Rock hits from the 60s and 70s (and a bit beyond) are deeply swung by drummer/vocalist Jae Sinnett and his team of Allen Farnham/B3-p, Ada Rovatti/ts, Terry Burrell/b and Jason Cale/g. The team thunders through the fist pumping “I Just…
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Mafalda Minnozzi: Riofonic
Vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi gives a tribute to vintage Brazilian on this album with Paul Ricci/ ,Roberto Menescal/voc-g, Kassin-Jorge Helder/b, Joao Cortez/dr, Jaques Morelenbaum/cel, Rafael Rocha/tb, Jesse Sadoc/tp-fh and Marcelo Martins/sax-fl. The album has a breezy Claus Oberman feel to it,…
Alan Chanbert: Just The Three Of Us
Subtitled “Me, the trumpet and the piano”, this album by Alan Chanbert playing horn and piano with Belden Bullock/b and Jon Di Firoe/dr (along with guest Luis Quintero/perc) is a cozy collection of classics. Chanbert goes Harmon mute the entire…
Sullivan Fortner: Southern Nights
After releasing an ambitious double album that included electronic experimentation, pianist Sullivan Fortner returns to the comfort food of a trio with Marcus Gilmore/dr and Peter Washington/b. The arrangements here of some standards as well as his own material are…
Mathias Eick-Kristjan Randalu-Ole Morten Vagan-Hans Hulbaekmo: Lullaby
Playing trumpet and keyboard as well as bringing in occasional vocals, Mathias Eick teams with Kristjan Randalu/p, Ole Morten Vagan/b and Hans Hulbaekmo/dr for soft wafts of impressionistic colors. With an open horn , Eick is longing around Hulbaekmo’s cymbals…
THE BILLIE HOLIDAY OF COUNTRY VOCALS…Patsy Cline: The Complete Studio Recordings
Without a scintilla of doubt, the most viscerally emotional country singer has to be Patsy Cline (1932-63) who’s brief career still had her become the most influential of vocalists of not only country music, but of pop and jazz as…
Bob James and Dave Koz@Grammy Museum 03.16.25
“You’re going to hear our instruments with elegance, in purity with warts and all;” Such was David Koz’s apt description of not only his stellar recent debut album with legendary pianist/composer Bob James (Just Us), but his comment from his…
THE RESURGENCE OF A LABEL: Strata-East: The Legacy Begins
During an era when jazz artists were plugging in and getting into rock formations, the label Strata-East (founded by trumpeter Charles Tolliver)fought the current by releasing albums by artists who were dedicated to acoustic yet adventurous mainstream/post bop jazz. They…
Andrea Brachfeld: Walking The Bar
In what portends to be a swinging album, flutist Andrea Brachfeld releases a snappy single as she strolls through a bluesy gem here with Harvie S/b, Bill O’Connell/p and Jason Tiemann/dr. O’Connell is tapping into his inner Wynton Kelly on…
Charles Lloyd Delta Trio @ The Lobero Theatre 03.14.25
There is a reason that although one day short of being 87 years old, jazz artist Charles Lloyd is still able to fill the Lobero Theatre and keep the attendees rapt and attentive with music that never got above a…