LA’s best studio studs turn out for this session lead by vocalist Julie Kelly, and it was time well spent. She’s got a husky and throaty tone, sort of like a Harmon muted trumpet, and she picks some clever material…
Month: November 2014
SIR PAUL TAKES WING…Wings: Venus and Mars, At the Speed of Sound
Paul McCartney’s classic Band on the Run was followed up by two efforts of the revamped Wings. Along with Sir Paul, Linda and Denny Laine, the band got filled out to become a working team with the addition of Joe…
Jane Bunnett: And Maqueque
Canadian born Jane Bunnett has become one of the most prolific evangelists of Afro-Cuban music. Her Spirits of Havana albums are of legend, but her own forays have been just as impressive. This time around, she teams up with an…
Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield: Solitary Moon
The underrated yet expansive songbook of Johnny Mandel is presented in a variety of moods and styles by vocalist Ginger Berglund and vocalist/trombonist Scott Whitfield. The two mostly go back and forth in the lyrics to songs such as the…
Jane Potter Trio: Now I Know
Jane Potter mixes singing with composing as well as piano as she leads a trio with Thomas Hebb/b and Bob Savine-Steve Langone/dr with a deft mix of warm vocals and hefty ivory work. Her chops are on display on the…
Larry Fuller: Larry Fuller
Here’s a winning trio disc from pianist Larry Fuller along with Hassan Shakur/b and Greg Hutchinson/dr. Nothing fancy or gimmicky; he’s got a nice touch that is able to drive like a pack of Alaskan Huskies on boppers like “Daahoud”…
Phil Haynes: In Concert-No Fast Food
Here are a pair of shows recorded back in 2012 with drummer Phil Haynes leading a trio with bassist Drew Gress and sax/flutist Dave Liebman. The tunes all have a fairly loose and improvised on the spot feel, and in…
Rolling Stones: From the Vault-Hampton Coliseum 1981
Culled from the 50 gigs they did in America to promote their last “classic” album, Tattoo You, this dvd captures the last great hurrah of The Rolling Stones at the apotheosis of their days when they were still trying to…
ANDES ARE SOME GREAT SONGS…Various Artists: Peru Bravo
Bet you didn’t know that Peru had an apotheosis of funk and soul, did you. Well, here’s a compilation to prove that between 1968 and 1974 when Juan Velasco Alvarado ruled the country, Nixon was in the White House, and…
Dylan Ryan/Sand: Circa
Is it jazz? Is it rock? Blues? Drummer Dylan Ryan goes Power Trio with Timothy Young/g and Devin Hoff/b for ten songs of heavy metal thunder. Lots of riffing grooves as on “Trees, Voices, Saturn,” “Raw Rattle” and “Night Sea…