Month: September 2017

Donna E. Scott: Carnival

Vocalist Donna E. and teams up with a mix of supporting artists for an upbeat and confident delivery of standards. Her sandied voice works well with a brassy support on “Pennies From Heaven” while going droll with Johnny Gonzales’ tenor…

Charlie Ballantine: Where Is My Mind?

Guitarist Charlie Ballantine brings together an album of mostly originals with Amanda Gardier/as-fl, Jesse Wittman/b and Jay Tibbitts/dr. The album is heavy on moods and roots, with some sounds going from folksy C&W on the twangy “Telluride” to Middle Eastern…

Simon Sammut: Crossing

Bassist Simon Sammut leads a richly textured team of Tony Sammut/p, Marc Galea-Jonathan Ellul/g, Mark Attard/b, Melchoir Busatti/dr-perc, Marlene Sammit/voc and various guests through a clever musical journey. Always filled with melodies, the songs include a spoken chant with rock…

Katie Thiroux: Off Beat

Katie Thiroux delivers a clever and eclectic set here with a core of Justin Kauflin/p and Matt Witek/dr along with a rotating reed team of Ken  Peplowski and Roger Neumann, who blow warm and rich. Thiroux sings like a bass…

Bob Mundy: Love to Me

Vocalist Bob Mundy has a rich tenor voice that charms you over with a team of Dan Kaufman/p,  Peter Slavov/b, Sam Dadigursky-Joel Frahm/sax, Dominick Faronacci/tp, Lage Lund/g, Yves Dharamraf/cel and Mark Ferber/dr. The horns supply hip support as Faranacci delivers…