The Sugar Hill Trio consists of Christian Torkewitz on tenor and flute, Austin Walker on drums and either Leon Boykins or Dylan Shamat on bass. Torkewitz has an affinity to the tone of John Coltrane, and uses it well with…
Month: January 2017
BassDrumBone: The Long Road
The trio of Mark Helias/b, Gerry Hemingway/dr and Ray Anderson/tb bring two cds worth of collective compositions and improvisations together. The team goes from Crescent City to Bebop on “ Oh Yeah” and swings like forever on “Quomput.” There are…
FOLKSY BLUES…Renee’ Wahl: Sworn Secrets, Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll, Adam Karch: Moving Forward
Acoustic, bluesy and folksy.. From Nashville, Renee Wahl delivers a 5 song ep that shows impressive composing skills with putting her life on her sleeve. Her band The Sworn Secrets comprises Patterson Barrett/g-key, Daniel Seymour-Ron Eoff/g and Joshua Hunt-Bryan Owings/dr…
The Kentucky Headhunters: On Safari
The Kentucky Headhunters consist of Richard Young/voc-g, Doug Phelps, b-voc, Greg Martin-voc, Fred K. Young/dr-voc and Kevin McKendree/p-B3. They specialize in rock, blues and boogie on this collection of mostly originals, mostly in the vintage 70s realm. Young’s got an…
Gene Pritsker: Melodies Alone Can Proudly Carry Their Own Death
Composer Gene Pritsker shows his skill at the pen with eleven rich compositions in a variety of milieu. Daniele Colombo’s violin delivers Eastern European moods on “Opposite Extreme of Compassion” whereas Pat O’Keefe’s bass clarinet percolates with Patti Cudd’s percussion…
The Green: Marching Orders
Comprised of Caleb Keolanue/voc, JP Kennedy/voc-g, Zion Thompson/voc-g, Ikaika Antone/voc-key, Brad Watanabe/b-key and Jordan Espinoza/dr, The Green delivers R&Bish grooved reggae pieces with dashes of vintage horns and modern electronics. With African percussion, a Caribbean feal is felt on pieces…
REVENGE OF THE SESSION MEN…Dennis Coffey: Hot Coffey In The D
Usually known for mining the vaults of jazz Hall of Famers like Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans, Resonance Records producers Zev Feldman, Kevin Goins and George Klabin occasionally throw us material by an artist undeservedly overlooked over the years. This…
“VOUTE” RETURNS…Slim Gaillard: Searching For You
Once upon a time, music was actually fun to listen to. Yes, there is lots to enjoy about “serious” music in every genre’ from Benny Goodman to Dizzy Gillespie to John Coltrane and beyond, but every generation needs someone to…
David Virelles: Antenna
David Virelles plays just about everything with keys along with Alexander Overington’s electronics, samples and cello and a team of Henry Threadgill/as, Roman Diaz/voc, Marcus Gilmore/dr, Rafiq Bhatia/g, Etian Brebaje Man/voc and Mauricio Herrera/perc. You might expect a lot of…
Brent Gallaher: Moving Forward
Tenor saxist Brent Gallaher continues the path laid down by the likes of Horace Silver and Art Blakey as he leads a snappy classic hard bop quintet with Alex Pope Norris/fh-tp, Dan Karlsberg/p, Aaron Jacobs/b and Anthony Lee/dr through an…