Fresh material in jazz orchestra formats… Greg Yasinitsky plays sax and leads a 15 piece big band through a collection of his own songs and charts. The material is fresh and peppy, with excellent work of the various horn sections…
Month: November 2018
John Mayall@The Canyon Club 11.15.18
Most days, if you go hear an 85 year old musician play, it would probably be at the senior center or some nursing home, but last night at The Canyon Club the audience was treated to the legendary sounds of…
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Robert E. Person: Classic Covers
This 5 song ep by vocalist Robert E. Person makes you beg for an entire album. Person’s got a rich and earnest voice with a dash of the church in the aisle, as he takes on a rich collection of…
THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE NO BUSINESS RECORDS…Alexander Von Schlippenbach & Aki Takase: Live at Café’ Amores, Shay Hazan: Good Morning Universe, Bobby Naughton/Wadaa Leo Smith/Perry Robinson: The Haunt, Choi Sun Bae Quartet: Arirang Fantasy, Kaoru Abe & Sabu Toyozumi: Mannyoka
Lithuania-based No Business Records specializes on albums with free spirited interplay. Here is a cache of their recent releases. Grab a rope and hold on tight! The two piano team of Alexander vn Schlippenbach and Aki Takase are recorded during…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****NEWLY DISCOVERED MONK!!! Thelonious Monk: Monk
Just when you start getting used to today’s sounds, a voice from the past reminds you of your first and true love. A previously unreleased recoding of a 1963 concert with Thelonious Monk and his working team of long time…
Bob Watt: I Play French Horn
It’s the rare thing to associate the French Horn with jazz outside of a few Gil Evans and Birth of Cool sessions, but Bob Watt walks the tightrope well on this rich album. He’s teamed with pianist Todd Cochran for…
Chris Monson: Seldom in the Well
Guitarist and leader Chris Monson brings together a post bop team of Kelly Jefferson/ts, Kevin Turcotte/tp-fh, Anthony Panacci/p, Artie Roth/b and Tom Rasky/dr for a modern post bop team. Monson’s tone is rich and angular on the ¾ “Reach. Reflect.…
Emily Hay & Steuart Liebig Duo: Nomads
This collection of seven improvisations fin Emily Hay on flute, electronics and vocals as she does a series of spontaneous duets with Steuart Liebig on bass and electronics. The recordings are done in various parts of CA, Utah and NY…
Stephane Spira: New Playground
Soprano saxist Stephane Spira delivers an impressive post bop album with compatriots Joshua Richman/p-key, Steve Wood/b and jimmy MacBride through eight solid originals. The team sounds relaxed with Richman on piano as Spira’s warm tone glistens on “Kaleidoscope” while the…