A few years ago, vocalist Lauren Henderson released a sizzling A La Madrugada that caught my attention with it’s vibrant pulses. This time around, she draws attention by kicking down the butanes to lower and more sultry embers, delivering Latin…
Month: July 2018
Reggie Quinerly: Words to Love
Drummer and composer Reggie Quinerly puts the soul back into jazz as he uses his trio with Orrin Evans/p and Ben Wolfe/b to support the rich and sleek vocals of Milton Suggs and Melanie Charles, with Jaleel Shaw’s warm alto…
Tami Neilson: Sassafrass!
Earth-toned and sassy vocalist Tami Neilson mixes 50s-60s rock and R&B with Millennial messages on this rootsy delight. She’s backed by a Hot Rockin’ Band of Rhythm consisting of Neil Watson/g, Joe McCallum/dr, Brett Adams/g, Mike Hall/b and a smoking…
Jordan Officer: Three Rivers
Jordan Officer delivers a rootsy and traditional album that mixes styles of folk, jazz, blues and country in a casual atmosphere. His voice and delivery style is folksy, warm and relaxed, displayed on gentle strums on “Young Love” and “Felt…
Borgo: Be Kind
Vocalist/composer Brian Bourgalt shows what persistence can produce. Diagnosed with an untreatable neurological disease, Bourgalt refuses to be kept down, and has produced an impressive and inspiring rootsy R&B toe tapper. His rough and ready voice is supported by Carl…
HOMESPUN…Tom Rush: Voices, Gene Turonis: All the Pretty Girls
American delivered on a blue plate special One of America’s modern singer-songwriters, Tom Rush takes you to the rural homelands on this album. With Al Perkins/dob, Matt Nakoa/p, Dave Pomeroy/b, Pat McInerney/dr and other guests, he comes across like a…
The Jazz Bakery’s “Moveable Feast” Presents: The Gerald Clayton Quartet@The Moss Theatre 06.30.18
As demonstrated with his stints with such luminaries such as Roy Hargrove, Charles Lloyd and his own dad John, pianist Gerald Clayton showed the packed house at the Moss Theatre on Saturday night that he is also quite a mathematician.…
AN UNEARTHED GOLD MINE…John Coltrane: Both Directions at Once-The Lost Album
As Sonny Rollins states in the liner notes, “This is like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid.” This two disc set finds completely hidden tracks from a “lost” album that John Coltrane and his classic quartet of McCoy…
THE BEST TRIO OF ALL TIME? Bill Evans Trio: The Classic Trio 1959-61
If the trio of Bill Evans/p, Scot LaFaro/b and Paul Motian/dr aren’t the “best” trio in the history of jazz, they at least have to be the most influential. LaFaro’s use of the bass freed up the rhythm and melody…
Michael Kaeshammer: Something New
Michael Kaeshammer brings you fresh sounds with a gumbo of New Orleans flavors as he plays a surfeit if keyboards along with a snappy team of George porter Jr/b, David Piltch/g, Johnny Vidacovich/dr, Mike Dillon/perc, Justin Abedin/g-mand and a full…