Tom Teasley does it all here. On these eleven songs, he cleans out his storage shed and plays (deep breath) djambe, bongos, temple blocks, Chinese hand cymbals, foot controlled pandeiro, Roland HandSonic, malletKAT, keyboards, melodic, vocodor, bamboo flute, kouxian, keyboards,…
Month: January 2017
Ricardo Grilli: 1954
Guitarist Ricardo Grilli uses both electric and acoustic strings on this very strong album of originals. He picks a muscular team of Aaron Parks/p, Joe Martin/b and Eric Harland/dr to handle pieces like the Pat Metheny inspired pieces like “Arcturus”…
AND THE DEFINITION OF MUSIC IS…Neil Rolnick: Ex Machina, Obake: Draugr
I think it’s time to remind ourselves of the definition of music. Here is what we get from dictionary.com, “Music definition, an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm,…
Carmen Lundy: Code Noir
One of the most attractive aspects of Carmen Lundy’s career is that she has created her own tone, style and delivery. Here, along with her composing skills, she plays guitar and keyboards along with Patrice Rushen/p, Ben Williams/b, Kendrick Scott/dr,…
Richard Sussman: The Evolution Suite
Richard Sussman brings his piano and electronics int the mix of a jazz ensemble with Scott Wendholt/tp-fh, Rich Perry/ts, Mike Richmond/b and Anthony Pinciotti/dr with The Sirius Quartet of Gregor Huebner/v, Fun Chern Hwei/v, Ron Lawrence/vi, Jeremy Harman/c and Zach…
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOOSE LODGE…Matt Butler: Reckless Son, Colin James: Blue Highways, The Bob Lanza Blues Band: Time to Let Go, Tracy K: What’s the Rush?
If you grew up in the suburbs or the city, you missed out on a major part of American, the local hangout. Towns like Post Falls, Idaho, White Bear Lake, MN or Marysville, CA have buildings for the VFW, Optimist…
Ronny Graupe: The White Belt
Ronny Graupe brings together a flexible trio with Jonas Westergaard/b and Christian Lillinger/dr as he uses his guitar in both electric and acoustic settings. He knows how to bop the strings, going hip with his tensile tone with Lillinger’s ride…
SOUNDS FROM AFAR…Arcomusical: MeiaMeia, Marcus Corbett: Every Little Spirit
Worlds colliding, and no one’s complaining! So, how many albums with the berimbau do you have? Exactly? This one has SIX of them, performed in solo or group form by Gregory Beyer, Alexis C. Lamb, Christopher Mrofcza, Kyle Flens, Abby…
Nate Hook: Progressive Overload
The quintet of Travis Reuter/g, Billy Test/p-key, Louis De Mieulle/b and Paolo Cantarella/dr is spearheaded by composer Nate Hook, who mixes up his sax and flute for some thinking man’s post bop. His tenor is strong and pungent on the complex…
Project Grand Slam: Made In New York, The Queen’s Carnival
Lead by bassist Robert Miller, Project Grand Slam puts the fun back in funky with this recent pair of albums. Miller uses a core team of Marcello Casagrandi/key and Joel E. Mateo for each release while using the sax of…