Delivering the music from his latest album One Day It Will, pianist Danny Green showed that melding strings together with post-bop jazz can be more than simply adding wallpaper to an already finished room. Augmenting his long time team of…
Month: June 2018
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****MAKING JAZZ FUN AGAIN…David Garfield: Jazz Outside the Box
Probably one of the biggest complaints about jazz is that people say, “It’s too atonal and complex.” You want them to get into the joys of jazz, but not succumb to “smooth” jazz, yet steer them clear of atonal naval…
Edward Simon: Sorrows & Triumphs
Pianist/keyboardist Edward Simons teams his band Afinidad (David Binney/as, Scott Colley/b, Brian Blade/dr, Gretchen Parlato/voc, Adam Rogers/g, Rogerier Boccato-Luis Quintero/perc with the Imani Winds ensemble of Valeir Colemnan/fl, Toyin Spellman-Diaz/ob, Monica Ellis/bassoon, Mark Dover/cl and Jeff Scott/fh. The result is…
I CRANE, YOU CRANE, WE ALL CRANE FOR UKRAINE…Bob Arthurs & Steve LaMattina: Jazz It Up-Ukrainian Songs for Three Dads
Ready for the Great Ukrainian Songbook?!? Bob Arthurs plays trumpet, flugelhorn and even sings as he joins with guitarist Steve LaMattina for a collection of Old World songs that will keep Georgia on your mind. The melodies of folk songs…
Christian Pabst: Inner Voice
Pianist Christian Pabst shows a second generation reflection of Brad Mehldau on this communicative trio session with Marco Zenini/b and Erik Kooger/dr. His fluidity, style and taste shows he’s imbibed from Mehldau’s waters, and it works well on “Dantes’ Dream”…
Frank Vielma and his Venzuelan Jazz Collective: Tendencias
Composer and arranger Frank Vielma brings together a collection of Latin All Stars Michael Rodriguez/tp, Miguel Zenon/as, Luis Perdomon-Cesar Orozco/p-key, Pablo Bencid/dr, Roberto Koch/b and Angel Subero/tb with some guest vocalists while he supplies a surfeit of percussion instruments. Some…
The Price Sisters: A Heart Never Knows
Twins Lauren and Leanna Price sing with rich lead and harmony voices while Leanna hits the fiddle and Lauren focuses on mandolin. Along with Charlie Cushman/banjo, Bryan Sutton/g, Mike Bub-Dennis Crouch/b, Justin Moses/dobro and Gary Tussing/cel, they create a mix…
Marbin: Israeli Jazz
The swinging Sabra team of Dani Rabin/g, Danny Markovitch/sax, Blake Jiracek/dr and Jon Nadel/b mix moods of the traditional Jewish dance with modern post bop and beyond. They take you on a trip to Memphis with a Middle Eastern twist…
Jay Leonhart & Tomoko Ohno: Don’t You Wish?
Bassist and composer Jay Leonhart shows his uptown singing skills as he teams with pianist Tomoko Ohno for a collection of suave originals. His voice and style hints at Bobby Short, while his lyrics have a cleverness akin to Mose…
Sean Noonan: The Aqua Diva
Sean Noonan sings and plays drums on his collection of quirky compositions. He teams with Alex Marcelo/p and Peter Bitenic/dr for these ten tunes, ranging from a peppy Latin “Don Knotts” to hyper hipster “When My Band Goes With Me…”…