I’m not sure what was so sour about the origins of this album, but pianist Richard Shulman along with Jacob Rodriguez/ts-ss, Zak Page/b and Rick Dilling/dr create a sweet and refreshing collection of originals on this mainstream mix of melodies.…
Month: August 2018
Flavio Silva: Break Free
Soulful moods are created by guitarist Flavio Silva as he teams with a supporting cast of Seamus Blake/ts, Alex Ayala/b, Curtis Nowosad/dr, James Francies/key and Michael Mayo/voc for some toe tapping originals. The team shows it flex it’s muscles as…
Will Boyd: Live at the Red Piano Lounge
Recorded over two nights in August of 2017, this swinging album features Will Boyd mostly on his rich soprano and fronting a cooking team of Jonathan Scales/steelpan, Keith L. Brown/key, Jon Hamar/b, Kenneth Brown/dr, Tamara Brown/tam and Kelle Jolly/voc through…
Diana Purim and Eyedentity: Many Bodies, One Mind
Here’s a multicultural and musical mix that has hints of sounds ranging from South Asia to South America. Most of the songs are composed by Diana Purim, Krishna Booker and/or Rashid Duke, with the musicians of Booker/dr, Gibi Dos Santos/perc,…
Jonathan Kreisberg & Nelson Veras: Kriesberg Meets Veras
Twelve gorgeous strings summit together as electric guitarist Jonathan Kriesberg teams up with nylon man Nelson Veras for a mix of originals and clever covers. The team sounds classy as they take on Chick Corea’s “Windows” and create a rich…
Eva Novoa’s Ditmas Quartet: Live At Ibeam
One of the few modern pianists that combines originality with accessibility, Eva Novoa brings six new pieces to stage for a gig at Brooklyn’s iBeam theatre. Her team of Michael Attias/as-bs, Max Johnson/b and Jeff Davis/dr work both intuitively and…
THE ROOTS OF MODERN JAZZ GUITAR…Chet Atkins: The Singles Collection 1946-62
Confession time: back when I was first getting into jazz in the 70s, I’d go see jazz artists like Benny Goodman and Count Basie at a local auditorium. Every year they’d advertise upcoming concerts for Chet Atkins, but I never…
UNDISCOVERED VO-COOL…Peggy Connelly: Hollywood Sessions
It’s simply staggering how many excellent female vocalists were kept under the radar during the 1950s. Peggy Connelly is a perfect example, as this reissue by Fresh Sound Records demonstrates. Her relationship with Frank Sinatra got her foot in the…
Al Basile: Me and the Originator
Al Basile takes you on a journey through life, alternating homespun stories with spartan accompaniment with a dozen STAX sounding tunes with Duke Robillard/g, Mark Teixeira/dr, Brad Hallen/b, Bruce Bears/key, Doug James/ts and Jeff “Doc” Chanonhouse/tp as Basile himself plays…
Adrian Cunningham and Ken Peplowski: Duologue
Two of the warmest tone reed players get together for a sublime session, as Ken Peplowski/cl-ts and Adrian Cunningham/cl-bcl-fl team up with Renee Rosnes/p, Martin Wind/b and Matt Wilson/dr for a mix of originals and clever jazz standards. The two…