Dubbed the “Royal Family of Reggae,” the team of Peetah Morgan/voc, Una Morgan/key, Roy Morgan/key, Nakhamyah Morgan/g and Memmalatel Morgan/perc mix some vintage sounds with extra electronic scapes. Vox effects are heard on pieces with Mr. Talkbox guesting on “Want…
Month: August 2017
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Yelena Eckemoff: In the Shadow of a Cloud
Pianist and composer Yelena Eckemoff continues to release impressive material that is both melodic and adventurous. This time she releases a double album worth of material with the flexible and sensitive team of Adam Rogers/g, Drew Gress/b, Gerald Cleaver/dr and…
TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN LOW…The Julie London Collection: 1955-62
In yet another release of important sounds from the 50s and 60s, Acrobat Music delivers the goods on one of the most underrated vocalists of all time, the sultry toned Julie London. Almost single-handedly, she started the concept of “mood”…
WILD IN THE STREETS…Paul Rutherford & Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience, Goncalo Almeida-Rodrigo Amado-Marco Franco: The Attic, Itaru Oki-Nobuyoshi Ino-Choi Sun Bae: Kami Fusen
Lithuania-based NoBusiness Records specializes in free thinking music that is spontaneous and surprising. Here are a few recent releases. Trombonist Paul Rutherford teams up with drummer Sabu Toyozumi for five free-spirited originals. Rutherford displays his impressive triple tonguing on the…
SCANDINAVIAN SWINGING..Teemu Viinikainen III: Return of Robert Dickson
Finnish guitarist Teemu Viinikainen is well known in his homeland, and hopefully this impressive trio album with Mikael Myrskog/key and Joonas Riipa/dr will open a few doors in the States. He’s got a cool and relaxed tone, and uses it…
UrbanSoul: Urbanity
Guitarist and electric sitarist Albert Dadon, aka “Albare” joins forces with keyboardist/programmer Phil Turcio for a soulful collection of originals on this ten song collaboration. Lots of upbeat and funky grooves abound, with some nice piano and guitar work on…
ADHD: ADHD #6
The team of Oskar Guojonsson/sax, Omar Guojonsson/g-b, Davio Por Jonsson/B3-p and Magnus Trygvason Eliassen/dr form the ADHD band which specializes in creating sonic moods not unlike Brian Eno’s ambient music. A piece such as “Mgnus Trygvason Eliassen” includes dark ruminations…
Labtrio: Nature City
The Labtrio consists of Lander Gyselinck/dr, Bram De Looze/p-key and Anneleen Boehme/b and on this album they mix funky and frisky originals with some clever interpretations of Bach. Of the latter, Gyselinck creates a hip herky-jerky New Orleans groove on…
Alex Goodman: Second Act
Guitarist Alex Goodman leads a post bop team of Matt Marantz/ts-ewi, Eden Ladin/p-key, Rick Rosato/b and Jimmy MacBride/dr through a collection of sophisticated originals. He shows his bop chops with Matrantz on tenor on the clever “Questions” and the kinetic…
ROOTS, ROCK , REGGAE, Chris Fullerton: Epilepsy Blues, Tucci: Olivia, Double Tiger: Sharp & Ready
In keeping with the famed Bob Marley song, we put all three in a pan and fry them up! Chris Fullerton plays guitar and sings like he’s been working as a hired hand all day in the Texas panhandle. Along…