The eclectic team of Darius Luke Thompson/vi, Cabbar Baba/perc-voc, Maxim Shohedrovitzki/oud, Pavlos Mavromatakis/davul-voc, Miraslav Morski/g-voc, Fred stitz/b-tb, Moshe Zehavi/g, Pablo Dominguez/g-caj, Kansia Pritchard/ww, Madhav Haridas/sax and Oshan Mahony/g create a varying mix of Mediterranean moods made for dancing and late…
Month: May 2018
Charlie Peacock: When Light Flashes
Keyboardist, composer and producer Charlie Peacock brings some soulful jazz to the table with Jeff Coffin/sax-ww, Ben Perowsky/dr, Felix Pastorius/b, Hilmar Jensson/g and various guests. The team gets into an exotic mood with Coffin’s warm tenor on “Masters of War”…
Peripheral Vision: More Songs About Error and Shame
The team of Michael Herring/b, Don Scott/g, Nick Fraser/dr and Trevor Hogg/ts get together for some original post-modern musings. Hogg’s tone is thick and rich as Fraser snaps the team together on “The Blunder” while his brushes plod through the…
LEO IN THE SPRING…Z-Country Paradise: Live in Lisbon, Simon/Nabatov String Trio: Situations, Martin Blume/Tobias Delius/Achim Kauffmann/Dieter Mandersheid: Frames & Terrains, Anne-Liis Poll/Alistair MacDonald: Untold Story, Heath Watts/MJ Williams/Nancy Owens/Blue Armstrong: Sensoria, Gerry Hemingwahy & Samuel Blaser: Oostum
Spring and free jazz are both in the air with Leo Records! Jelena Kuljic has a feisty Nina Simone-styled vocal delivery, teaming with Frank Gratkowski/as-bcl, Kalle Kalima/g, Olver Potratz/b and Christian Marlen for an August 2016 concert of urgent originals.…
Benjamin Boone/Phillip Levine: The Poetry of Jazz
Poetry is delivered in a variety of bohemian settings as saxist Benjamin Boone teams up with a rotating rhythm team as well as guests on this clever and Beat Generation session of the 21st Century. Craig Von Berg contributes Vince…
Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp: Oneness
The past few years have found free wheeling tenor saxist Ovo Perelman releasing voluminous one-off summit meetings. This time around he sticks to life long teammate and alter ego Matthew Shipp for a 3 disc collection of improvisations and conversations.…
Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock and Soul
If you want a feel for the low ceilinged smoky juke joints of Memphis, this cd that is a soundtrack to Robert Gordon’s book Memphis Rent Party is right up your noir alley. The sounds are rough, raw and gruff,…
OUR BEST PIANIST? Fred Hersch Trio: Live In Europe
Think about it; who else besides Fred Hersch consistently puts out strong and creative albums? His canon ranges from solo to trio to live stage, and his style is completely is own, with that rare “one note and you know”…
Yelena Eckemoff: Desert
Pianist Yelena Eckemoff has released a catalogue of impressive albums in varying formats. This time around, she creates a quartet anchored by Peter Erskine/dr and Arild Anderson/b and featuring the iconic Paul McCandless on a wide variety of horns while…
VOCALS, BOP AND BEYOND FROM AVID…Jazz Drummers: Four Classic Albums, George Russell: Four Classic Albums, Della Reese: Four Classic Albums, Bo Diddley: Five Classic Albums, Jim Reeves: Four Classic Albums
Five new rs a treat. Louis Hayes’ band featured giants Nat Adderley/tp, Barry Harris/p, Yusef Lateef/ts-fl and Sam Jones/b for an adventurous hard bopping affair. Lateef’s “Hazing” is filled with rich sounds, while Barry Harris’ “I Need You” and “Back…