />
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2-26-20 American Pop Duo @ Springfield Health<br />
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2-26-20 American Pop @ Mission Towers, Haverhill<br />
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2-28-20 Thompson House<br />
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3-6-20 UU Jazz Jam, Amherst, Ma<br />
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3-10-20 American Pop Duo @ Elm Wood, Claremont<br />
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3-11-20 American Pop Duo @ Springfield Day Program<br />
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<br /></div>Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-38324495274818857122015-11-03T07:29:00.001-08:002015-11-25T12:56:43.074-08:00Ten Gallon Swing<br />
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Chuck Davison-<i>lead acoustic guitar and mandolin and backing voca</i>ls<br />
John Pozzi-<i>lead vocals and acoustic rhythm guitar</i><br />
Andy Foster-<i>lap steel guitar and backing vocals</i><br />
Colin Blazej-<i>upright bass and backing vocal</i>s<br />
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<b>Guest Musicians:</b><br />
Vocals-<i>Laura Molinelli, Lizzie Ross, Ruby DeFelice, Rebecca Way, Nora, Will, and Liz Mc Teigue, Donnie Davison, Jennings Berger, Mary Merill, Erin Carroll, Suzanne Jackson, Terry Davison.</i> <br />
Hammond B3 Organ-<i>Felix McTeigue</i>, Drums and Percussion-<i>Tony Leone, Drew Guido</i>, Bones-<i>Tommy "Bones" Logan</i>, Djembe-<i>Perry Ryan</i>, Cello-<i>Eugene Friesen. </i><br />
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Producer-<i>Felix McTeigue</i><b> </b><br />
Sound Engineer/Mixer-<i>DrewGuido</i><br />
Photos-<i>Karen Knight, Gene Peroni</i><br />
Design-<i>sketchiedesign@sbcglobal.ne</i>t<br />
Recorded and mixed at<i>- Vel Studios, Brooklyn, NY and Chuck's cabin, Londonderry, Vt </i><br />
Mastered by <i>Tom Hutton-Chester, Vt </i><br />
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<b>This review</b> evolved out of a chance meeting with Colin Blazej one recent evening at <i>The Works </i>in Downtown Brattleboro. I'd known the Joinery bassist since the early 80's, but we would only run into each other about every decade or so. At one of our earlier encounters, Colin told me he had been learning to play the bass. At this recent meeting, he'd been at it for 14 years and was pleased to report that this band he's a part of had just finished their first CD. Caught up in his enthusiasm about the project, I offered to give it a listen and review it. One of the nice thing about Vermont musicians in general is that they tend not to be aggressively competitive, and big egos are the exception rather than the rule. By and large, we support each other's efforts and celebrate each other's successes.<br />
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<i>Joinery</i>'s debut is a collection six originals; four vocal tunes by John Pozzi, and a pair of instrumentals by Chuck Davison. Pozzi writes and sings with his heart on his sleeve, with a pop inflected presence that draws the listener into his world. Davison's instrumentals are varied and deliciously exploratory. The repertoire is rounded out with an eclectic batch of tunes by other artists which I would hesitate to call "covers" by any stretch. One of the obvious strengths of this collective of craftsmen is their ability to recognize a strongly lyrical piece of music and to boldly take it to where it's never been. Sam Cooke's <i>Good News </i>is rendered in a style that is reminiscent of certain Southern White Gospel at it's joyous and rural best. Pink Floyd's <i>Time</i> is stripped down and re-purposed in a Bluegrass bag that lets the vocal have the prominence it deserves without the Floyd's signature plodding denseness. A high point for me, Billy Bragg's <i>You Woke up My Neighborhood</i> features a "cast of thousands" approach to the backing vocal chorus; I wish I'd been there, it sounds like a splendid time was had by all as <i>Joinery</i> brought a little bit of Vermont to Brooklyn. <br />
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Richard Mayer<br />
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April 25, 2014<br />
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Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-71213152821695656452014-03-23T15:04:00.000-07:002014-04-24T10:57:26.076-07:00CD Review: Doug Hewitt: Roots in the Sky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by: Doug Hewitt at Motif Recording Studio, Amherst, Ma 2014. www.hewittunes.com <br />
Personnel: Doug Hewitt-<i>guitars, bass, keys, percussion, vocals</i>. Mitch Pine-<i>piano, organ.</i><br />
Rudi Weeks-<i>bass</i>. Joe Fitzpatrick-<i>drums</i>. Bill Shontz-<i>alto/tenor sax, clarinet, flute</i>. Frank Newton-<i>alto sax</i>. Michael Akrep-<i>baritone horn</i>. Dave Bilodeau-<i>trumpets, flugelhorn</i>. Stephen Katz-<i>cello</i>. David Tasgal-<i>violin, cello</i>. Arielle Parkington-<i>viola</i>. Megan Rollins-<i>harmony vocals</i>. Danielle Lorenzo-<i>harmony vocals</i>.<br />
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style="cursor: move;" width="200" /></a>Western Massachusetts guitarist/singer Doug Hewitt has put his romantic heart and soul into this most recent offering. <i>Roots in the Sky </i>comprises ten solid jazz/rock originals by Hewitt as well as a lovely rendition of the jazz staple <i>I'll Remember April</i> which is a seamless fit with the rest of the program. For this outing, Hewitt called in a sizable cast of other local professionals to ensure that his compositions would be fully realized. The love and workmanship invested in each tune is evident, the end result being a musically complex yet totally accessible experience for the listener. Different combinations of ensemble players were used throughout, the effect being sustained diversity, color and interest from start to finish.<br />
