Lucas Pino’s nine member team creates gentle chamber jazz pulses as a rebellion against the “cold, unfeeling” computer as described in his liner notes. Pino plays tenor sax and bass clarinet along with a horn team of Alex Lore/as, Mat…
Month: March 2019
Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee: The Newest Sound You Never Heard-European Recordings 1966/1967
Culled from recordings of over half a century ago, this 2 disc set features intimate, flexible and soulful duets between vocalist Jeanne Lee and pianist Ran Blake. The music is intuitive but rooted in tradition, as Blake’s piano features rich…
Benjanim Boon & Philip Levine: The Poetry of Jazz Volume Two
The combination of saxist Benjamin Boone and vocalist Philip Levine give a second take of jazz poems on this successful and artsy release. The team of Davis Aus-Craig Von Berg/p, Spee Kosloff-Nye Morton/b and Gary Newmark-Brian Hamada/dr is augmented by…
May Okita: Art of Life
Gentle toned vocalist May Okita creates gentle sonatas with the spartan support of guitarist Larry Koonse and pianist Josh Nelson on this delicate collection of standards. Her sandied tone is attractively intimate with Nelson on a alluring “Let’s Face the…
Luther Russell: Medium Cool
Rootsy rocker Luther Russell mixes 60s and 70s riffs with a V8 cruising team of Jason Hiller/b, Derek Brown/dr and guests while he sings and plays guitars, keys and various things that go bump in the night. Luther’s voice and…
Martin Barre Band @ Bogies 03.10.19
Since leaving Jethro Tull and carving his own niche, famed guitarist Martin Barre showed (to play with the lines from one of the evening’s songs) that it was a old day, yesterday, but a new day now. Barre, with his…
Joey DeFrancesco: In the Key of the Universe
After doing a couple bluesy R&B jump albums with Van Morrison, Hammond-meister Joey DeFrancesco gets into a spiritual mood with soulful modal and post bop tunes. He mix and matches sax players Troy Roberts/as-ts-ss (who also plays bass) and the…
LISBOA BLUES…Pierre Aderne-Brian Cullman-Tanner Walle-Dirk Niepoort: Rua Das Pretas
If you think that Samba and Bossa Nova are the only worthwhile sounds for the Portuguese language, you’re in for a treat once you discover the sounds of Fado. Essentially an Iberian form of blues, this style of music mixes…
VARIATION OF A NAT KING COLE THEME…Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers: The Singles Collection 1945 -55
During the 1940s, Nat “King” Cole had a jazzy little trio with guitarist Oscar Moore and bass player Johnny Miller. What many don’t know is that Cole toured with a mirror image band that was had the bluesier voice of…
HEAVENLY HAMMONDS…JV’s Boogaloo Squad: Going to Market, Caesar Frazier: Closer to the Truth
Few things sound so right as the Hammond B3 combo of drums, guitar and sometimes a tenor sax for a cherry on the top. Here are a couple Leslie Amp specials… Joel Visentin leads a trio with Adam Beer_Colacino/g and…