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The 'Soundscapes' of the Lew Tabackin Trio Are Self-Evident on New Self-Released CD [REVIEW]

How marvelous it is to finally hear Lew Tabackin playing flute and tenor sax in a trio format. For years, the 75 year old master blew in the bands of talk-show hosts Dick Cavett and Johnny Carson. In 1973, he formed the Toshiko Akiyoshi /Lew Tabackin Big Band with his wife whom he met in Japan in 1967 when playing in Clark Terry's band. Now, with bassist Boris Kozlov and drummer Mark Taylor, his self-released co-produced 'Soundscapes' has him in intimate surroundings where you feel every last wiggle of his oh-so-pure tones.
By Mike Greenblatt

  • Avishai Cohen Dares to Go 'Into The Silence,' ECM Records [REVIEW]

    The mournful sad tones of Avishai of the Cohens liken the leader to Miles Davis: muted, underscored with piano/bass/drums plus tenor sax, and filled with a longing that won't ever go away. The sibling Cohens of Israel-clarinetist/saxophonist sister Anat, sax man brother Yuval and trumpeter Avishai-could be construed to be like the Marsalis family of New Orleans, the Heaths of Philly or the Joneses of Detroit. The bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv was where they grew to fruition as The 3 Cohens Sextet. Now, with 'Into The Silence' (ECM), Avishai has put his grief over the death of their father into music.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • Michael Formanek's Ensemble Kolossus Goes 'The Distance' on New ECM Records CD [REVIEW]

    Even though bassist/composer Michael Formanek's last two ECM CDs-'The Rub and Spare Change' (2010) and 'Small Places' (2012)-were very well-received, neither of them could possibly prepare you for the epic sounds that his Ensemble Kolossus makes on 'The Distance.'
    By Mike Greenblatt
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