Strong and confident post bop is delivered by multi-flutiest Andrea Brachfeld and her team of Harvie S/b, Bill O’Connell/; and Jason Tieman/dr through a mix of mostly originals. The sole cover is an elegiac to modal read of “Amazing Grace”…
Month: July 2018
The Proven Ones: Wild Again
The joint is jumping with rocking blues provided by the team of Willie J. Campbell/b, Jimi Bott/dr, Kid Ramos/g, Anthony Geraci/B3, Brian Templeton/voc and a sweaty horn section of Joe McCarthy/tp, Renato Coranto/ts with Robert Crowell/bs. Templeton has a street…
Chris Beck: The Journey
Drummer Chris Beck leads a smoking vintage post bop team through his originals on this impressive session. He was able to grab Terell Safford for the trumpet part, which doesn’t exactly hurt, but the band of Stacy Dillard/ts, Anthony Wonsey/p…
Allegra Levy: Looking at the Moon
Teamed with Carmen Staaf/g, Alex Goodman/g and Tim Norton/b, Allegra goes lunar by singing material from the Great Moon Songbook. Her voice is flexible in its approach to the material, going sandied with delicate harplike guitar tunings on “Moon River”…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Dayramir Gonzalez: The Grand Concourse
This inviting and ambitious album has Dayramir Gonzalez singing and playing keyboards with a wonderful rotating team of rhythm, strings and horns. His compositions range from celebratory Caribbean to rich parlor pieces with piano and strings. A vocal chorus of…
Jeff Denson: Outside My Window
Bassist/vocalist Jeff Denson delivers some fresh sounding original material along with some clever selections on this wide ranging album. He teams with Dayna Stephens/ts-ss-bs-EWI, Kari Ikonen/key and Ronen Itzik/dr for moods that range from soulful jazz to modern post bop.…
Jonathan Barber: Vision Ahead
Drummer Jonathan Barber walks the tightrope between post bop music and upbeat gospel messages on this thematic album. The ten songs are bookended by Barber’s drum work serving as an intro and closing recitative creating a wholistic feel to the…
Worldservice Project: SERVE
The team of Dave Morecroft/key-voc, Tim Ower/sax, Raphael Clarkson/tb-voc, Arthur O’Hara/b and Harry Pope/dr mix progressive rock with advanced jazz harmonies on this eclectic and thunderous outing. The rhythm section pulls off a ZZ Top-inspired “La Grange” groove on the…
ROOTSY BLUESERS…Dany Franchi: Problem Child, Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs: Clippety Clop
Here are a pair of new discs that keep the tradition freshly baked. Dany Franchi sings with a growl and picks his Strat with a blueswailing roar on this album that combines new compositions with earthy standards. He digs deep…
John Korbel: Earthlight
Singer/songwriter John Korbel delivers some silky smooth and soulful originals here with a team of Chris West/horns, Joe Davidian/key, James DaSilva/g, Art Ward/b, Marcus Finnie and Skye Claire/voc. The mood gives hints of 70s John Klemmer, nice warm grooves as…