Month: April 2015

George Colligan: Risky Notion

Drummer George Colligan composes as well as leads from behind the traps with his band called Theoretical Planets on this collection of post-bop tunes. Colligan creates some intriguing patterns as foundations for the pianoless team of Nicole Glover/ts-ss, Joe Manis/ts-as…

Gene Argel: Luminescent

There’s truth in labeling here as pianist Gene Argel has a touch that glows in the dark on this quartet session with Jay Thomas/ts-as-tp, Chuck Deardrof/b and Mark Ivester/dr. Lots of elegance and pretty sounds grace along on the lovely…

Chamber 3: Grassroots

The quartet (!) of Chamber 3 consists of Christian Eckert/g, Steffen Weber/sax and Matt Jorgensen/dr along with “guest” Phil Sparks/b (as if he really weren’t needed). Sparks sounds like he deserves have the band re-named to “Chamber 4” as he…

Tinsley Ellis: Tough Love

Here’s some good old fashioned rocking’ blues for you. Tinsley Ellis sings like he’s been on a CB for 20 years, picks like he was weaned on Albert King and leads a stomping team of Kevin McKEndree/key, Lynn Williams/d and…

Ernesto Cervini: Turboprop

Drummer Ernesto Cervini puts together a warm post bop band on this collection of rich originals. The sextet of Tara Davidson/as-ss, Joel Frahm/ts, William Carn/tb, Adrean Farrugia/p and Dan Loomis/b mix with Cervini to create a lyrical mix and sounds.…

MUSIC FOR HISTORY MAJORS

I hope that all of you appreciate what a GOLDEN ERA we are living in regarding reissues and newly undiscovered historical recordings. When I first got into jazz, there were just records albums and a few labels that reissued anything…