This is the third box set from Storyville that features both well known and obscure American blues artists, and the second one that focuses on the blue collar juke jointers from the South Side of Chicago from the 1970s. The…
Month: December 2017
Teri Parker: In The Past
Band leader Teri Parker plays piano, Rhodes and Mopho x4 as she leads a lyrical team of Allison Au/as, Mark Godfrey/b/Mx4 and Mack Longpre/dr through a dozen originals. The team is high on melodicism, with Au’s alto gliding well over…
Justin Piper: Transcend
For 15 originals, Justin Piper uses a wide choice of nylon and steel acoustic guitars, oud, banjo, lap steel, bass and even some electronic programming for an intimate and personal collection of originals. Nylon strings create pastoral moods on “Lakeside”…
Shujaat Husain Khan: Will You?
Sitarist and vocalist Shujaat Husain Khan mixes traditional South Asian sounds and grooves with modern western moods with aplomb on this collection of originals. He brings together Katayoun Goudarzi/voc and Dibyarka Chatterjee/tab to supply the exotic voice and percussion to…
ROOTS, BLUES AND JAZZ FROM AVID…Sidney Bechet: Five Classic Albums Plus, Chet Baker: Three Classic Albums, Ray Charles: Four Classic Albums, The Everly Brothers: Four Classic Albums, Johnny Lytle: Four Classic Albums
Sidney Bechet’s vibrato could fill the Grand Canyon, and he plays his soprano hot and spicy on this collection of early to mid 50s sessions from Paris, France. Two 1952 sessions with Claude Luter’s Orchestra have him bouncing with delight…
John Benson Brooks: Folk Jazz U.S.A. & Alabama Concerto
John Benson Brooks made his name for composing tunes and writing charts for the likes of Les Brown and Tommy Dorsey. The pianist also released a pair of ambitious albums in the late 50s, one taking American folk tunes and…
WILD NIGHTS! WILD NIGHTS! Jay Clayton & Kirk Nurock: Unraveling Emily
The poetry of Emily Dickenson is cleverly and vividly interpreted by pianist Kirk Nurock and vocalist Jay Clayton. But it’s not as simple as that; both add improvisations, montages and their own idiosyncrasies to the famed works of the poetess,…
Vincent Herring: Hard Times
Vincent Herring shows on this album that he’s learned well from his days with hard bop masters Art Blakey and Horace Silver. These eleven pieces are filled with toe tapping soul, with a core unit of Herring with Cyrus Chestnut/p-key,…
Stacey Kent: I Know I Dream
Soft toned and bohemian vocalist Stacey Kent adds texture to her patented soft delivery by including an orchestra on this luscious album. The team of Jim Tomlinson/wwinds, Graham Harvey-p-key, John Paricelli/g, Jeremy Brown/b and Joshua Morrison/dr is augmented by rich…
The Lewis Porter/Phil Scarff Group: Three Minutes to Four
Lewis Porter plays piano while Phil Scarff mixes tenor, soprano and sopranino sax with the Indian strung tamboura as they co-lead a quartet of originals with John Funkouser/b and Bertram Lehmann/dr. With the tamboura, Scarff creates some South Asian moods…