UK based Pally Gibbons shows her singing, composing and interpreting skills on this strong album of standards and originals. She’s got a husky, but flexible voice, completely comfortable in R&B-sh gospel tunes like “Sack Full of Dreams” and “Dr. Feelgood”…
Month: April 2017
Billy Porter: The Soul of Richard Rodgers
Tony and Grammy Award winning vocalist Billy Porter takes the Richard Rodgers songbook and brings it up to date in an R&B influenced mood with a rich collection of guests. The trick on a production like this is to retain…
FORGOTTEN SIX STRINGER…Eddie Duran: Jazz Guitarist
He’s still alive and kicking at 91, but Eddie Duran is one of the guitarists that somehow has been overlooked. This recent reissue by Fresh Sound Records uncovers some wonderful sounds in small group settings by the Bay Area guitarist,…
Thomas Stanko New York Quartet: December Avenue
While he has jettisoned his long working Polish compatriots for a new and American team of bassist Reuben Rogers, pianist David Virelles and drummer Gerald Cleaver, Tomasz Stanko still retains the tone and mood that he has patented over the…
REISSUED GEMS FROM AVID…Chuck Berry: Four Classic Albums, John Graas: Four Classic Albums, Herbie Mann: Four Classic Albums, Ann Richards: Four Classic Albums, Betty Roche’ & Marilyn Moore: Four Classic Albums Plus
UK based Avid Records continues to bring to surface vintage sounds from the 50s and 60s. This time around they bring into focus a trio of overlooked female vocalists, some hip and cool sounding swingers and one of the founding…
ESSENTIAL JAZZ REISSUES: Ben Webster: Meets Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson: The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
The collection of limited-edition Legendary Jazz Albums from Discovery Records recently released two albums that feature pianist Oscar Peterson in two settings. His trio with Ray Brown/b and Ed Thigpen/dr serves as the adroit rhythm section for tenor sax legend…
GET YOUR YA YA’S OUT! Charlie Watts: Meets The Danish Radio Big Band
Somewhere In time, drummer Charlie Watts got sidetracked from a career of swing and bop to become a member of the world’s most famous rock band, The Rolling Stones. Ah! Such are the vagarities of life! Every now and then…
Juan De Marcos Afro Cuban All Stars: Absolutely Live II
Since leaving the famous Buena Vista Social Club, Juan De Marcos has had a successful 20 yer runleading the sizzling Afro Cuban All Stars. This cd/dvd set captures De Marcos and company, almost two completely different bands, in two different…
Regina Carter: Ella-Accentuate the Positive
Violinist Regina Carter gives homage to the songs that were performed by Ella Fitzgerald, but with her own signature delivery. Her violin is a rich and flowing voice in and of itself, and she teams up with Marvin Sewell/g, Xavier…
Kneebody: Anti-Hero
The five member Kneebody get thick and dark on this most recent release. Three of the members, Ben Wendel, Shane Endsley and Adam Benjamin add “effects” or “synth” to their usual credits of respective tenor sax, trumpet and keyboards, which…