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I spoke to Doug Hewitt during the writing of this piece to get a sense of his creative process. He told me that conceptually this collection has been in the works ever since <i>Picasso Tomato</i> and that he essentially composed the work in its entirety, then negotiated solo space with the players in the studio. He was enthusiastic about the contributions of his players, who both honored his vision for the project while bringing there own creativity to the process. <br />
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This was not Mr. Hewitt's first rodeo by any means; he has been writing songs since he first picked up a guitar back in 1970. He produced an earlier collection of his music ( <i>Picasso Tomato</i>, also available at CD Baby) in 2006, as well as earlier ventures with the Zen Cats. And Zen cat he is, with subject matter that runs the gamut from existential concerns to a love affair with the Cosmos and the love of a woman right down here on Earth. All that love has made for a beautiful listening experience. I look forward to the next one.<br />
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<br />Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0North America39.368279149160131 -78.187497854232788-9.6575483508398676 -160.80468535423279 88.394106649160136 4.4296896457672119tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-82676736121157903882014-01-26T09:35:00.002-08:002014-01-26T11:19:08.234-08:00Old Joe's Hittin the Jug-a film by Luke Jaeger 2000This is project I had the privilege of participating in several years ago. The recording by Stuff Smith didn't run quite as long as the video did, so I was hired to play a "period" drum solo as the credits rolled. I improvised randomly for about an hour with various beats and effects, and engineer Dan Richardson actually created the solo by putting the pieces of my improvisations into an order that worked for the film and ended when it needed to. I'm not sure if it was a Pro Tools or similar program that he used but I was pleased with the results. My copy was a VCR tape at the time, so I was pleased to find that it made its way to YouTube eventually. My solo starts at about 3:05 following the Stuff Smith tune. Enjoy! <br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1306685891756522120" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1306685891756522120" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1306685891756522120" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1306685891756522120" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a> Stanley Crouch, eminent social critic, music journalist, and co-creator of Jazz at Lincoln Center, has written a compelling account of the early life of pivotal jazz icon Charlie Parker. Relying on research he began more than 30 years ago (much of it firsthand from Parker contemporaries and family members), Crouch has concentrated on the subject’s formative years in Kansas City prior to his relocating to New York where as we like to say, “the rest is history”. Those aware of Parker’s significance are more likely to be familiar with the period after his arrival in New York in 1939, and through the birth of bop, the rise to fame and notoriety, and of course his tragic end in 1954. Crouch has promised a second volume which will presumably cover that period. <br />
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This story of Bird’s formative years and musical struggles in the crucible that was Kansas City in the 30’s is told against a backdrop of not only the music but the politics, racial issues, and cultural climate of the time, all areas where Crouch is a gifted and insightful reporter. In fact it is the tangential subject matter that is of the most interest. Crouch’s scholarship and his obvious appreciation of Kansas City’s place in American musical history, had this reader revisiting and rediscovering with open ears the music of Walter Page’s Blue Devils, the Bennie Moten Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson, and early Count Basie. <br />
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It’s interesting that in his public life Stanley Crouch is associated with a conservative wing of jazz scholarship, and yet has chosen for his subject the likes of Charles “Yardbird” Parker who, in his time strove to be anything but conservative, and took the alto saxophone and yes, jazz itself, to another level. In Kansas City Lightning, Crouch has treated his subject, Charlie Parker the musician with love and respect, without glossing over the shortcomings of Charlie Parker the man.<br />
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(this review also appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer)Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-6892008784748483972013-06-18T16:17:00.001-07:002013-07-12T02:22:17.540-07:00Book Review: I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">British-
born music journalist Sylvie Simmons has written a comprehensive
biography of the poet/songwriter and unlikely rock star Leonard Cohen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
well respected Simmon’s early work in the 70’s and 80’s covered the
likes of Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan and Michael Jackson among
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More recently she has
gravitated toward conducting skillful interviews with quirky, enigmatic
personalities such as Tom Waits, Lou Reed and the elder statesman Johnny
