The sensitive piano of Florian Waters teams with the symbiotic team of Ralph Alessi/tp, Linda May Han Oh/b and Nasheet Waits/dr for an open sounding and spacious feeling collection of originals. Wide open panoramas provided by Waits and Weber are…
Month: December 2018
Lars Jansson Trio: Just This
Pianist Lars Jansson drinks deeply from the well of Bill Evans, even dedicating one of the originals compositions here to him. He’s in trio format with Thomas Fonnesbaek/b and Paul Svanberg/dr and mixes ideas and moods with aplomb. Svanberg’s ride…
Jim Porcella: Dram Dancing With You
Vocalist Jim Porcella is backed by an all star lineup including tenor titan Harry Allen/ts, legendary bassist Bob Cranshaw, Buddy Williams/dr and pianist/arranger Mike Renzi for an earnest collection of standards. With Allen’s foggy tenor, Porcella uses soft hands on…
Dennis Quaid & The Sharks: Out of the Box
If Dennis Quaid ever decides to chuck his acting career, this recent album shows he could make a respectable living playing the country roadhouse circuit. With a band that sounds like it was weaned on the blue highways, Quaid mixes…
Tessa Souter: Picture in Black and White
There are a plethora of motivations for selecting and composing songs for an album. Tessa Souter has a unique one in that this recent album is due to her discovery at 28 years old that her birth father was black.…
Ruth Wyand: Tribe of One
There aren’t a lot of female acoustic blues artists around, so this album by Ruth Wyand is a breath of fresh air. She has a Rory Block feel to her playing, but as an added plus she even plays foot…
Clara Vuust: Before You Walk Away
Crystal toned vocalist Clara Vuust creates sepia toned moods along with Francesco Cali/p-acc, Jeppe Holst/g, Andreas Hatholt/b, Carsten Landors/dr and Gerard Presencer/tp-fh. She likes to create Old World atmospheres of charm as on “Joana Francesca” and “I Will Wait For…
BOOKS! Mary Lee Kortes: Dreaming of Dylan, Randy Fox: Shake Your Hips-The Excello Records Story
Not only can you listen to music, but you can read about it. Here are two intriguing topics… There has been a lot written about Bob Dylan, but I’m willing to bet that this is the first book that is…
FADO AND FLUTE…Susan Palma-Nidel: Lisboa A Solta
The Portuguese traditional sounds of Fado are both celebrated and brought to modern ears from the flute of Susan Palma-Nidel. Produced by Gil Goldstein (who also supplies keyboards and accordion), the album boasts rich support from Fausto Bordalo Dias, Jose…
John Petrucelli: Presence
Tenor saxist and composer John Petrucelli puts together an ambitions album from a collection of recorded concerts from Pittsburgh, PA. The band consists of a rhythm team of Peter park/g, Brett Williams/p, Paul Thompson/b and Gusten Rudolph/dr, and are supplemented…