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'REVIEW: John Beasley, 'Presents Monk'estra Volume #1,' Mack Avenue Records

Who better than Monk Institute Music Director John Beasley to finally create something that might have been thought of years ago: the concept of a "Monk'estra," which is, of course, a full-fledged 15-man orchestra doing nothin' but the hard, complex, circuitous compositions by The High Priest Of Bebop, baby, Thelonious Monk [1917-1982].
By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Eddie Turner & Trouble Twins, 'Naked...In Your Face,' 7-14 Productions

    Born in Cuba, raised in Chicago, Eddie Turner played in San Francisco with Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth in the 1970s, Colorado's hard-rock Zephyr in the 1980s and The Otis Taylor Band in the 1990s. In the new millennium, his 2005 'Rise,' 2006 'Turner Diaries' and 2010 'Miracles & Demons' made him his generation's equivalent of Hound Dog Taylor or Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Now, he's 'Naked...In Your Face' (7-14 Records) on his first ever concert CD.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: The Fred Hersch Trio, 'Sunday Night at the Vanguard,' Palmetto Records

    What? You say you've never heard of pianist/composer/bandleader Fred Hersch? Just walk into the storied bowels of New York City's Village Vanguard and there on the wall, next to framed signed pictures of John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, is a picture under glass of Fred Hersch. 'Sunday Night at the Vanguard' (Palmetto) is the place to be.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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