Month: January 2016

Clare Fischer: Out of the Blue

Pianist Clare Fischer joins together with drummers Peter Erskine or Mike Shapiro on an intriguingly lyrical collection of jazz standards and originals. There’s a lovely bluesy laziness to pieces like “Love’s Walk,” and the reflective “Two For The Road” and…

ARE WE NOT MEN? WE ARE IVO! Ivo Perelman/Mat Maneri/Tanya Kalmanovitch: Villa Lobos Suite, Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey: Butterfly Whispers, Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Complementary Colors

            Tenor saxist Ivo Perelman is nothing if not prodigious. His spontaneous left leaning recordings show an inexhaustible ability to be creative and forward thinking. Here are the three latest in what is certainly a…

Marbin: Aggressive Hippies

Wonder where the “Psychedelic Sixties” went? They formed a band with dani Rabin/g, Danny Markovitch/sax, Greg Essig/dr and John W. Lauier/b and put out this album! You’ve got a mix of jazz and acid rock as wild as the 13th…

Sam Sadigursky: Follow The Stick

Clarinetist Sam Sadigursky takes the classic Benny Goodman Quartet makeup to a modern level, with Chris Dingman/vibes, Bobby Avey/p and Jordan Perlson/dr taking Hampton, Wilson and Krup to “infinity and BEYOND.” The band has a post boppy sound with Sadigusky’s…