Month: August 2015

John Cocuzzi: Ding Dong Daddy

John Cocuzzi takes jazz to its pre-modern roots here with a swinging session in which he  plays  piano, vibes, B3 and even sings along with Frank Cocuzzi/dr, Paul Keller/b, Jerry Krahn/g, Dan Levinson/ts-cl and Kevin McKendree/ag. He goes eight to…

Bryan Bowman: Like Minds

If you like your jazz straight-ahead down the line, you’re gonna love this vintage hard bop sounding quintet lead by drummer Bryan Bowman. Bowman brings together Ian Carey/tp-fh, Bob Kenmotsu/ts, Matt Clark/p and Doug Miller/b through some enjoyable originals that…

Rob Teehan: Come Home

Rob Teehan plays a plethora of instruments here on a collection of originals in which he team ups to create a trio with Aleksander Gajic/vio and Adrian Fung/cel. As Teehan shifts between piano, guitar, melodica and various percussion and wind…

Mark Egan: Direction Home

Bassist Mark Egan continues to accrue an impressive catalogue that builds up from his Pat Metheny days. His favorite format is the trio, and it’s hard to go wrong with Mitchel Forman/key and danny Gottlieb/dr. The team is quite flexible…

Thomas Bergeron: Sacred Feast

Thomas Bergeron plays trumpet & flugelhorn hear as well as arranging the music inspired by classicist Olivier (1908-1992). The band consists of Bergeron with Becca Stevens/voc, Jason Ennis/g, Vitor Goncalves/p-acc, Hannah Collins/cel, Michael Bates/b and Satoshi Takeishi/perc through material that…