Tobias Meinhart teams up his tenor sax and EWI with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and a rotating team of Charles Altura/g, Yago Yazauez/key, Phil Donkin/-Orlando LeFleming/b, Jesse Simpson/dr and Just Carroll/synth for some soulful post bop. Vazquez’s piano gets classical and…
Month: November 2017
Gustavo D’Amico, Jorge Roeder & Rogerio Boccato: The Free Poetics of Henrique Eisenmann
Pianist Henrique Eisenmann teams up with Gustavo D’Amico/ss, Jorge Roeder/b and Rogerio Boccato/perc for a collection of his own compositions plus one. The compositions display a folksy and flowing atmosphere, with gentle piano work on “Anthropophagy” and the gracious trio…
Jonah Parzen-Johnson: I Try To Remember Where I Come From
Jonah Parzen-Johnson plays a thick toned baritone sax in combination with an analog synthesizer on this collection of abstract originals. His rich sound is used for long tones while the synthesizer provides tempo and framework to pieces such as the…
Sam Bardfeld: The Great Enthusiasms
Violinist Sam Bardfeld forms a loose free wheeling trio with Kris Davis/p and Michael Sarin/dr for a mix of originals and Boomer Rock tunes. Of the latter, “Because The Night” turns into an askewed waltz with long vibratos mixing with…
Louis Rosen: Act One, Dust to Dust Blues
Here are two completely different albums delivered by artist Louis Rosen. Take your pick! Act One is subtitled “Piano Music From the Theater” and has Rosen composing music for both piano solos and duets, performed by Kimberly Grigsby, Ted Sperling,…
Veronneau: Love & Surrender
Vocalist Lynn Veronneau teams with a core group of Ken Avis/g, David Rosenblatt/g and Bruno Luci/dr along with a collection of guests for a mix of laid back originals and covers. She’s got a relaxed and easy delivered voice and…
THE OTHER SIDE OF MEMPHIS…Stax Country
Somewhat overlooked in the history of famed R&B label STAX Record was its foray into country music back in the 70s. It made sense to stretch out a bit as Nashville was only a 3 hour drive away. This single…
GOOD WEATHER AND SPIRIT IN SACD…Weather Report: Heavy Weather, Spirit: The Family that Plays Together
It’s not often you’ll get an article that mentions the jazz fusion team of Weather Report in the same breath as the California rockers Spirit, but they do have some things in common. Most importantly, their classic albums have been…
The Ebony Hillbillies: 5 Miles From Town
Mixing late 19th and early 20th Century sounds with modern thoughts, Henrique Prince/fid/voc, Norris Bennett/banj-dulc-g-voc, Gloria Thomas Gassaway/voc, William Salter/b, Allanah Salter/perc and Newman Taylor Baker/perc make up the enticing Ebony Hillbillies. They mix old-timey pieces such as “Wang Dang Doodle” with…
Django Bates’ Beloved: The Study of Touch
Multi-instrumentalist Django Bates sticks to the piano on this trio album with Petter Eldh/b and Peter Bruun. The pieces give much usage to space and flowing moods, with pieces such as “Little Petherick” and “This World” filled with gentle delicacies.…