The year 1972 had Miles Davis in plugged in form, leading a funky team that included soprano saxist Dave Liebman and producing the highly charged On The Corner. As Liebman states during his intro to the concert, at the time…
Month: May 2019
Mary Lane: Travelin’ Woman
As Mary Lane states in the liner notes, “If you don’t dig the blues you have a hole in your soul.” Lane gives a 10 song set of vintage Chicago blues with a mix and match team of Larry Beers-Travis…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Godwin Louis: Global
While not as well known as Kamasi Washington, Godwin Louis in similar fashion has released a debut album that is ambitious in size (two discs) and range, including musical sounds from almost every continent, along with rich vocals to add…
Aaron Lington: Secondary Impressions
Baritone saxist Aaron Lington creates some wondrous moods on a collection of mostly duet sonatas with pianist Victoria Lington on this collection of modern compositions. Lington’s tone and range are highly impressive, sounding almost like a string section on a…
Ben Bierman: Some Takes on the Blues
Ben Bierman wears a wide variety of hats on this multi-colored album. He plays trumpet, keyboards, guitars and bass while also composing the material. He also brings in guests Aandy Reiss/g-g, Willie Martinez/dr-perc, Terry Silverlight/dr and Emanuel Bierman/caj for added…
Peter Kogan: The Green Album
Drummer Peter Kogan mixes and matches hard bop ensembles of various sizes on this comfort food collection of jazz standards and originals. In a vintage quintet format, Pete Whitman’s tenor swings and Phil Aaron’s piano glides to a Blue Notey…
Nicky Barbato Project: Every Day Is A Bad Hair Day
Nicky Barbato announces the background behind most of the songs on this frisky album, making for an interesting first listen, but making you wish for an automatic “edit” after that. He plays guitar in a rocking fashion along with Tony…
Vitor Pereira Quintet: Somewhere In The Middle
Fronting an open minded quintet, guitarist Vitor Pereira brings together a two sax team of Chris Williams/as, Alam Nathoo/ts along with Mick Coady/b and Adam Teixeira/dr for eight originals. The two horn front line creates a thick harmony, sometimes weaving…
Eric Legnini: Essentiels
Creative takes of jazz standards mix with originals from the pen of pianist/leader Eric Legnini, leading a core post bop team of Jean-Louis Rassinfosse/b, Stephane Galland/dr and guests Pierre Valana/ss, Fabrizio Cassol/as-ss and Michel Massot/tuba. In trio form, the team…
Daniel Szabo: Visionary
The melding of jazz and classical music as always been a tricky deal, usually ending up with jazzers “swinging the classics,” or string ensembles vainly attempting to sound like Count Basie but ending up imitating an orchestra from the Weimar…