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…
Month: August 2018
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…
TROUBADOURS…Kinky Friedman: Circus of Life, The Furious Seasons: Now Residing Abroad
Tales from the Cumberland Gap… Singer, raconteur and even guest on Fox News, Kinky Friedman shows that he’s at heart an old soul of a country/folk singer. Here, he’s backed by a team of Joe Cirotti/g-b-fid, Augie Meyers/acc-org, “Little Jewford”…
THE GUITARIST’S GUITARIST: Howard Roberts: The Swingin’ Groove of Howard Roberts
For those in the know, Howard Roberts was one of the most impressive six stringers around. He spent most of his career in the studios, backing artists like Julie London or June Christy, but he amassed an impressive catalogue all…
SUBLIME! Houston Person & Ron Carter: Remember Love
Tenor saxist Houston Person has slowly evolved into become the Ben Webster of modern jazz. His grizzly bear of a big tone is as thick a London Fog, letting his breath due all of the work on this gorgeously sublime…
SHOUT! SISTER, SHOUT! Trudy Lynn: Blues Keep Knockin’
Trudy Lynn delivers the ribs drippin’ off the bone with the sauce biting the corners of your mouth on this gritty and fun blues basher. You can tell she grew up in the church as she preaches it from the…
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…
Carlos Averhoff Jr.: Iqba- Jazz Meets Cuban Timba
Tenor saxist Carlos Averhoff Jr. leads a band of Alex Bro/tp, Rolando Luna/p, Nestor del Parado/b and Oliver Valdes/dr through a melding of Latin American folk rhythms and post bop harmonies. Thus you get an elliptical take of Wayne Shorter’s…
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…