Month: June 2018

Peggy Lee: Echo Paintings

Cellist Peggy Lee creates impressionistic flavors on this album with Brad Turner/tp-fh, Jon Bentley/ss-ts, John Paton/ts, Roderick Murray/tb, Meredith Bates/vi, Cole Schmidt/g, Bradshaw  Pack-stg, Jmes Meger/b and Dylan van der Schyff/drd-perc. The mix of horns make for fluffy clouds on…

Christian Artmann: Our Story

Christian Artmann  plays both flute and alto flute on this sublime album with Laszlo Gardony/p, Johnaes Weidenmueller/b, Jeff Hershfield/dr and vocalist Elena McEntire. Ms. McEntire is featured on three pieces, bopping along with Artmann on the funky “Earthling,” pastoral with…

Mike McGinnis: Singular Awakening

Soprano saxist Mike McGinnis creates a collection of pastoral watercolors with Art Lande/p and Steve Swallow/eb for a stroll through a Givenchy mooded collection of originals. McGinnis’ tone is clarinet sweet, fun on the hip bopper “Here Comes Everybody” and…