Weaving together stories both musical and verbal, jazz legend Benny Golson gave a 90 minute serving of hard bop comfort food before an appreciative house of guests at the Moss Theatre that included one time fellow band member Quincy Jones.…
Month: October 2018
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Steve Turre: The Very Thought Of You
Wondrous and rich sounds are delivered by Steve Turre as he focuses on warm moods in a variety of suave settings as he rotates songs with Kenny Barron/p, Buster Williams/b, Willie Jones III/dr, George Coleman/ts, Russell Malone/g and a string…
THE ARRANGER’S TOUCH…Mauricio Pessoa: Without You, The South Florida Jazz Orchestra Presents: The Music of Gary Lindsay-Are We Still Dreaming?
Rich ensemble work from woodwinds, brass, harp, strings and percussion interpret compositions by Mauricio Pessoa. The orchestra is conduced by Daniel Ott, and lets the flutes and strings create wondrous agony on “Saudade” while the obo pleads on “Lullaby.” Some…
XX VOICES…Rachel Caswell: We’re All In the Dance, Rebecca Angel: What We Had, Lucia Jackson: You and the Night and the Music, Lorraine Feather: Math Camp
Women that sing, compose and arrange their musical lives. Sanded voiced Rachel Caswell teams up with all stars Dave Stryker/g-prid, Sara Caswell/vi, Fabian Almazan/p-key, Linda may Han Oh/b and Johnathan Blake/dr for a mix of jazz and modernity. With violin,…
Carol Liebowitz & Bill Payne: Spiderwebmandala
A mix of melody and free thoughts are produced by the duet of pianist Carol Liebowitz and clarinetist Bill Payne on this collection of originals. Payne’s warm and woody tone serves as a foundation as Liebowitz explores on material such…
TAKE TWO AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING…Danny Bacher: Still Happy
Feeling down in the dumps? A bit on the blue side? Feel like life’s not working out? “Why are you downcast, oh, my soul?” writes King David in a moment of gloom. We all go through it. So what’cha gonna…
Elsa Nilsson & Jon Cowherd: After Us
Gotta admit it; I’m a sucker for jazz duet albums. Maybe it’s because I was weaned on the old recordings by Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang as well, but there’s something about the immediacy and intimacy of the genre that…
Jeremy Nail: Live Oak
Jeremy Nail plays guitar and sings his compositions with a team of Jeremy Menking/eg, Pat Harris/b, Pat Manske/dr and Bukka Allen/key along with some cameo guests. The songs have a poetic and indie feel, particularly something like “Fields of Our…
Ryan Meagher: Evil Twin
Playing electric, baritone and fretless guitars, Ryan Meagher brings together the unorthodox combo of electric guitar (Mike Gamble), alto and soprano sax (Lee Elderton, tenor sax (Tim Willcox), and two drummers (Charlie Doggett & Tim Duroche” for eleven loose and…
Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet: London Live
Drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel brings his quartet of Erica Lindsay/ts, Francesca Tanksley/p and UliLanghthaler/b to London for a 2010 gig at the Pizza Express Jazz Club. Siegel uses his sticks, brushes and parts of the drum kit to guide and…