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A 2004 Grammy nominee for his solo work on Maria Schneider's Concert "In The Garden," Donny McCaslin performs more often as a sideman extraordinaire (Steps Ahead, Danilo Perez, Brian Blade, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Mingus Orchestra) than as a leader. O
Personnel: Donny McCaslin (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); John Swana (trumpet); Gene Jackson (drums).
Liner Note Author: Ted Panken.
Recording information: Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY (06/02/2005).
Photographer: Gildas Boclé.
If you think tenor and soprano saxophonist Donny McCaslin's clear, robust tone and surprisingly inventive sense of melody sound familiar, it may be because he's been knocking you out with his solos as a member of the Maria Schneider Orchestra for the past couple of years (and notably on her recently reissued CD Concert in the Garden, on which he played a solo that garnered him a Grammy nomination). On his first album for Criss Cross as a leader, he offers a program of seven originals plus one well-chosen Thelonious Monk number, and shows what a fine composer he is as well. McCaslin writes complex and sometimes knotty progressions, but his melodies are generally accessible, even joyful, and on tracks like "Outlaw" and the strutting "Scrappy" he dances around the rhythm in ways that only someone with an absolutely rock-solid sense of time could get away with. There are sections of "Doom Fuss" that sound almost 12-tone, whereas the (unfortunately) aptly titled "Drift" seems to cut loose of its moorings somewhat and wander aimlessly. McCaslin's genius move was choosing to end the program with Monk's "Eronel," which he renders here with an unusual tenderness, downplaying Monk's harmonic quirkiness in favor of the tune's achingly sentimental melody. It's a touching finale to a very satisfying album. ~ Rick Anderson
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Like a bedroom Matthew Sweet, San Francisco singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz makes the kind of music he grew up loving, and the influence of the Beach Boys, Nick Drake, the Velvet Underground, and especially the Kinks is obvious throughout CIRCULAR SOUNDS. As with Sweet, Stoltz's attention to detail is astounding: the songs here, played and recorded entirely by Stoltz, are as detailed and well put-together as the shots of a Wes Anderson film. That his best tracks--such as the waltzing "Mother Nature" and the slow-burning "Put My Troubles to Sleep"--could pass for mid-period Kinks outtakes speaks to Stoltz's production skills and sharp pop instinct. Stoltz is not a singular talent on the level of prime Ray Davies, yet CIRCULAR SOUNDS remains a well-crafted, enjoyable attempt at a classic sound.
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