Cash shortly before he passed on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was even another biography of the French pop star Serge Gainsbourg, called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fistful of Gitanes</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What these artists have in common , regardless of what Scott Fitzgerald may have opined, is that they have all managed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to have second acts, and in the case of Leonard Cohen, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a significant transition nearly every decade since the 1950’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you read these lines a 78 year old Cohen is touring the world, selling out large theatres and reaching new audiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since
he appeared on the scene in 1956, a relatively unknown Canadian poet in
his early 20’s, Cohen has gone on to become a songwriter, a singer, a
novelist, and Zen monk, and rather than drop any one of these vocations
for another, he has remained active in all of them.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTXZ7TpxqKAA0nUK-cYQLzV6a0RhB7ceV0pwE5O0Tt0WayPS_gM6xhHFQrq" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="rg_i" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTXZ7TpxqKAA0nUK-cYQLzV6a0RhB7ceV0pwE5O0Tt0WayPS_gM6xhHFQrq" style="height: 93px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 120px;" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the midst of reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I’m Your Man</i> I serendipitously happened upon a PBS broadcast <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">of Leonard Cohen: Live in London 2008. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing the concert footage made it clear that this man has something special to offer his audiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His poems are powerful, his delivery is passionate, and the band and backup singers deliver the vision fully realized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a long time since the 1969 debut of the album <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Songs of Leonard Cohen</i>, but his songs from that time and beyond have lived on and continue to attract new and younger audiences worldwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had his career in poetry and music gone another way, we might be asking ourselves today <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“What ever happened to Leonard Cohen?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What happened was that this artist created his legacy in a large body of poems, songs, recordings and memories that will endure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I’m Your Man</i>:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Life of Leonard Cohen</i> is a rich and worthwhile documentation of that legacy.</span></span></div>
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Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-63407425705386927562010-06-23T11:24:00.000-07:002013-01-18T09:14:11.426-08:00James Hunter Band at the Iron Horse<b>James Hunter Band at the Iron Horse</b><br />
The British Invasion of the 1960’s was a significant turning point in American popular music. Many of the English rockers that came across the pond after the Beatles broke the ice had something of value to offer consumers of American music. Mop Tops and screaming teeny boppers aside, groups like the Stones, the Animals and the Yardbirds offered Americans something they had been largely unaware of, namely , their own musical heritage of Blues and R & B. American radio in the early sixties was a somewhat segregated affair. Though Elvis Presley and Alan Freed had had helped to break down racial barriers in the previous decade there was resistance in the burgeoning pop music youth market to surrender and integrate completely. Without the influence of the Brits, we may have had to wait much longer to know about James Brown, Solomon Burke and John Lee Hooker, to name but a few. <br />
Last night I experienced another British Invasion of a sort, a crackerjack English band delivering a smoking set of early sixties style Rhythm and Blues to an audience that has been deprived of this sort of thing for nearly 50 years. James Hunter and his mates have obviously done their homework to create an ensemble sound that pays tribute, but never copies the sounds of performers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and others. The good-natured Hunter fronts his band with a journeyman’s precision, served up with a bit of tongue in cheek. Delivering a skintight James Brownian lick with the band, Hunter looks pleased and surprised that they’ve pulled it off. The music is non-stop, the banter is minimal (and could benefit from sub-titles, this guy is totally English except when he’s singing!) and the audience is on board for the ride. <br />
Hunter plays an unaffected guitar, lead licks are interspersed with a minimalist syncopated rhythm style. The band sound is full, with Hammond organ module, upright bass, drums, and a tenor and baritone reed section. The sound conjured up for me a Ray Charles rhythm section from the What’d I Say? era. The drummer played in an understated way, all fingers and wrists, reminiscent of the transition years of pop music when session players were jazz men with studio day jobs. No big fills, no crashing cymbals, just make the music feel good. <br />
Hunter and his “lads” played an hour and a half non-stop set, and said goodnight to the appreciative Northampton audience. The band came back on for the chaser minus their leader for some quality blowing time on a bluesy shuffle that featured the organ and both sax players on extended solos. Hunter returned to the stage for the last chorus and another short tune. As we left the Horse, he could be seen sitting on the sidewalk in front of the band bus, cheerfully scribbling autographs for the fans.<br />
