Month: November 2017

Patrick Bradley: Intangible

Patrick Bradley plays piano and various keyboards along with funky jazzers Jeff Lorber/b-key, Jimmy Haslip/b, Paul Jackson/p, Gary Novak/dr, David Mann/horns and Adam Hawley-Michael Thompson/g for a collection of material that both swings and rocks. Some of the material, such…

Vandivier: Under One Roof

Guitarist Rick Vandivier goes both electric and acoustic with Dan Robbins/b and Lorca Hart/dr-perc on this mix of originals and covers. On acoustic, he is intimate and flows gently on “New Man” while doing some nice interplay with Robbins on…

Garth Alper: Stratus

Pianist Garth Alper leads a rich and upbeat post bop band of Michael Jenner/sax, Bob Nash/b, Chris Munson/dr and Jeff George/g through a mix of originals and a couple of standards. His touch is warm and bouncy as on the…

Akshara: In Time

The word “Akshara” translates into “imperishable” or “indestructible.” That’s fitting as the team of Bala Skandan, Nitin Mitta, Arun Ramamurthy, Max ZT, Dave Eggar and Kabilan Jeganathan supply traditional and solid Indian instrumentation, while Thejeswini Raj, Beenakumari Viju and Shrinath…

THE BEST FROM BUDAPEST…Trio Kontraszt: From Dyonisian Sound Sparks to the Silence of Passing, Balint Gyemant: True Listener, Andras Des Trio: The Worst Singer in the World, Szakcsi/Monniot/Horvath/Balazs: Density of Standards, Pulcinella: ¾ D’Once

Are you Hungary for some new sounds? Budapest Music Center Records delivers sounds of jazz from Easter Europe. Give them a listen, they’re fresh and exciting! Trio Kontraszt consists of Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer/p-key, Istavan Grencso/ts-ss-bcl-fl and Szilveszter Miklos/dr for eleven…

Danny Grissett: Remembrance

Best known for his work with Tom Harrell and Jeremy Pelt, pianist Danny Grissett is developing his own strong catalogue as a leader, this time with a new team of Dayna Stephens/ts-ss, Vicente Archer/b and Bill Stewart/dr on a mix…