Drummer Mark Guiliana starts his own label with this pair of free ranging recordings. Bon Appetite! Beat Music has Guiliana teamed up with Tim Lefebvre/eb, Jeff Babko/key and Troy Zeigler/elec for 30, count ‘em, 30 pieces that range from under…
Month: November 2014
Brew Moore: Svingtet 14’
I’ve heard one other album by Mississippi-born tenor saxist Brew Moore who died in 1973 at not even 50 years old. I thought I was listening to some lost Stan Getz albums. This one from a series of recordings in…
THE GEORGE GERSHWIN OF BABY BOOMERS…Henry Mancini:The Classic Soundtrack Collection
Today, we celebrate the music of John Williams, who provides soundtracks to the present generation, and before that, George Gershwin ruled the world via musicals. But back in the 60s, it was maestro Henry Mancini who ruled the sounds on…
WONDERFUL!! The One-derful! Collection
Want to find out what popular music sounded like before civilization collapsed? This collection of discs, lps and memorabilia from The Wonder-ful! Label is the American equivalent of hearing Greek music in Athens around 450 BC. The country was at…
DUET TOGETHER WITH STYLE…Charlie Haden & Jim Hall: Charlie Haden-Jim Hall, Kenny Barron & Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation
Want to see what it’s like to hear true artists hold a musical discussion? Here are a pair of albums that feature duets between four of the greatest musicians of our generation. A Master Class of classy masters. The meeting…
Sylvain Rifflet & Jon Irabagon: Perpetual Motion (A Celebration of Moondog)
A pair of French saxophonists Jon Irabagon/as and Sylvain Rifflet/ts-cl get together here for a post modern collection of sounds and rhythms that focus more on free form improvisation that melody or lyricism. Tongue slapping saxes on “Round Paris” …
Kevin Cline: Make Up Your Mind
No, not THAT Kevin Cline, thank the Good Lord. This one plays piano and trombone as well as writing all of the tunes sans a melancholy “My Funny Valentine”with Neal Alger’s guitar. He’s got a rotating team on rhythm as…
Bebel Gilberto: Tudo
FINALLY! This is the Bebel Gilberto album that you hope that her gene pool could produce. No slick pop or synthesizers dominating the scene. Here she reunites with producer Mario Caldato Jr and delivwrs an acoustic collection of samba and…
Chris Walden Big Band: Full-On
LA-based band leader and arranger Chris Walden brings together some of the Best Coast’s artists for a swinging album that includes a surfeit of vocal tracks. With a sax section that boasts Jeff Driskill, Bob Sheppard, Brandon Fields, Tom Peterson…
THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT…Rolling Stones: L.A. Forum Live in 1975
There are a lot of concert dvds of the Rolling Stones that are gathering moss out there, but for the one that captures the band when they were at one of their absolute zeniths, this set from the Inglewood Forum…