Various genres cross on these two releases. Rough toned vocalist Malford Milligan co-leads with boogie-ing guitarist Tyrone Vaughn along with a rotating band of Chris Maresh-Jeff Hayes/b, Brannen Temple-Kenneth Furr/dr and Jay Stiles-Michael Ramos/key. Voices and guitars wail on pieces…
Month: September 2017
REED RAPTURE…Sojoy: The Adventures of Oliver Z. Wanderkook, Ed Neumeister: Wake Up Call, To Be Continued: Poetry From the Future,
Here are some sounds that are like a walk in the reeds… The reed section of Matt Langly, Eric Klaxton and Nick Mainella creates a formidable front line along with trumpeter Zach Lange, trombonist Josh Gagnon and a rhythm section…
San Francisco String Trio: May I Introduce You
Don’t fret-here’s music for violin fans! In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ ground breaking Sgt Pepper album, Mads Tolling/vi, Mimi Fox/g and Jeff Denson/b string together the material from that records and add new ideas and tones.…
Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsy 40th Anniversary Tour@The Canyon Club 09.15.17
“I never thought I’d still be here after 40 years, but that’s another story,” joked legendary guitarist Al DiMeola, as his band delivered a 2 score anniversary celebration of the classic Elegant Gypsy album. The packed house was treated to…
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil: Incidentals
Passionate post bop alto saxist Tim Berne teams up with the extra textures of clarinet and bass clarinet provided by Oscar Noriega along with an extroverted team of Ryan Ferreira/g, Matt Mitchell/p-elec, Ches Smith/dr-perc and David Torn/g on this most…
SNARKY PUPPY SPIN OFF…Bokante: Strange Circles
Members of the popular Snarky Puppy (Chris McQueen/g, Bob Lanzetti/g Michael League/b, Keita Ogawa/perc) join with the rich vocals of Malika Tirolien, percussionists Jamey Haddad/Andre’ Ferrari and steel guitarist Roosevelt Collier for a collection of rich and worldly textures. Tirolien’s…
Mike Stern: Trip
If you hadn’t heard, guitar legend Mike Stern broke both of his arms after falling outside of his apartment back in July of 2016. A couple of surgeries later, as well as working to strengthen his nerve damaged picking hand,…
DIGNITY, ALWAYS DIGNITY…Bill Charlap Trio: Uptown Downtown
It’s a photo finish as to whether the title of The Most Tasteful Jazz Trio belongs to Kenny Barron or Bill Charlap. This latest album by Charlap’s team of Kenny Washington/dr and Peter Washington/b sure make a good argument for…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Brian McCarthy Nonet: The Better Angels of Our Nature
Brian McCarthy plays alto and soprano sax, and brings together three more saxes in Daniel Ian Smith/ts-ss, Stantawn Kendrick/ts and Andrew Gutauskas/bs along with a brass section of Bill Mobley/tp-fh and Cameron MacManus/tb and a rhythm team of Matt Aronoff/b,…
WHEN R&B RULED THE WORLD…Larry Williams The Complete Releases 1957-61, Lloyd Price: The Complete Singles As & Bs
Before Rock and Roll took over radio and record sales, Rhythm and Blues artists like Lloyd Price and Larry Williams were kings of both the pop and R&B charts. Mixing blues, rhythm, gospel and a New Orleans groove, these two…