The bassist Joe Martin, an unassuming Iowan, has long been one of New York’s busiest sidemen. Joe Martin, Not By Chance (Anzic Records) Oh’s trio even covers “Soul to Squeeze,” an RHCP b-side. Imagine the Red Hot Chili Peppers on a day when Anthony Kedis is on holiday. Oh and her trio mates-the trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and drummer Obed Calvaire-is surprisingly forceful. Oh, a youthful Chinese-Malaysian bassist who grew up in Australia, played her first gig as a leader in July at (Le) Poisson Rouge and released Entry, her first album, a few weeks later. But interestingly enough, he often reaches them when his band members-the pianist Craig Taborn, the bassist Scott Colley and the drummer Brian Blade–are playing the kind of hooks that Walter Becker and Donald Fagan would probably gush about. The saxophonist often plays solos with screeching climaxes.
You can easily imagine Joni Mitchell singing the tunes on Third Occasion. Binney balances the adventurous elements of modern jazz with the lyricism of sophisticated pop. Perhaps better than anybody else right now, Mr. Here are the ten best jazz albums of 2009.ĭavid Binney, Third Occasion (Mythology Records)
But on nights like this, it’s clear that jazz is in a better place aesthetically than is has been in decades. These days, the music industry no longer dictates what is or isn’t jazz. Binney were conjuring up the kind of jazz that would have flowered from that decade onward if record labels hadn’t chosen to champion smooth jazz and young lions instead.
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