Compositions by Sima Wolf are explored by chamber groups The Fontenay Players and The Borealis Wind Quintet here. The pieces such as “En Prevision” mix a string quartet with harp, flute and clarinet supplied by Wendy Kerner, Maryly Culpepper and…
Month: September 2016
Os Clavelitos: Arriving
The band Os Clavelitos consists of Chieko Honda/voc, Anthonhy Lanni/g, Dan Kendall/b-acc, Livio Almeida/ts-ss-fl, Uka Gameiro/dr and Arei Sekiguchi/perc. Together, the create sounds of Brazilian jazz that has a feel of a modernized and slightly Anglicized revisitation of the classic…
The Breath: Carry Your Kin
The band The Breath consists of Rioghnach Connolly/voc, Stuart McCallum/g, John Ellis/p, Robin Mullarkey/b an dLuke Flowers/dr. If you notice, you’ll see a lot of the names are of Irish extraction, which explains the Gaellic sound as well as the…
Ron King: Triumph
Trumpeter Ron King displays his warmed tone horn in a wide variety on moods here on his collection of accessible originals. He assembles some of LA’s finest in Tom Ranier-Jeff Lorber/p, Andy Langham/b, Dave Carpenter-Hamilton Price/b, Gary Novak/dr and Bob…
WHEN COUNTRY MUSIC SWUNG…Willie Nelson: For the Good Times-A Tribute to Ray Price
Willie Nelson pays tribute to one of his first bosses, Ray Price. In case that name isn’t familiar to you, Price was the gent who wrote songs that had either infectious shuffle grooves or wonderfully sentimental strings. Nelson played bass…
DOWNTOWN ABBEY: Abbey Lincoln: Love Having You Around
You know someone has a song in her heart when she even makes melody during the introduction of her musicians! That’s Abbey Lincoln, and she’s in vintage form here at the Keystone Korner in 1980. Her team of Phil Wright/p,…
Jim Snidero: MD66
Vintage post bop is served by the muscular quintet lead by alto saxist Jim Snidero and his mates Alex Sipiagin/tp, Andy Laverne/p, Ugonna Okegwo/b and Rudy Royston/dr. The veins pop through the flexed biceps on the fervent “MD66” and assertive…
TRIOS WITH VARIETY…Mike Jones Trio: Roaring, Brazzamerica: Brazzamerica
The enduring feature of jazz piano trios is that they are flexible enough to take you to a myriad of places. Here are two excursions. If piano trios are New York, then the Mike Jones trio of Katie Thiroux/b and…
PREACH IT! Greenleaf: The Gospel Companion Soundtrack Volume 1
You don’t have to be addicted to the TV series, nor do you have to be a regular member of an inner city church, to enjoy and get inspired by the 14 songs that make up the soundtrack for Greenleaf.…
Peter Kuhn: No Coming, No Going-The Music of Peter Kuhn 1978-79, The Other Store
Peter Kuhn plays jazz that’s inspired by the expressionism of Coltrane and Dolphy through his tenor, clarinet and bass clarinet. The two collections here have him 40 years apart, with the vision remaining constant. The 2 cd set No Coming,…