Month: August 2017

Morgan Heritage: Avrakedabra

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…

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…

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…