Richard Mayer<br />
6-23-10Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-24490734233036980912010-01-09T13:17:00.000-08:002010-01-09T14:52:30.507-08:00Book Review-A Thousand Honey Creeks LaterBook Review :Preston love- A Thousand Honey Creeks Later: My Life in Music from Basie to Motown<br /><br />To a jazz history enthusiast that came of age during the halcyon days of Berry Gordy’s Motown empire, this title practically jumped off the shelf the first time I saw it. I wasn’t familiar with saxophonist Preston Love, but reasoned that anyone who had played in the two disparate settings mentioned in the subtitle just had to have something to say. As it turns out he had plenty to say. That he was a genuine workaday musician, rather than a star, made it all the more appealing. Love tells his story without glamour or complaint, giving equal billing to the music and to the business of music. His is one of the most illuminating accounts ever of life on the bus.<br /><br />Unlike so many music biographies that are rife with tales of exaggeration and excess, Love’s book treats the music both lovingly and critically, while taking a pragmatist’s view of the business. The impression that emerges is one of a hard working musician with a practical side, one destined to become a leader of his own ensembles. From his early days in Midwest territory bands to his years as musical director for Motown on the West Coast, Preston Love comes across as a genuine soul, willing to reveal his insecurities along with his triumphs.<br /><br />Like so many books by and about African-American musicians in this culture, this one has at its core the theme of racial tension. There are the stories of segregated theaters, hotels, and restaurants, which Love seems to have taken in stride in describing his most prolific years as a player on the road. There is however a notable change in temperament in the book’s final two chapters, which Love added to the book in the eighties and nineties. (It had originally ended with the chapter on the Motown years.) Particularly in the final chapter, entitled Perspectives, he begins to ramble on a bit about many of the familiar discourses in jazz. He takes white musicians to task for their inability to play jazz and blues, he summarily dismisses entire genres of modern music and complains about the very corporate greed that fed him pretty well as a Motown musical director. The generalizations begin to get a bit tedious at times, but rants can be compelling, and this one is.<br /><br />Despite the inconsistency, this is a book I highly recommend. Covering such a long period in American popular music, it offers an insider's view of a music in evolution. A companion book I would suggest is Blues Upside Your Head by Johnny Otis. Otis and Love were contemporaries and good friends, and taken together their books offer a comprehensive look at roughly the same period in the history of jazz and rhythm and blues.<br /><br />- Richard MayerRichard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-42985691265600477152010-01-09T13:15:00.000-08:002010-01-11T08:07:59.694-08:00Film Review-Calle' 54Film Review: Calle' 54 - A Documentary Film by Fernando Trueba<br /><br />Lovers of Latin Jazz will not want to miss this fine film on the hybrid that both influenced and was influenced by American jazz beginning in the 1940’s. Not nearly as publicized as the critically acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club, it covers a broader spectrum of the form that includes but is not limited to Cubano music. Where Buena Vista educated the viewer about a music that had not been available to the American listener until a decade ago, Calle' 54 lets us in on a form that is our birthright but is nevertheless inaccessible to us because of its status outside the mainstream.<br /><br />Trueba has done a comprehensive job of covering this broad topic by selecting the important figures in the music as his subjects. Thankfully, he lets the music do the talking; live performances are rendered in their entirety and without voiceovers. He even makes a device of leaving out the applause in most cases, letting the music resonate with the listener for a moment before moving on to the next profile.<br /><br />Some of the exquisite moments in the film are a couple of reunion duets between Cuban pianist Bebo’ Valdes and his son Chucho, and another with the elder Valdes and the virtuoso bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez. Another is octagenarian Chico O’Farill conducting a performance of the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite, the recording of which he appeared on in 1950 with Machito’s big band. Still another highlight is watching the Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias, whose subtle motions at the keyboard are the essence of samba.<br /><br />It is fitting that the Gonzalez brothers, Jerry (trumpeter and conguero ) and Andy (bassist) of the Fort Apache Band should be featured prominently in this film. The brothers grew up in a Bronx neighborhood that was a veritable melting pot of Latin and Jazz music during their youth. Andy in particular is an authority and proud champion of Latin music and probably the most in-demand bassist on Latin sessions of all kinds.<br /><br />In addition to those already mentioned, there are concert appearances and more intimate performances by the likes of Tito Puente, Gato Barbieri, Paquito D’Rivera, Michel Camilo, Patato Valdes and many more. The best thing about this film is that there is not one bit of pretense in the entire 105 minutes. This one is purely about the music.