Month: August 2018

Charlie Rhyner: The First Second

Charlie Rhyner plays both acoustic and electric guitar with his trio of Mike Roninson/b & Graciliano Zambonin/dr along with guests Imraan Khaan/as and Dan Schnapp/key on this nine song album. Rhyner’s tone is cool and fluid, teaming with Khan’s warm…

Ratatet: Heroes, Saints and Clowns

Comprised of leader/composer/drummer Alan Hall and Paul Hanson/bsoon-ts, John Gove/tb, Dillon Vado/vib-perc, Greg Sankovich/p-key,and Jeff Denson/b, the team Ratatet creates pastoral and impressionistic chamber styled jazz with rich textures. Guests including Paul McCandless/eh-ob, Joseph Hebert/cel and a collection of percussionists…

HARD BOP TENOR SAXES AND WONDROUS WOMEN ON AVID…Patsy Cline: Three Classic Albums Plus, Dakota Stanton: Four Classic Albums, Sonny Rollins: Four Classic Albums, Benny Golson: Four Classic Albums, Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis: Four Classic Albums

If you want tenacious tenor saxes or vintage women, Avid delivers a bucketload on this latest cache… Leaving us too early at only 31, Patsy Cline only released 3 albums during her sadly brief career. She accomplished much in this…

Strunz & Farah: Tales of Two Guitars

The venerable partnership of Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah still create fresh sounds with their pair of nylon string guitars. They mix and match with Paul Alexander Gonzalez/dr, Diego Alvarea-Emilaino Almeida-Majeed Ghorbani/perc, Katisse Buckingham/fl and various other artists in cameo…

REGGAE GOT SOUL…Junior Byles: Rasta No Pickpocket, Ronnie Davis & Idren: Come Straight, Ethiopian & Gladiators: Dread Prophecy, Winston Jarrett & the Righteous Flames: Jonestown

Perfect for a hot summer’s day of sounds, these four reissues by Omnivore Records brings back some vintage reggae grooves from the legendary Nighthawk record label. Vocalist Junior Byles had a series of minor Jamaican hits, but his mental instability…