Texas dry rub BBQ’d jazz is served on a hot plate for a swinging gig at Fort Worth’s Caravan of Dreams with Ray Charles sideman David “Fathead” Newman/as teamed with Ellis Marsalis/p and Cornell Dupree/g along with James Clay//ts, Leroy…
Author: George W. Harris
****THIS IS A JAZZ BASS****Charles Mingus: In Argentina-The Buenos Aires Concerts
Of all of the periods of famed bassist Charles Mingus, his last few years on this planet are the least appreciated and recorded. This two disc collection of Argentine concerts of his late period band in 1977 fill a wide…
Massimo Biolcati: Kintsugi
Bassist Massimo Biolcati is best known for his work with guitarist Lionel Loueke, but he’s also built up an impressive catalogue of his own, this being the third one of him as a leader that I’ve taken in. He’s joined…
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging
It’s rare these days that a band stays together as long as Branford Marsalis has kept this team in sync. Not since the days of Phil Woods’ long time team of Tom Harrell, Bill Goodwin, Hal Galper and Steve Gilmore…
Matt “The Rattlesnake” Lesch: Blues Cut Like Glass
Guitarist Matt Lesch brews the blues, mixing and matching with Taylor Streiff-Wayne Sharp-Sean McDonald/org. Paul Niehaus IV-Tecora Morgan-John Davies-Gus Thornton-b, Chuck Louden-Riley Morgan/dr and a horn section of Dan Smith/tp, Ben Shafer/ts and Ian Buschmann/bs. The core quartet boogies on…
Michael Arbenz, Florian Arbenz, Ron Carter: The Alpine Session
At 87 years young, Maestro Ron Carter continues to be both the most recorded and respected bassist around. This recent outing is a treat, as he’s recorded with drummer Florian Arbenz and pianist Michael Arbenz for a mix of originals…
Jim Snidero: Bird Feathers
I’ve been following the career of alto saxist Jim Snidero since his days with Toshiko Akiyoshi’s Jazz Orchesstra, and he never disappoints. He’s always reliable for delivering a hip bop album, featuring his golden tone for music that has history…
Richard Baratta: Looking Back
Drummer and leader Richard Baratta takes on Baby Boomer rock hits of the 60s and 70s and gives them a Latin goose on this new release. Teamed with Bill O’Connell/p-key, Vincent Herring/as, Paul Bollenback/g, Michael Goetz/g and PauL Rossman/cong-perc, he…
Jon Dalton: Carousel
Singing, playing a variety of guitars and keyboards, Jon Dalton comes across as a latter day Kenny Rankin, sometimes swinging, sometimes delivering folksy ideas on this wide ranging album. He’s definitely got the swing feel down on guitar, gorgeous on…
Gina Saputo: Daydream
I first heard vocalist Gina Saputo many years ago with pianist George Kahn, and was impressed by her expressiveness of lyrics. She has only matured in that manner, sounding street wise like Carmen McRae yet also as strong as a…