Last year, Steve Nelson toured around and recorded with Jeremy Pelt’s hard bopping quintet. On this album Nelson bids Pelt adieu and takes the leadership reigns with the same outfit of Danny Grissett/p, Peter Washington/b and Lewis Nash/dr, producing a…
Month: May 2017
Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent: Songbook
Legendary pianist Alan Broadbent brings his pen to supply the music for Georgia Mancio’s dreamy voice and lyrics on this collection of winsome originals. Completed by Oli Hayhurst/b and Dave Ohm/dr, Mancio and Alan Broadbent deliver moods like the cozy…
Neotolia: Neotolian Song
Hailing from Turkey, vocalist Nazan Nihal and pianist Utar Artun mix traditional sounds and songs with modern shapes and effects. Nihal’s wispy reed of a voice teams with some dreamy piano for a modern pop feel on “One Upon A…
TOM KENNEDY’S POINTS OF VIEW
IF YOU’RE A SPORTS FAN, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT CERTAIN PLAYERS DON’T MAKE THE “ALL STAR” TEAMS, BUT THEY ALWAYS END UP ON WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHILE OTHERS, SUCH AS BARRY BONDS, MAY BREAK RECORDS BUT NEVER APPEAR ON A “WINNING”…
NICOLAS MEIER: FROM SIDE TO CENTER
FINDING ONE’S OWN VOICE IN THE OVERCROWDED FIELD OF GUITAR CAN BE A DAUNTING ADVENTURE. SWISS BORN NICOLAS MEIER IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SOUND BOTH UNIQUE AND ACCESSIBLE. HE FIRST GOT ON THE MAP…