Month: October 2015

Liberty Ellman: Radiate

Liberty Ellman displays his guitar in variety of sounds and settings here in this collection of originals with Steve Lehman/as, Jonathan Finlayson/tp, Jose Davila/tb, Stephan Crump/b and Damion Reid/dr. He mixes it up with Reid as Lehman’s alto sears through…

9 Horses: Perfectest Herald

The band 9 Horses is rooted in the trio of Joe Brent/mand, Sara Caswell/violin and Shawn Conley, but this is no bluegrass or traditional band. Yes, there is a folksy feel to their swinging “Monochrome Shoe #2” and strumming “Movement…

John Hebert: Rambling Confessions

Bassist John Hebet leads a lithe team of Andy Milne/p, Billy Drumond/dr and vocalist Jen Shyu through an impressionistic mix of originals and standards. The rhythm team develops a subtle but forward pulse, with Drummond’s cymbals tapping out the relentless…

Tom Harrell: First Impressions

Tom Harrell continues his explorations into various sounds and styles as he delves into his French Impressionism period. Armed with arrangers pen, trumpet and flugelhorn, he brings together his usual teammates of Wayne Escoffery/ss-ts, Danny Grissett/p and Johnathan Blake/dr and…