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...1990s, the Stockton, Calif., band Pavement earned a devoted following for its brand of fuzzy, slacker rock. Among the group's admirers are these four young jazz luminaries, who join forces to cover eight Pavement songs. It's an unlikely enterprise, and not every arrangement works--the catchy hit Cut Your Hair is reinterpreted as a schmaltzy R&B ballad--but it's hard to resist music this fun. On songs like Here and Summer Babe, the rhythm section lays down pulsating grooves as saxman Carter uncovers the bluesy tunefulness buried beneath Pavement's trademark static. The result...
...coming jazz pianists are hardly underrepresented in New York City, but few are generating as much buzz as Glasper, who has wowed local audiences with his improvisational creativity and technical skill. On Canvas, Glasper shows his chops as a composer, with nine original tunes that evoke the muscular lyricism of Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett while still feeling fresh. Glasper is at his best on the title track, playing off tenor saxophonist Mark Turner in a minor-key vamp that constantly shifts mood and meter but never loses touch with its simple, soulful melody...
...particularly in the full version of “Epistrophy” (he uses his rapid-fire cymbal coloring more effectively on the incomplete version, also included). Nevertheless, rediscovered recordings are rarely as brilliant as this one; there is a reason why this recording is the best-selling new jazz album right...
...cliché most often used when talking about a great jazz performance is that the players were “telepathic.” The word does apply here, as in any discussion of improvisational masters, but Monk and Coltrane are clearly separate entities, their geniuses reverberating off each other...
Thanks to the discovery of this album, jazz lovers can listen to this wonderful conversation over and over again...