Month: September 2018

MND FLO: From Time

The quartet MND FLOW tries to look like a bunch of hip hoppers on their cover poses, but the sound is more akin to an ambient read of a modernized Weather Report. Simon Moullier/vib, Sharik Hasan/p, Alexander LJ Toth/b and…

Michika Fukumori: Piano Images

Solo piano work by Michika Fukumori emphasizes rich original melodies and creative harmonies with succinct solos woven in like a Raphael tapestry. She shows a bopper’s heart on “Colors of the Blues” but has a watercolor brush stroke to reflective…

Sam Bevan: Emergence

Bassist and composer Sam Bevans creates rich harmonic panoramas on this album with a core team of Eric Garland/dr, Kasey Knusden/as and Cory Wright/as, and brings along guests Ian Carey-Henry Hung/tp, Patrick Cress/bs-bcl, James maone/ts, donna Viscuso/fl and Jackie Rago/per…

Harsh Armadillo: Bite

Consisting of Daniel Taurillo/dr, Thomas Forbes/b-voc, Aiden Earley/g, Dimitry Harris/key, Maxim Harris/sax-voc, Camden Riley/g-voc and Andrea Belaidi/voc, the band Harsh Armadillo deliver a 4 soung ep that focuses on 70s style funk with a STAX groove. The team gets soulful…

James House: And The Blues Cowboys

Guitarist, B3er and singer James House delivers two different shots of the Southern Comfort sounds of The Blues Cowboys on this album. The Side A band has House with Will Kimbrough/g, Mike Brignadello/b, Eamon McLoughlin/fid and Crash Jones/dr while Side…

Madeleine Peyroux: Anthem

Madeleine Peyroux delivers her most bonafide troubadour’d  album in years, possibly since her debut Dreamland. Producer Larry Klein keeps the atmosphere like you’re sitting around the campfire and taking in Peyroux’s delivery of songs by herself, Klein, David Baerwald, Leonard…