This two disc set has Michael Janisch in an ambitious atmosphere. He plays electric and acoustic basses, percussion and a bunch of electronic effects as he mix and matches with Paul Booth/reeds, Jason Palmer/tp, Leonardo Genovese/p-kley and Alex Bonney/elec. On…
Month: December 2015
Stick Against Stone: Instant
You get a little bit of everything with a reggae flavor on this band which includes Sari Jozokos Morninghawk/voc, Daniel Ramirez/g, David Soule/b and Robert Shepard/sax-fl. A funky mix of hip hop with a nice little bass lick by Soule…
Huntertones: Huntertones
Jazz and soul meet R&B in the form of the group Huntertones. Consisting of Dan White/sax, Jon Lampley/tp-sous, Chris Ott/tb, Joshua Hill/g, Theron Brown/key, Adam Deascentis/b and John Hubbell/dr, the band debuts on this disc with six originals that are…
Adam Larson: Selective Amnesia
Adam Larson plays the sax and leads a team of Matthew Stevens/g, Fabian Almazon/key, Matt Penman/b and Jimmy Macbride/dr through eight of his post bop compositions. His peaceful and warm tone on the tenor fits well on the nimble “Suitable…
SWINGING VOICES…Whitney Marchelle: Dig Dis, Dale Head: Swing Straight Up
Here are a couple vocalists that take on swing and bop with style. Whitney Marchell sings as well as plays piano on this soulful disc with guests including Clark Terry/tp, Wycliffe Gordon/tb and Jeremy Pelt/tp. She knows how to bop…
Carlberg-Morris-Niggenkemper-Gray: Cosmopolitan Greetings
The quartet of Joe Morris/g, Frank Carlberg/p, Pascal Niggenkemmper/b and Luther Gray bring together 6 originals that are high on interpretive improvisation. A mix of ambient musings by Carlberg and Niggenkemper are rumbled along by Gray on the title track,…
INNERrOUTe: Fourmation
The quartet INNERrOUTe states that its purpose is to be “deeply rooted in jazz, while creating genre-bending journeys in free improv.” Together, Michael D’Agostino/dr/perc, Rick savage/tp-fh, Joe Vincent Tranchina/key and Bill McCrossen/b do a yeoman’s job of delivering on their…
Bastian Weinhold: Cityscape
Drummer Bastian Weinhold brings together a post bop team of Adam Larson/ts, Raviv Markovitz/b and Nils Weinhold/g for a collection of originals. The longer pieces are intertwined with a few “Interlude” themes that feel like tentative jams, but other than…
REALLY? Karim Nagi: Detour Guide
I’m really not sure if this album is earnest or tongue in cheek. Karim Nagi mixes sounds of the Middle East with spoken messages ranging from politics to culture on this album. There are sounds like a dico party with…
Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are The Drum
Drummer Kendrick Scott delivers the goods here with his simpatico team of Taylor Eigsti/key, Michael Moreno/g, John Ellis/sax-bcl and Joe Sanders/b through an exciting ride of teamed effort compositions. As he states in his liner notes, Scott dedicates this music…