Do you want the list of the explorative and electronic instruments. OK! J.A. Dean takes on electronica such as the “Sensei Morph Touch Controller”, the Spacecraft Granular Synthesizer Software, and the Akai MPC Live Digital Audio Workstation. Did he take…
Month: November 2022
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Tim Fitzgerald: Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House
Guitarist Tim Fitzgerald gives tribute to his inspiration Wes Montgomery on this swinging set of tunes made famous by the famous thumb strummer. It’s not just an imitation, though, as Fitzgerald gooses up the charts with a hip team of…
Jimmy Carpenter: The Louisiana Record
Tenor sax man Jimmy Carpenter reminds me of 50s and 60s R&Ber King Curtis, with his big sound grooving through vintage juke box tunes of that period. Along with Mike Zitog, John Gros/p-B3, Casandra Faulconer/dr and Wayne Maureau/dr, Carpenter blows…
GUITAR SINGLES IN YOUR AREA…Cody Steinmann Trio: Another Blues Head, Because I Think She’s Beautiful, Not Sappy At All, Outlier, Sydoc
If you know your history of recorded music, the original concept of a “record album” was a collection of 78 rpm records that were put into a actual album, sort of like a photo album. You’d take out each record…
Matt Ulery: Become Giant
Bassist Matt Ulery juxtaposes the KAIA String Quartet (Victoria Moreira/vi, Joy Curtin/vi, Oana Tatu/va, Hope DeCelle/cel with support from him and his drummer of Jon Deitemyer on a rich amalgam of pastoral string sketches. The ideas range from Eastern European…
Dierk Peters: Spring
Vibist and composer Kierk Peters leads a post bop team of Adam O’Farrill/tp, Caleb Sheeler Curtis/as, Walter Stinson/b and Buz Donald/dr through a collection of impressionistic originals. There’s a dreamy flow to the pastoral themes of “Sibiu”. O’Farrill’s horn is…
Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander: I’m In Love Again
Hot’cha jazz from about 100 years ago is revisited by the emotive vocalist Sweet Megg, co-leading with warm toned reed man and a supporting cast of Mike Davis/tp, Rob Edwards/tb, Jerron Paxton/ban-g, Dalton Ridenhour/p, Rob Adkins/b and Kevin Dorn/b. Strummed…
Doug MacDonald: I’ll See You In My Dreams
California cool toned guitarist Doug MacDonald teams up with the classy trio of Tamir Hendelman/p, John Clayton/b and Jeff Hamilton/dr for a collection of timeless jazz standards and originals. What’s fun about albums like these is focusing on one of…
The Pat Petrillo Big Rhythm Band: The Power Station Sessions
Soulful and fusioned grooves are supplied by drummer Pat Petrillo and his band that includes the likes of Nile Rogers/g, Felicia Collins/g, Oz Noy/g, John Popper/voc, Lenny Pickett/sax, Glen BUrtnik, Dave Cook/key, Scott Ambust/b, Steve Jankowski/tp, Tom Timko/sax and Plinky…
Clark Sommers Lens: Intertwine
Bassist Clark Sommers brings in a two reed team of Geof Bradfeld/ts-ss-bcl and Chris Madsen/ts with a fluid team of Matt Gold/g and Dana Hall/dr through a collection of post bop originals. The team has an ESP feel, with Bradfeld’s…