Carol Welsman decided to put together songs for her solo album based on the votes of 165 people who participated in the ballot. These “Fan Executive Producers” did an impressive selection, while Welsman’s touch on the piano and vocal delivery…
Month: January 2018
Carlos Saunier: Inminente
Guitarist Carlos Saunier together a rich post bop album with the team of Claudio Rubio/ts, Francisco Barahona/b Felix Lecaros/dr and guest Maxi Alarcon/ts for a handful of originals. The two tenors create a rich lava for the dance pulse provided…
Samuel Pompeo Quinteto: Que Descaida
Brazilian Samuel Pompeo rotates between baritone sax, clarinet and soprano sax along with compatriots Dino Barioni/g-viola, Fabio Leandro/p, Gibson Freitas/b and Paulinho Vicente/dr through an album of infectious home grown melodies. The team mixes bop, classical and traditional themes, as…
Lupa Santiago & Anders Vestergard Quartet: Inside Turnabout
The teaming of Scandinavians Anders Vestergard/dr and Mattias Hjorth/b with Brazilians Lupa Santiago/pg and Rodrigo Ursaia/ts does more for international relations than a year at the UN on this rich post bop session. Ursaia’s tenor is strong and breathy, getting…
Wayne Tucker: Wake Up and See The Sun
Not only does Wayne Tucker play a variety of instruments on this album but he creates as many different moods with them. He sings, plays trumpet, flugelhorn, piano and keyboards for his compositions with a core team of Jason Marshall/bs-bcl,…
Da Cruz: Eco Do Futuro
With the vocals of Marian Da Cruz and the teaming of Ane H/el, Pit Lee/dr, Oliver Husmann/g, Nidlaus Hurny/tp and Marc Stucki/sax, Da Cruz brings post modern sounds to the tradition of Brazil. Maria Da Cruz has an earthy and…
ICE: Party Pack
Consisting of Adam Hopkins/b, Dustin Carlson/g, Nathan Ellman-Bell/dr and the two tenor team of Patrick Breiner & Eric Trudel, the band ICE specializes in free form material supplied by Hopkins’ pen. The band is recorded in concert at the iBeam…
Mike Gurrola Quintet@The Blue Whale 01.08.1
Some of Los Angeles’ best and most reliable sidemen got together to demonstrate what they can produce on their own terms. Bassist Mike Gurrola, who’s made his name working with the likes of Pharoah Sanders, Eric Reed and Terry Gibbs,…
TESTIFY!!! The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The Dixie Hummingbirds, etc: Classic Gospel 1951-1960
Some people may agree with the old time song “Why should the devil have all the good music?” but this essential 4 disc set shows that, like all things in life, ol’ Satan stole from the good and made it…
Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band: Chinese Butterfly
These days it seems difficult for “Superbands” to get together, let along make anything memorable. One such tour took place, that of icons Steve Gadd with Chick Corea. They teamed up with Lionel Loueke/g, Steve Wilson/fl-ss-as, Luisito Quintero/perc and Carlitos…