<br /><br />- Richard MayerRichard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-5106218202913148222010-01-06T11:45:00.000-08:002010-01-08T07:42:07.696-08:00BOOK REVIEW-Positively 4th Street- David HajduPositively 4th Street: The Life and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariňa <em>by David Hajdu</em><br /><em></em><br />When Mimi Fariňa died of cancer a few years ago, her passing scarcely caused a blip on the radar screen of American popular music. Though in the early days the more musically proficient of the two Baez sisters, Mimi was always the understated one. Celebrity is something that more often happens to those who want it badly enough, and unlike her sister, her husband, and the kid from Hibbing, all of whom yearned for the limelight, Mimi was content just to be a player. In classic little sister fashion , she was swept along first on the momentum of Joan's rise to folkie fame, then on the energy of her husband, the novelist and self conceived folk legend Richard Fariña. It is perhaps fitting that Mimi, in the years following the short history of the folk fad, lived a life of service for which she will be remembered fondly, if not notoriously.A beautiful human spirit, Mimi devoted 25 years to her Bread and Roses Foundation, providing quality musical inspiration for the sick, the homeless, and institutionalized members of society.<br /><br />A biographical sketch of Mimi and her three companions during a few short years in the early 1960's before they became known as "THE SIXTIES" is the subject of this offering by David Hajdu who also wrote Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn. In this book Hajdu skillfully deconstructs the relationships and explodes the myths of Dylan and Joan Baez, and introduces us to the lesser known but no less driven Richard Fariňa. We learn for example that Joan Baez lifted her whole act from the repertoire and style from a little known Cambridge folk singer named Debbie Green, explaining away the theft with the rationalization that Debbie Green wasn't going anywhere anyhow. Similarly, we are informed that Bob Dylan originally copped Woody Guthrie's homespun persona, but that he "did" Guthrie so poorly that he was pressured by his peers into reinventing himself, something he's been doing ever since.<br /><br />The character of Richard Fariňa, whom we know so little about anyway, turns out to be the most interesting of the profiles. Fariňa, like Joan Baez and Dylan, is a self absorbed artist hell-bent on fame, and with enough innate talent to make it happen. Even more enigmatic than Dylan himself, Fariňa was prone to tall tales about his past and huge ambitions about his future. A competitive spirit pervaded everything these three egomaniacs attempted, and was part and parcel of the impact they had on popular music.<br /><br />Hajdu succeeds mightily in articulating the relationships between these fab four of folkdom. The book is well researched, mostly through interviews and correspondence with colleagues of the four, and he is insightful and fair in the treatment of his subjects. Among the literally hundreds who contributed their recollections are folksinger Eric Von Schmidt, Tom Paxton, Odetta, and author Thomas Pynchon.<br /><br />Musicologically this is a book that needed to be written, for it covers a brief yet significant period in popular music that influenced much of what was to come in the lyrical content and attitude of rock music in the sixties and beyond. The impact of Dylan, Joan Baez, and the Fariňa's on the music is a combination of politically aware (if sometimes naive) lyrics, and a rhythmic sensibility coming out of black rhythm and blues that suited the post cold war youth environment to a tee. Bob Dylan has been called the spokesman of his generation and even if we didn't always know what he was talking about, Viet Nam Era youth identified with his attitude and swagger. Joan Baez lent an air of earnestness and integrity to the youth culture; starstruck though she was, she really believed in the causes she championed. Richard Fariňa, with child-bride Mimi as his <em>de facto</em> musical director, created himself first as a novelist (and a good one at that), then as a folksinger whose fire burned brightly and burned out tragically in James Dean fashion. Fariña died in a motorcycle crash in 1966 at the height of his literary success with the novel <em>Been Down So Long it Looks Like Up to Me.</em><br /><br />There is something utterly American in the tale of these four modern day troubadours. Like Elvis Presley a decade before, their collective story is a strange mix of talent and hype, of craft and craftiness, of art and show business. Ultimately Hajdu has succeeded in telling it.Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-19787610774079323202010-01-06T08:25:00.000-08:002012-05-25T07:56:49.055-07:00BOOK REVIEW-Bob Dylan Chronicles (vol.1)After a 40 year career during which he has reportedly reinvented himself a half dozen times, Bob Dylan remains one of the most enigmatic popular artists ever. He has seldom granted interviews and was cryptic and sometimes insolent on those occasionswhen he did. And as familiar and well-loved as his music has been to us, let's face it, half the time we didn't know what he was talking about. The media, playing to fans hungry for any news about His Vagueness has created a larger than life mythology that is really all we have to go by. First there was Electric Bob at Newport (was he booed? was he not?). After that there was Bob the Recluse After the Motocycle Crash, Born-Again Bob,Hasidic Bob and Bob the Actor. <br />
