European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                We at s Charlie Musselwhite a act of harps Charlie Musselwhite sings like his vocal chords Are on a Leash. But his singing is no reason to listen to Ace of harps his debut with Chicago a Alligator records. A master of the blues Harmonica his playing knows no Bounds. He can play Down. He can play dirty. He can even play pretty. Whenever he blows you hear a tradition born by Little Walter who sparked the explosion of Urban blues out of Chicago in the 1950s. Mississippi born Musselwhite and the late Paul Butterfield built off that tradition in the 1960s and Musselwhite carries it on today. Its Gritty and hard driving and powered by no nonsense blowing that says the Man with the Harp is in charge. For Musselwhite a definition listen to leaving your town or Hangin on just to show he Learned his blues lessons Well Musselwhite sings my Road lies in darkness accompanied Only by his own playing on acoustic guitar. It s the Cut most suited to his deep drawl. A Man with lesser convictions would not ring True but Musselwhite proves he hears the calling on his 14th Solo album As Strong As he did on his first. Behind Musselwhite on Ace of harps stand Andrew Jones or. On guitar Artis Joyce on Bass and Tommy Hill on Drums. Joyce and Hill Are solid while staying out of the Way and Jones punctuates Musselwhite a blowing with some Well placed solos. What Musselwhite chooses to sing on this record is less important than How he approaches the material As a whole since the fare is pretty Standard. But the moment he lights into the blues overtook me to Start things off you believe him and being overtaken yourself is an easy next step. A James Reindl a Courtney Pine a the visions tale spirits abound on the second Effort by British sax Man Courtney Pine. Pine makes no secret of his appreciation for Tenor giant John Coltrane. He thanks Coltrane in the disc notes draws from the master s style across All 13 tracks and pays the final compliment with a rendition of Coltrane a own giant Steps. Some of the music on the vision s tale sounds almost like digitally sampled Coltrane performances were dubbed in so suffused is this album with the spirit of the Man who so soulfully mastered the tradition of jazz and sought what higher ground was left to Pioneer. The soaring solos dip and Bank like a Swallow in flight. The tightly packed runs defy the logic of what a not conventional music Structure the Beautiful straight playing of a Ballad. All Are present when the 25-year-old Pine leads his quartet a Ellis Marsalis on piano Delbert Felix on Bass and Jeff Watts on Drums. Listen to c Jam blues or giant Steps and two thoughts strike one age is no Barrier to Mastery of technique and two As Benny Green once asked about Coltrane a Pursuit How much is left to explore the answer to that would seem to lie in Pine exploring More of himself giving More of himself. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then the tribute has been paid. The vision s tale is no Mere imitation however. There Are hints Pine has his own vision. He s obviously less comfortable on in a Mellow tone than on the More Coltrane like pieces but he shows a Fine sense of Laid Back swing taking the blues for a stroll. Other spirits inhabit this recording. The quartet setting and Pine s technical homage to Coltrane evoke the memory of the Coltrane quartet that included Mccoy Tyner on piano Elvin Jones on Drums and Jimmy Garrison on Bass. Catch and then which fades up into a piece with echoes of the blues Bridge from Coltrane s Alabama. Watts even punctuates the end of our descendants descendants with a Jones like Roll. All told the vision s tale is a Fine piece of work by Pine and group. It is lyrical swings with style or waxes contemplative without brooding and most of All heralds another Young Talent to keep jazz moving ahead a  Cosby and friends a where you Lay your head anyone who would take Bill Cosby seriously As a musician would probably rank Roseanne Barr right up there with other literary giants no Pun intended. After All the two stand up comics Are similarly dabbling in other creative Waters a both Are bestselling authors and stars of top rated prime time sitcoms a and Cosby is furthermore a willing Pitchman for pudding pops. The cos latest Dalliance with jazz is a recording called where you Lay your head. Reflecting the comedians Earnest passion for the idiom the record offers a Stellar lineup of first Rale musicians who aurally realize the melodies Cosby suppose by hears in his head. The Way Cosby explains in in his liner notes he hums these tunes to someone who can write them Down into music. The jazz ensemble is then assembled to improvise upon these ideas. The musicianship which offers Sonny bravos virtuosic piano runs Mark Egan s pliable Bass John Scofield s Brittle guitar and Jack Dejornette s stick work is unquestionable. Of yes a and Cosby plays percussion the credibility of the Quot composer Quot however is in serious question. To Cosby s credit the discs Best Cut is a Complex improvisation called Mouth of the blowfish. The musicians engage in a sizzling dialogue a kind of kinetic improvisation that is the very personification of jazz but what is Cosby s contribution banging a Tambourine tinkling a Triangle it s unclear. And it is highly unlikely that he Quot imagined Quot each of the Brilliant Solo passages executed by the musicians who Are so far Superior to him. This seed planting method of musical creation no More makes Cosby a jazz musician than my suggesting a plot to Tom Wolfe makes me a Brilliant novelist. Where you Lay your head is an appropriate title for this Effort because Cosby has one of the biggest Heads around. Over All this disc serves no purpose other than to feed the stars own overblown ego a a Peter Murphy a deep the Quot deep Quot of former bauhaus Singer Peter Murphy s fourth Solo project could refer to his unfathomable lyrics but Murphy has said the title reflects both How he feels about his work a deeply a and his perception of the music which he Calls Quot deep  it sounds More like doomsday disco. Murphy s old outfit a Post Punk British band with artistic pretensions was among the first to mix infectious dance grooves with brooding introspective lyrics. The style lives on in this recording and in records by the cure and others favored by masses of Black garbed club hoppers. 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