50 years from now, the post war and Baby Boomer years will be best remembered for the surfeit of blues and R&B that influenced and created what we now called “rock and roll.” While the present sounds from that root…
Month: November 2018
Anthony Geraci: Why Did You Have To Go?
Pianist & B3er Anthony Geraci mixes and matches artists and singers for a wide ranging palate of the blues on this wonderfully earthy session. Most of the colors range from the South, with a short side trip to Chicago with…
Brothers/Nevala/Carswell/Kozak: Three Times Two
Chamber jazz sounds are sleek as produced by the quartet of Michael Brothers/dr, Andy Nevala/p, and either Jeff Carsell/b or Chris Kozak/b on a mix of covers and self-penned material. The trios mix and match between acoustic and electric, as…
Quartet Oblique: Quartet Oblique
The team of Dave Liebman/ts-ss, Marc Copland/p, Drew Gress/b and Michael Stephans join together at the Deer Head Inn in PA for a concert performance that shows the glory of intuitive cohesiveness. The band leans towards vintage Davis/Coltrane material of…
SWINGING IN COLLEGE…One O’Clock Lab Band: Lab 2018, Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra: Turkish Delight, University of Toronto 12tet: When Day Slips Into Night
Not all universities are readin’, writing and ‘rhythmatic. Here are two colleges that bop with the baccalaurates North Texas is swinging! At least the University of North Texas big band under the direction of Alan Baylock is. The 20 piece…
Sean Ardoin: Kreole Rock and Soul
Sean Ardoin brings rootsy sounds of Creole and Cajun with the blues as he plays the accordion among other Southern exposures on this exciting album. You get some 70s guitar rocks as he shouts out on “Kick Rocks” and a…
Mike Freeman ZonaVibe: Venetian Blinds
Swinging sounds that are reminiscent of vintage Cal Tjader sessions come to forth with Mike Freeman leading a team of Guido Gonzalez/tp, Ian Stewart/b, Roberto Quintero/perc and Joel Mateo/dr as Freeman provides the good vibes and compositions. The bouncing percussion…
Larry McDonough Quartet: Alice in Stonehenge and other Acoustelectric Adventures
This two disc set has Larry McDonough going both electric and acoustic, balancing two worlds with piano and keyboards. The acoustic album mixes moods of Chet Baker and Bill Evans with Greg Stinson/b, Dean White/dr, Richard Terrill/ts and Steve Kenny/tp.…
Octobop: Live @ Savanna Jazz
Here’s a fun and swinging album by the team of Geoff Roach/ts-ts-ss, Jack Conway/g, Brian Brockhouse/b, Dave Casini/vib, Eric Patience/ts-as, Jon Schermer/tb, Randy Smith/tp-fh and Frank Wyant/dr. They’re caught at a Jan 14 gig in San Carlos, CA, mixing originals…
TRAD AMERICA…Vince Bell: Ojo, David Olney: This Side of the Other
Poems by Vince Bell are recited by himself as he also plays guitar and is accompanied in a variety of traditional and non trad American moods by continuum, bass, piano, flamenco guitar, strings and drums. His voice is a subdued…