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The first third of Dylan's long awaited memoir (with 2 more volumes promised) is an intimate, if at times unfocused look at whatever the author happened to be thinking about at the time. In this stream of consciousness style, he takes the reader on an odyssey that begins with his arrival in Greenwich Village, spends a considerable amount of ink musing on his influences both musical and literary, offers two chapters on the genesis of the New Morning and Oh Mercy recording sessions in the seventies and eighties, and then it's back to New York City where seemingly only two years have elapsed. <br />
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In this short book (I read it in two evenings), Dylan reveals himself as a man in love with and thoroughly knowledgeable about American folk music, and that includes American popular music in all its forms. He shows himself to be a vulnerable, complex artistic personality, at times insecure and at others grandiose. He consistently lets the reader know what a burden it's been to have had so much attention focused on him, and yet he seems to draw attention to himself by this introverted stance. He is at his impersonal best when doing character descriptions. Whether he is creating a loving portrait of one of his musical mentors, or describing the clerk at the general store, he still has a colorful and poignant way with language. What emerges in Bob Dylan Chronicles Volume I is a somewhat clearer picture of the man, although by no means does he give us anything to dispel the mythology that surrounds him. What's more, it's unlikely that he'll give it all up in Volumes II and III. The mystique has served him well.<br />
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(this review previously appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer)Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-79767983961842899132010-01-06T07:43:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:09:18.655-08:00BOOK REVIEW-Why New Orleans MattersWHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS by Tom Piazza (HarperPerennial 2005)<br /><br />In the months following the evacuation of New Orleans due to the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, author Tom Piazza wrote a tiny masterpiece of tribute to his beleaguered city. Piazza, who has lived in New Orleans since 1994, had relocated temporarily to Missouri, where he got to work on this extended essay while the fate of the city was still unknown. In the absence of having fully processed the feelings of loss associated with such a trauma, Piazza's recounting of the experience reads like a diary, as he attempts to digest day by day the enormity of what has just happened. <br /><br />I first encountered Piazza's writing as a music journalist in his Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz, after having the privilege of hearing him lecture at the Williams College Jazz Festival in 1999 on roughly the same topic. Piazza's enthusiasm for the music was infectious, the lecture setting feeling more like a group of old friends listening to records together. An old soul where music is concerned, Piazza's preferences fall pretty squarely in the years 1920 to 1970, that which he refers to as "in the tradition" like another New Orleanean, one Wynton Marsalis. It's easy to see how such a man would be drawn to the culture and values that define New Orleans, his passion for the life of the city beyond Bourbon Street, of the music, the cuisine, the architecture, and perhaps most importantly the attitude that says we will survive all this. Still, within these pages are moments of fear and doubt over the city's ability to recover given other forces at work, such as corrupt and inept government, big money development interests, racism, crime and economic disparity. Piazza doesn't hold back when taking on the villians of Katrina, speaking directly to the callousness of Barbara Bush, the ineptitude of mayor Ray Nagin, and the system failure spelled FEMA. His anger is cathartic however, and he always returns to an attitude of hopefulness that pervades throughout the book. The afterword that was updated in 2008 takes inventory of what has demonstrably changed in the three years since the levees broke, and what still needs to be done. Piazza leaves us with reason to believe that New Orleans is surviving, and that those intangible attributes that make it unique will indeed prevail.<br /><br />(this review previously appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer)Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-56661556722636006162010-01-06T05:27:00.000-08:002011-11-22T10:05:25.360-08:00DRUMSAs once again I heft the trapcase over one shoulder, cymbal bag over the other, pick up the tom tom case in my left hand, keeping my right hand free for opening and closing doors, with car keys clenched between my teeth, I reflect on a thirty year affair with drums. Holding the door with my foot and dashing through before it closes on me, I enter the club, instinctively looking for the corner where I will park all this paraphernalia. Thirty years, I'm thinking, and this stuff isn't getting any lighter. Still, I find comfort in the familiarity and ritual of it all, load in, set up, load out, most of all the playing itself of course. I try to imagine a life without it.<br /><br />It all started when my Uncle Fred brought a practice pad and sticks on one of his drop-in Saturday morning visits. I must have been about 11. The pad was homemade, a substantial hunk of hardwood with a crude rubber slab glued to it, the sticks like Louisville Sluggers compared to the ones I'll be using tonight. Tonight...the thought brings me back to the task at hand, which I have been tending to, though on auto-pilot. the task is to turn this jumble of canvas bags and cases into a drum set without leaving this 4 by 5 space I've been allotted. Bass drum, floor tom, rack tom, snare drum, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, hi-hats, hardware; put it all together and get rid of the cases, we hit in fifteen minutes.