Spottiswoode plays guitar and harmonica while singing in a vintage Randy Newman style with a core team of Joyn Young/b, Time Vaill/dr, candace DeBartolo/ts, Kevin Cordt/tp, Riley McMahon/g, Tony Lauria/key and guests on strings or horns. His wry delivery tells…
Month: January 2019
Gabriel Zucker: Weighting
Pianist Gabriel Zucker addresses soulful issues on his compositions with Tyshawn Sorey/dr, Adam O’Farrill/tp and Eric Trudel/ts on this three part journey. The “Part I. Soul” has chaotic angst between O’Farrill and Trudel with thunderous climaxes. Dramatic piano and crying…
Layale Chaker & Sarafand: Inner Rhyme
Violinist Layale Chaker creates Middle Eastern chamber moods with an empathetic team of Jake Charkey/cel, Nick Dunston/b, Phillip Golub/p and Adam Maalouf/perc. Her compositions mix a dash of jazz and blues to her Sahara moods, as her rich violin is…
The Wrecking Crew Remembers Glen Campbell @ Bogie’s Bar 01.27.19
“Usually, we travel to go and see history. How often does a piece of history come to see you? Apt was the introduction by Bogie’s Bar owner Ken Greene as he set the tone for the 90 minute tribute to…
A MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY…Martin Barre: Roads Less Travelled
Though best known as the lead guitarist for the legendary group Jethro Tull, Martin Barre has carved out an impressive niche of his own with a strong collection of his own material. This latest album has him with a band…
PROPHECY FULFILLED…Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet
The wake of the influence from this 3 disc/lp release by Resonance Records testifies to the influence of musical visionary Eric Dolphy. Back in the late 50s and early 60s, he and John Coltrane were the heat seeking missiles of…
Fred Hersch Trio: ’97 @ The Village Vanguard
While waiting for the next “new” release by jazz’s most important pianist of this generation, we get to hear a bit of retrospection with this release of Fred Hersh’s trio from 1997. Caught at the famous Village Vanguard, Fred Hersch…
HARD BOP AT IT’S APOTHEOSIS…Cannonball Adderley: Swingin’ In Seattle
Was jazz really once this enjoyable? Somehow found by the detective work by Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds, this album is from a series of radio broadcasts from Seattle, Washington’s Penthouse Jazz Club back in June of 1966 and October…
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…Paul McCartney and Wings: Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway, Wings Over Europe
Just in time for Sir Paul McCartney’s tour of the US, the first three albums of Wings have been reissued in a myriad of formats. This, combined with the 50th anniversary reissue of The Beatles’ “White” album, makes for a…
THIS IS A TENOR SAX 101…Stan Getz: Plays the Blues
John Coltrane summed it up best when he said “everyone wants to sound like Stan Getz.” This single disc collection of various settings between 1949-58 is ample evidence why. His light, warm and fluid tone was the logical progression from…