Culled from decades of concert performances, this collection has Eberhard Weber using his distinctly sounding electric double bass (and sometimes keyboards) in both solo settings and with flugelhornist Ack van Rooyen. The result is a dreamy tapestry that melds synthesized…
Month: April 2015
Bob Gingery: Traveler
Bassist Bob Gingery leads a subtle and bluesy team of Jon Irabagon/ts, Mike Baggetta/g and Mark Ferber/dr through a collection of his own material. He’s got a rich tone, and lets it sigh with Baggetta on “Past Lives” while on…
OK, WE KNOW YOU’RE CLEVER…Vincent D’Onofrio & Dana Lyn: Slim Bone Head Volt, Nick Sanders Trio: You Are A Creature, Marike Van Dijk: The Sterography Project
Is simply being “different” enough? Don’t some other factors have to be included? Read on… Vincent D’Onofrio uses his voice, and Dana Lyn plays viola, violin, ipod and piano along with a supporting “team of Mike McGinnis-Briggan Krauss/reeds, Kyle Sanna/g, Geoff…
Gillian Margot-Geoffrey Keezer-Peter Sprague@The Blue Whale 04-16-15
While it seems you could throw a rock in any direction from an LA street corner and be guaranteed to hit an aspiring singer, finding one that has a unique and memorable style of delivery is like about as frequent…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Alex Conde: Descarga For Monk
You know an album is not only creative, but brilliantly so when your first thought is “Why hadn’t anyone come up with this idea before?” Well, pianist Alex Conde did; he took the songbook of Thelonious Monk, and gave it…
Allegra Levy: Lonely City
Here’s a vocalist that you’re gonna like for a couple of reasons. First, debut disc vocalist Allegra Levy has a nice delivery and quite clever in that she doesn’t mind playing around about with a syllable or note. As on…
Lisa Parrott: Round Tripper
Here’s a lady that has a high slugging percentage with the alto and bari sax. Lisa Parrott forms a tight infield with Matt Wilson/dr, Chris Lightcap/b, Carl Dewhurst/g and designated hitter Nadje Noorduis/tp (for a couple at bats) on this…
Glenn Wilson: Timely
Baritone saxist Glenn Wilson brings his molasses thick sound to team up with John D’earth/tp-fh, John Toomey/p, Jimmy Masters/b and Tony Martucci/dr for a mix of originals and obscure covers. The band shows its bebop roots and parties like it’s…
Kevin Fort: Red Gold
Chicago-based pianist Kevin Fort has a touch as deep as a Giordano’s pizza with a trio that sizzles like a hot dog at The Weiner’s Circle on this album that mixes jazz standards with originals. The team does a soft…
New Kingston: Kingston City
The band New Kingston consists of Stephen Suckarie/g-voc, Courtney P anton/dr-voc, Tahir Panton/key-voc and Courtney Panton Sr/b, but don’t think that holds them back, as just about each song as some guests or cameos that creates a different sonic environment…