Here’s an album to get you over your depression over the passing of Mark Murphy. The iconic vocalist is captured here at the Gazarte Club in Athens, Greece, back in 2008. He was on the throes of two highly acclaimed…
Month: July 2016
FUN AND FRETS…Victor & Penny: Electricity
Here’s an album that reminds you how fun jazz can actually be. Erin McGrane sings and strums the ukulele, Jeff Freling sings along while picking the guitar, and along with The Loose Change Orchestra of James Isaac/reeds, Rick Willoughby/b, Kyle…
INTIMATE MUSINGS: Gene Pritsker-Peter Jarvis: Duo, Joan Jenrenaud: Visual Music
Sometimes it’s the quieter moments that draw you in. Here are a couple of cozy meetings. Guitarist Gene Pritsker creates some duets with drummer Peter Jarvis for a mix of “controlled improvisations” and beyond. The teams creates some relaxed conversations…
VIVO CON IVO…Ivo Perelman/Joe Morris: Blue, Ivo Perelman: Soul, Ivo Perelman: Breaking Point, Ivo Perelman/Karl Berger: Hitchhiker, Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Corpo
Tenor saxist Ivo Perelman will never be accused of being under-recorded. The free form saxist continues to increase his voluminous catalogue with five, count ‘em, five, new releases. And, believe it or not, they are all different from each other!…
Trumpetology: This Is Trumpetology
Trumpets meet rhythm on this brassy collection of (mostly) jazz standards lead by the valved team of James Blackwell, Brian Owen, Brian Mantz and Cameron Summers. They work their embouchure along with a rhythm team of Kait Dunton, Cooper Appelt,…
Victor Prieto: The Three Voices
Can the accordion make it in a jazz setting? Victor Prieto gives it the old college try, teaming up with Jorge Roeder/b, Eric Doob/dr, Artur O’Farrill/p, John Ellis/sax, and some guests on a collection of mostly originals. He tackles Astor…
THE GOSPEL ACCORDION TO ZYDECO…Zydeco Crossroads: A Tale of Two Cities, The Kingdom of Zydeco, ALSO: Antibalas: Live From The House of Soul
Two step heaven is presented here in the from of two documentaries by Robert Mugge. The first one, Zydeco Crossroads is the story of a Philly, PA public radio station going down into the deep south of Louisiana in order…
Glauco Venier: Music for Piano and Percussion
Pianist Glauco Venier goes solo, but not in the sense of playing music alone. His classical and romantic style of piano is accompanied by his own dubbed percussive backgrounds and framing. Gongs, bells, metals and things that go bump in…
THIS IS A HARD BOP QUINTET 101…Blue Mitchell & Sonny Red: Baltimore 1966
Just when you start getting used to the jazz that’s being played these days, you get something like this vintage live recording from Uptown Records, and you’re reminded that most of today’s music is terrible. Recorded from the a 1966…
POST BOP QUARTETS FROM UP NORTH…Gilles Bernard Quartet: 4 Rue Durocher, Alain Bedaro August Quartet: Circum Continuum
Here are a couple releases from Effendi Records, a label focusing on the future sounds of jazz. Some artists you may not be familiar with this side of the Canadian border are featured here. Pianist Gilles Bernard leads a gracious…