<br /><br />Uncle Fred knew a little about drums, enough to teach the long roll (right right left left right right left left ad infinitum) which could keep a a beginner busy for an eternity. I didn't have an eternity, so like so many other kids who almost got started as drummers, I lost interest for the time being. Except for the occasional inspired moment the pad and sticks were retired to the closet for the next few years. At about age fourteen the rock and roll bug bit me. Mom was an easy sell, she was fond of drum corps music and in favor of anything her brother Fred indorsed. My father, who approached everything with the meticulous reserve of the engineer, ultimately got behind the idea, his support taking the form of research and development. He found out what I needed and where to find it. He knew before I did for example, that Zildjian was the only cymbal worth buying. The Zildjian brothers, according to his sources were descendants of Avedis Zildjian, famous cymbal maker from Turkey. The family had been making cymbals for hundreds of years using a secret formula. In fact, he would add, the very name Zildjian means cymbalmaker in the Turkish language. Needless to say there would be no budget cymbals on my first drum set. He also discovered through his source, whomever they were, that Slingerland, Rogers, Ludwig and Gretsch were the great American drum makers, this in a time when "Made in Japan" was anathema. I pored over catalogues of the big four and dreamed of life beyond the practice pad.<br /><br />So it was that on the Saturday morning when Dad took me to Cardello's House of Drums I could barely contain myself. As I remember it, Cardello's was a three decker house in Hartford that had used drums set up in every room; drums in Pink Champagne Sparkle,Blue Diamond, Black Pearl, Oyster Marine Pearl and more. I remember how exotic sounding those color names were to me, when in fact these same pearlescent finishes adorned many a toilet seat and clothes hamper of the Cold War era. nevertheless, I picked a set of Black Pearl Slingerland Radio Kings with Zildjians all around and a Speed King pedal. The mounted tom was a mismatch in Gold Sparkle, and the bass drum head featured ballroom dancers in silhouette, which to my dismay were not removable. Thirty years later these very same Radio Kings would be among the most sought after drums by vintage drum collectors and players, but in 1962 they were just a kid's first set. there would be many more.<br /><br />The drum set is a uniquely American instrument. In the early 1900's when the New Orleans marching bands evolved into the first jazz orchestras, the trap set as it is sometimes called, was created out of a need for more space on indoor stages, hence fewer musicians on the bandstand and on the payroll. By assigning the role of bass drummer , snare drummer and cymbalist to a single person all these problems were solved. This turn of the century version of downsizing gave birth to a new art form, namely playing the "contraption" from which the name trap set or traps was derived. Since both hands are needed to play a snare drum, pedals had to be devised so the bass drum and sock cymbals could be operated with the feet. As I assemble my own modern day version of the contraption, I sometimes ponder the absurdity of a musical instrument that requires all four limbs, with each playing a different part; yet there is a hundred year tradition that demonstrates that it can be done, a tradition in which I have gratefully taken part.Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-26041841042351775072010-01-06T05:13:00.000-08:002010-11-04T07:59:20.442-07:00Haiku<strong>Haiku for 1964</strong><br /><br />Beatles on the Muzak<br />In the conference center restroom<br />Where have the years gone?<br /><br /><br /><strong>Haiku for Late Fall</strong><br /><br />November descends with a thud,<br />like a grey lead vest on an x-ray patient's chestRichard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-11244185892933758392010-01-06T05:08:00.001-08:002010-01-06T05:08:47.793-08:00Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-68909533246533799472010-01-04T09:35:00.000-08:002010-01-04T09:39:07.753-08:00CD REVIEWZack Danziger: Sun is All We Need<br /><br />Co-Produced by Zack Danziger and Joel A. Martin for Jazzical-Divanucci Music Productions, Engineered at Spirit House by Danny Bernini<br />Personnel: Zack Danziger-guitar, vocals, bass Joel Martin-piano, keyboards, background vocals<br />Jed Levy- saxophone, flute Paul Lieberman-saxophone, flute, percussion Barbara Ween-background vocals, David Dunaway-bass, Terry Silverlight-drums<br /><br /> The eclectic and electric Northampton based musician Zack Danziger has achieved a bit of a coup de grace with the release of Sun Is All We Need. He offers here an amalgam of styles that range from irresistibly delectable pop to jazz for the fundamentalist jazzhead in your life, often within the same tune. A formidable force on guitar himself, Mr. Danziger has assembled an A-Team of musical wizards to wring the most out of his compositions and render them whole. What’s more, with pianist/producer Joel Martin and engineer Danny Bernini in the house, the music has been fully realized with all that a state of the art modern recording experience can offer.