Rock music also had its Prince of Darkness. As Miles Davis is to jazz, Ritchie Blackmore personified the long noir shadows of metallic rock. Most intriguing, though, is that after his head banging days, he completely changed gears, teamed up…
Month: September 2017
New Latitude: Vantage Point
The twin acoustic guitars of Dave Erickson and Jim Carr make for rich and pretty sounds as they team up with Deon Kuhl/dr and Robert Strickland/b for eleven upbeat originals. Delicate plucks and strums abound on pieces like the spacious…
Joris Teepe & Don Braden: Conversations
Two vets of the jazz scene, bassist Joris Teepe and tenor saxist Don Braden, show their rich history of style and taste as the mix originals and standards with drummers Gen Jackson or Matt Wilson. They also deliver a couple…
Brian Tarquin & Company: Orlando In Heaven
Guitarist and bassist Brian Tarquin mixes and matches with a wide collection of artists that includes Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Tony Franklin and Bobby Baldwin on this eclectic session that possibly includes Coryell’s last moments on record. The album is…
Harold Little: Akoben
Trumpeter Harold Little gets fun and funky on this upbeat and plugged in session. Complete with a heavy backbeat rotating rhythm team, guitars, reeds and even a choir, Akoben swings over a slapping bass on “East of the River” and…
Gerald Cannon: Combinations
Bassist Gerald Cannon does some impressive mixing and matching with some major jazz stars on this clever session. He teams up with a basic core of pianist Rick Germanson and drummer Willie Jones III while forming various sized groups that…
Carsten Dahl: The Jester
Scandinavian Carsten Dahl is best known as a lyrical jazz pianist, so this album of thirteen pieces with him at the harpsichord is an intriguing stunner. Seeing the instrument in the studio, Dahl records it on a whim, with all…
Maurice Brown: The Mood
Mentored by Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter Maurice Brown delivers an impressive and hip album that shows him in a variety of logical settings, which figures, since he’s been a sideman for the likes of John Legend to Santana. Here, he sizes…
Errol Rackipov Group: Distant Dreams
Errol Rackipov plays vibes and marimbas as he leads a sextet through a collection of his compositions and arrangements. The team of himself with Lubomir Gospodinov/ts-ss, David Leon/as, Martin Bejerano/p, Peter Slavov/b and Ludwig Afonso/dr is highly rhythmic, and Rackpov…
Pull: Pull A String, Puppet Moves
Consisting of Brodie Jarvie/b, Alistair Payne/tp, Teis Semey/g, and Guy Salamon/dr, the band Pull mixes danceable jazz grooves and indie rock moods on this album of ten originals. Guitar strums and legato horns mix well on “Stargazing #3” while an…