Mostly known as a reliable sideman or a leader of his own trio, pianist Frank Kimbrough takes on the quartet format with Steve Wilson/as-ss, Jay Anderson/b and Lewis Nash/dr through a collection of originals and standards. The percussive interplay between…
Month: January 2015
Christian Pabst Trio +7: Song of Opposites
Pianist Christian Pabst leads a trio with David Andres/b and Kaspars Kurdeko/dr, but also mixes and matches with a horn section and or a string section on this varied collection of originals. Lovely strings and piano meld on congenial tunes…
Joelle Lurie: Take Me There
Vocalist Joelle Lurie has a warm and husky voice as she delivers and album that mixes jazz, soul, indie an even a dash of folk on this release with Nick Consul/key, Benjamin Gllina/g-b and Conor Meehan/dr along with various mixed…
Saturn’s Rival: Saturn’s Rival
I’ve come to the conclusion that free jazz is a lot like Nascar races. It’s exciting to see live for the energy and danger, but just listening to the sounds takes away too much. Here, you have a perfect example,…
Thomas Hass: Trio’s and Beyond-Lotus Energy
Thomas Hass mixes and matches his tenor/soprano saxes with a rotating team of Nikolaj Hess/p, Lennart Ginman/b and Frands Rifbjerg/dr through a mix of originals and covers. He divides up the charts between lithe and gentle trios with bass and…
GUITARS! GUITARS! GUITARS! Chris Biesterfeldt: Phineas, Toulouse Engelhardt: Mind Gardens, Joakm Berghall: Dialogues II, Nels Cline & Julian Lage: Room
If you came to become a fan of jazz after looking for something more interesting than rock and roll, then your instrument of lure is probably the guitar. That’s how I got into it; I couldn’t believe a guitar could…
The Doors: Feast of Friends
So you want to be a rock and roll star? Here is a dvd that includes the only film the iconic group The Doors produced, which is, of course, about them. Essentially it chronicles their 1968 tour in various venues…
Markus James: Head For The Hills
Guitarist Markus James covers a National Geographic area of musical territory here with a rotating team of drummers and percussionists including Junior Kimbrough, Kinney Kimbrough, RL Boyce, Marlon Green and Aubrey “Bill” Turner. James himself plays a slew of guitars,…
The Blues Magoos: Psychedelic Resurrection
Yes! The Blues Magoos-the personification of all of the joys of Psychedelic rock that came out in the late 60s. Three of the original guys are back: Peppy Castro/g, Ralph Scala/key and Geoff Daking/dr bring on Mike Ciliberto/g and Peter…
Indu: Juggernaut
The duo Indu is comprised of Claudio Vignali/p-key and Andrea Grillini/dr-effects, with a few tracks including Achille Succi’s sax and bas clarinet. The sounds? Sometimes you get plaintive piano plunking along with percussive musicngs as on A.N.S’ and “Rabrofiev’s View”…