I’ve heard about ten albums by pianist Roger Davidson, who usually records in the Brazilian jazz format, and he’s one of the few guys around who just can’t play a wrong note. Whenever I play one of his releases with…
Month: October 2014
Arthur Barron/Dave Liebman/Abel Pabon: The Miami Jazz Project
Lead by the twin sax team of Dave Liebman and Arthur Barron as well as the keyboards of Abel Pabon, the Miami Jazz Project includes the hard hitting team of Josh Allen/b, Michael Piolet/dr and Alfredo Chacon/perc on this rousing…
David Virelles: Mboko
Pianist David Virelles brings together Thomas Morgan/b, Robert Hurst/b, Marcus Gilmore/dr and Roman Diaz/biankomenko-v for creating music that represents the ritualistic worship music from Cuba. Don’t expect your typical Afro-Cuban sounds here; what you get are moments of somber percussive…
Bill Frisell: Guitar in the Space Age!
Well, he’s done Nashville and John Lennon, so why SHOULDN’T guitarist Bill Frisell turn turn turn back to the songs of his influential childhood? He mixes famous instrumental tunes made famous by the likes of Duane Eddy and Dick Dale…
Alan Broadbent & NDR Big Band: America The Beautiful
Alan Broadbent has a well-deserved reputation as being one of the most eloquent pianists when it comes to modern music, as his plethora of solo and trio albums attest. It’s easy to forget that he’s also carved out a career…
Jim Peterik: Through the Eye of The Tiger
I’ve always been a little jealous of guys like Jim Peterik. Oh, I may be better looking and taller, but he’s the one who has written a ton of wonderfully hip tunes that everyone knows and loves. This book has…
The Stanley Clarke Band: Up
The wide ranging tastes and talents of bass guitar guru Stanley Clarke are in full display on this disc with not only his regular band of Paul Jackson Jr/g, Ruslan Sirota/key and Ronald Bruner Jr/dr but a collection of stars…
SWING, BOP AND GROOVE WITH AVID RECORDS…Ted Curson: Four Classic Albums, Slim Gaillard: The Extroverted Spirit of 1945-1958, Dexter Gordon: Three Classic Albums Plus, Shirley Scott: Four Classic Albums
UK-based Avid Records finds things that you may not even know existed! Here are some 2 cd sets that include things even Sherlock Holmes would’ve had trouble discovering… Ted Curson, who made his name with Charles Mingus’ band with Eric…
Jazz Bakery “Moveable Feast “ Presents: Stefon Harris Trio@Zipper Hall 10.24.14
Stefon Harris steps up to the mic in front of the enthusiastic crowd at Zipper Hall and sets the theme of the evening by saying “Let’s call tonight a ‘stretch opportunity.’ We’re here to trust each other and let the…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Dee Alexander: Songs My Mother Loves
I get tons of releases from female vocalists every week; it takes A LOT for one of these to stand out. This one does. What makes Dee Alexander so special, as she’s doing a bunch of standards with a team…