Next door neighbor toned Carol Duboc teams up with an all star lineup on these sunny and bright smooth jazzers. The core team of Jeff Lorber/key-b, Vinnie Colaiuta/dr, Jimmy Haslip-Brian Bromberg/b, Lenny Castro/perc and Paul Jackson Jr-Michael Thompson/g deliver fun…
Month: October 2015
Jazz Bakery’s Moveable Feast Presents: Charles Lloyd Quartet@Zipper Hall 10.18.15
Charles Lloyd delivered a 90 minute summary of his career with his team of Gerald Clayton/p, Reuben Rogers/b and Kendrick Scott/dr. Playing from start to finish the 6 piece Wild Man Suite from his latest album, Lloyd delivered moods and…
LINCOLN’S ADDRESS…Abbey Lincoln: Sophisticated Lady
Here’s a snapshot of the famed vocalist Abbey Lincoln captured at the Keystone Korner back in 1980. She’s backed by the soulful and swinging team of Phil Wright/p, James Leary/dr and Doug Sides/dr for this gig, and above all else,…
B3 HEAVEN…Larry Young Trio: With Thornel Schwartz and Jimmie Smith
Before he became known as “The John Coltrane of the B3” Larry Young was a groovemeister in the vein of Jimmy Smith. This 2 cd set from Fresh Sound Records have him with his working trio of Thornel Schwartz/g, Jimmie…
A TRUE XANADU…Barry Harris: Plays Tadd Dameron, Albert Heath: Kwanza (The First), Jimmy Heath: Picture of Heath, Sam Most: From The Attic of My Mind, Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, et al: Night Flight to Dakar
To refresh your memory from your poetry class, “Xanadu” was from “Kubla Khan” and refers to great beauty and contentment. Never was a jazz label ever named! Back in the 1970s, the only way a jazz artist made a living…
AMAZING OBSCURITIES FROM AVID…Ernestine Anderson: Four Classic Albums, Lurlean Hunter: Four Classic Albums, Hal McKusick: Second Set-Four Classic Albums, Marty Paich: Second Set-Four Classic Albums
UK-based AVID Records has a lot to teach us Americans about jazz. They continually amaze me with artists and material that I know little about, and yet each release has some amazing music to offer. Here are four perfect examples.…
STILL SHINING AT 100 YEARS…Sun Ra Arkestra: Babylon
Directed by alumnus Marshall Allen, the Sun Ra Arrkestra is caught here in cd and dvd on a celebrative tour of Sun Ra’s 100 th birthday, that is if you use the solar calendar (which of course is arguable considering…
Christian McBride Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard
Bassist Christian McBride is one of the jazz giants always on the lookout for new talent. He uses his trio format to develop aspiring artists, bring them up to his satisfied level, and then, like Art Blakey, send them on…
Jeff Lorber Fusion: Step It Up
Here’s one of the guys who started it all-the mix of jazz, R&B and “smooth” sounds. Unlike his sideman K Gorelick (aka “Kenny G”), Lorber has kept the ability to swing it, and teamed with Jimmy Haslip, he keeps the…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Josh Shpak Band: Astatic
Here’s a walk off home run of a disc. I’ve never heard anything about this young guy who plays the trumpet and flugelhorn. Josh Shpak wrote almost all of the material here on this collection of six songs, and along…