Here’s an interesting concept: take previously unrecorded lyrics by folk legend Woody Guthrie, and put them in a 21st century neo-country setting. These four gents hail from bands like Son Volt, South San Gabriel, Gob Iron and Monsters Of Folk,…
Month: August 2012
Chloe Brisson: Blame It On My Youth
Vocalist Chloe Brisson glides through a number of standards backed by an A team of Angelenos, with Fred Haas/sax-arr, Bill Mays/p, Marvin Stamm/tp, Ben Williams/tb, Matt Wilson/dr and Martin Wind/b. The band sounds as slick as greased lightning on tunes…
Adam Kromelow Trio: Young Blood
Lead by pianist Adam Kromelow, this trio, with Raviv Markovitz/b and Jason Burger/dr plays post modern jazz with a collection of originals and a few covers. Kromelow’s writing and performing style is a bit elliptical and edgy, going in 2-3…
Papa Grows Funk: Needle In The Groove
Don Cornelius may no longer be with us, but this release which was produced by Allen Toussaint sure would have made the master emcee happy. The band consists of Jeffrey Alexander/dr, Jason Mingledorff/sax, Marc Pero/b, Joh Gros/key-v and June Yamagishi/g…
Mark Sherman: The LA Sessions
Here’s a guy that’s got bebop in his blood. Vibist Mark Sherman teams up with some of the best guys LA has to offer, and creates a cozy yet sizzling dandy of a disc here. Sherman’s cohorts are Bill Cunliffe,…
John Raymond: Strength & Song
Here’s a trumpeter you’re really going to like: bred and grass fed in Minnesota, John Raymond leads a his John Raymond Project which includes Gilad Hekselman/g, Javier Santiago/p,-key, Raviv Markovitz/b and Cory Cox through a collection of material that mixes…
Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!
The whole trick of putting together a Hammond B3 trio is not too different from creating a great pasta sauce. It’s all a matter of what basic ingredients you put together, and then how you season and stir it up.…
Memphis the Musical @The Pantages 08.08.12
If you want a musical with some real soul in it, give this show a try. Memphis tells the story of 50s era music, pre-rock, just at the cusp when gospel and R&B coalesced with white pop to create a…
***ROTW***Peter Appleyard : Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants: The Lost 1974 Sessions
Here’s a release that is like finding a precious photo album you thought was lost for years while cleaning out your garage. Vibist Peter Appelyard made his name playing with Benny Goodman’s band in the 70s, and one evening after…
Ben Powell: New Street
Violinist Ben Powell is a fairly new kid on the musical block, but he’s in the right neighborhood here, as his release here displays a tribute to icon Stephane Grappelli in terms of sound and material. He’s got a warm,…