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…
Month: June 2018
Kat Riggins: In the Boys’ Club
Kat Riggins sings like the type of lady you want if you’re stuck in a fox hole. Strong, courageous and earthy, she belts it out here on her own material with a sweaty team of Darrell Rains/g-key, Geroge Caldwell/b, Johnnie…
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…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK***Danny Green Trio Plus Strings: One Day It Will
Pianists seem to always dream about doing a trio album with strings. Well, Danny Green makes a dream come true, as he wisely avoids the use of the string quartet for “support,” but makes the team of Kate Hatmaker/v, Igor …
Ernie Krivda and Swing City: A Bright and Shining Moment
Tenor saxist Ernie Krivda shows that he knows how to swing on this album of jazz standards and originals. He mixes and matches with a team of kindred spirits of Steve Enos/tp, Chris Anderson-Gary Carney/tb, Joe Hunter/p, Brian Thomas-Marion Hayden/b,…
Christy Bennett’s Fumee Gypsy Project: Lost Lyrics
When you think of Django Reinghardt’s music, sounds of gypsy guitars and violins come to mind. Well, did you know most of these songs had lyrics? Chicago vocalist Christy Bennett brings the lyrics back to where they belong, and joined…
Andrew Hadro: For Us, The Living II-Marcescence
Equipped with his baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet and flute, Andrew Hadro teams up with Julian Shore/p-key and deliver a mix of free flowing originals along with some modern creations to create a gorgeous and sublime musical tapestry. At a…
Randal Despommier & Jason Yeager: All At Onceness
Modern and vintage classical sounds are delivered with a jazz sensibility in this intelligent album with alto saxist Randal Despommier teaming with pianist/keyboardist Jason Yeager. They include guest appearances by Aubrey Johnson/voc, DannY Weller/b and Jay Sawyer/dr, but the focus…
Eduardo Mercuri Trio: Prelude to a Kiss
Guitarist Eduardo Mercuri has a #2 pencil thin tone to his strings, and uses it to create some intriguing moods and clever re-reads of standards with a core team of Hayden Farrar/b and Patrick Simard/dr. The team delivers a clippity…