<br /> Zack’s compositions are autobiographical and at times cosmically cryptic, with grooves so deep you could twist an ankle, and hooks you could hang your hat on; this is by all means accessible music. Many of the tunes are suite-like in their construction, abounding in shifts of time and tone. The title cut for example, features four discrete sections, with subtly shifting harmony vocals and more obvious and effective changes in feel (4/4 funk, 3/4 reggae, a blistering rock solo) , and an out chorus of simple acoustic guitar accompanied by improvised whistling that nicely evokes the warmth of the sun. Zoom, a light and bright wordless vocal in a Brazilian bag, borrows a chord progression from Coltrane’s Giant Steps and a familiar hook from Marcos Valle’s Summer Samba to good effect. <br /> From the straight ahead jazz bag, Zack has included an original bop tune Eleven Sharp, the Kurt Weill composition Speak Low (lyric by Ogden Nash for you trivia buffs), and Charlie Parker’s classic blues Now is the Time. On his original, Zack takes the road less traveled, using a trio of his guitar, Joel Martin on piano and Paul Lieberman on saxophone. Unencumbered by the usual bass & drums rhythm section, the trio cruises at a high altitude with lots of sympatico interaction between three highly intuitive players. This one must have been a lot of fun. On Speak Low, a jazz staple often done in a latin/swing mode, Zack throws a change-up by using 3/4 meter on the latin section, thus breathing some new excitement into the tune. The swing section is indeed swung, and the tune winds up with a jam section initiated by Joel on piano that underscores the spontaneity of the session. The Parker blues, which derived from a children’s novelty song called The Hucklebuck in a sense goes back to its roots when Zack gets hold of it, with a new lyric that he roughed out in a 3rd grade classroom in Brooklyn where he was teaching music. The tune builds gradually from Zack’s a cappella rendering to the full band with solos.<br /> Taken as a whole, Sun is All We Need is an excellent characterization of the man behind the music. It represents about fifteen years of wrestling with the Muse, and reflects the creativity, spontaneity and musicianship of Zack Danziger. <br /> -Richard Mayer<br /> 1-2-10<br /><br />visit WWW.ZackDanziger.com -Richard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306685891756522120.post-8636910506211478372010-01-04T07:42:00.000-08:002012-05-01T10:22:15.005-07:00Scrawlin KingsnakeSun is All We Need<br />Co-Produced by Zack Danziger and Joel A. Martin for Jazzical-Divanucci Music Productions, Engineered at Spirit House by Danny Bernini<br />Personnel: Zack Danziger-guitar, vocals, bass Joel Martin-piano, keyboards, background vocals<br />Jed Levy- saxophone, flute Paul Lieberman-saxophone, flute, percussion Barbara Ween-background vocals, David Dunaway-bass, Terry Silverlight-drums<br /><br /> The eclectic and electric Northampton based musician Zack Danziger has achieved a bit of a coup de grace with the release of Sun Is All We Need. He offers here an amalgam of styles that range from irresistibly delectable pop to jazz for the fundamentalist jazzhead in your life, often within the same tune. A formidable force on guitar himself, Mr. Danziger has assembled an A-Team of musical wizards to wring the most out of his compositions and render them whole. What’s more, with pianist/producer Joel Martin and engineer Danny Bernini in the house, the music has been fully realized with all that a state of the art modern recording experience can offer.<br /> Zack’s compositions are autobiographical and at times cosmically cryptic, with grooves so deep you could twist an ankle, and hooks you could hang your hat on; this is by all means accessible music. Many of the tunes are suite-like in their construction, abounding in shifts of time and tone. The title cut for example, features four discrete sections, with subtly shifting harmony vocals and more obvious and effective changes in feel (4/4 funk, 3/4 reggae, a blistering rock solo) , and an out chorus of simple acoustic guitar accompanied by improvised whistling that nicely evokes the warmth of the sun. Zoom, a light and bright wordless vocal in a Brazilian bag, borrows a chord progression from Coltrane’s Giant Steps and a familiar hook from Marcos Valle’s Summer Samba to good effect.<br /> From the straight ahead jazz bag, Zack has included an original bop tune Eleven Sharp, the Kurt Weill composition Speak Low (lyric by Ogden Nash for you trivia buffs), and Charlie Parker’s classic blues Now is the Time. On his original, Zack takes the road less traveled, using a trio of his guitar, Joel Martin on piano and Paul Lieberman on saxophone. Unencumbered by the usual bass & drums rhythm section, the trio cruises at a high altitude with lots of sympatico interaction between three highly intuitive players. This one must have been a lot of fun. On Speak Low, a jazz staple often done in a latin/swing mode, Zack throws a change-up by using 3/4 meter on the latin section, thus breathing some new excitement into the tune. The swing section is indeed swung, and the tune winds up with a jam section initiated by Joel on piano that underscores the spontaneity of the session. The Parker blues, which derived from a children’s novelty song called The Hucklebuck in a sense goes back to its roots when Zack gets hold of it, with a new lyric that he roughed out in a 3rd grade classroom in Brooklyn where he was teaching music. The tune builds gradually from Zack’s a capella rendering to the full band with solos.<br /> Taken as a whole, Sun is All We Need is an excellent characterization of the man behind the music. It represents about fifteen years of wrestling with the Muse, and reflects the creativity, spontaneity and musicianship of Zack Danziger.<br /> -Richard Mayer<br /> 1-2-10<br /><br />visit WWW.ZackDanziger.comRichard Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858266629958713173noreply@blogger.com1