One of our most important drummers, Steve Gadd, releases one of his best and most important albums. Essentially stealing James Taylor’s backup band of Larry Goldings/key, Jimmy Johnson/b, Michael Landau/g and Walt Fowler/tp-fh, Gadd delivers a set of high standard…
Month: October 2016
Rebecka Larsdotter: Whirlwind
Vocalist Rebecka Larsdotter teams up with a collection of rhythm sections as well as saxist Dayna Stephens on this collection of originals and two covers. Horace Silver’s “Peace” is delivered with a laconic approach with Stephens’ tenor, the team of…
Colin Cannon: Intermission (Farewell)
This album by composer/guitarist Colin Cannon is more of a journey than a collection of songs. The fourteen “pieces” include a two part suite of five songs each, an intermission and three “Recollections” as post scripts. The core team of…
Gregg Kofi Brown: Rock ‘n’ Roll and UFOs
Guitarist/vocalist Gregg Kofi Brown was one of the original members of the pioneering band Osibisa before embarking on his own career. Here, he mixes and matches material that ranges from disco type R&B to pop 70s rock. Carter era soul and…
AMEN! Fanny Crosby, Dwight Moody and Other Saints: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900
If you wanna hear some of “that Ol’ Time Religion,” you’re going to get it here. This 3 cd set by Archeophone Records has a set of some of the very earliest music and speaking from the Evangelical “Second Awakening.”…
Brad Mehldau & Joshua Redman (or was it Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau)@ The Broad Stage 10.02.16
Now household worlds in the jazz scene, pianist Brad Mehldau and saxist Josh Redman have played with each other in a variety of concert and studio settings over the years. This reunion of sorts, documented on their luminous album Nearness,…
THE TRAMP IS A LADY…Connie Russell: Don’t Smoke In Bed/Alone With You
I don’t know where Fresh Sound Records finds these singers, but they bring out some obscure beauties. Connie Russell mixed a career of film, radio and TV along with a sultry singing career. She also was used in overdubbing actresses…
HE PLAYS ‘MISTY’ FOR YOU…Erroll Garner: Ready Take One
Nothing like a voice from the past to make you realize how far you’ve strayed. This collection of previously unreleased studio recordings from the legendary Erroll Garner during the years 1967-71 reveal to us not only the artistic style of…
FOXY!…Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun
There used to be a time when I winced at the news of some “new” Hendrix album. Since James Hendrix founded Experience Hendrix and put some love into the management, I now salivate. This latest release is a perfect example……
Andrew Cyrille & Bill McHenry: Proximity
Believe it or not, this duet between famed drummer Andrew Cyrille and Coltrane-influenced tenor Bill McHenry is impressively accessible. The emphasis is on conversations, and not Wagnerian screaming sessions, as both use tone and rhythms judiciously and wisely. Cyrille uses…