Sandy toned vocalist Katrine Madsen presents a decalogue of her own sensitive and expressive material to the for at a 2018 concert. Teamed with Bill Evans-inspired p ianist Henrik Gunde Pedersen, Jesper Bodilsen/b and Jonas Johansen/dr, Madsen tells poetic stories…
Month: May 2019
Dave Liebman-Adam Rudolph-Hamid Drake: Chi
Recorded in concert back in May, 2018 at NYC’s The Stone, this album has jazz legend Dave Liebman on soprano sax, tenor sax, piano and wooden recorder as he teams with multi instrumentalist of exotic things that go bump in…
Mount Meander: Live In Berlin
The quartet Mount Meander consists of Karlis Auzins/sax, Lucas Leidinger/p, Tomo Jacobson/b and Thomas Sauerborn, recorded in a November 27, 2017 concert at the Berlin jazz Units. The seven songs and one song encore are highly intuitive affairs, with each…
Paul Tynan: quARTet
I’ve been listening to jazz for almost 50 years, and I still cannot honestly be positive if I’m listening to a trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. Paul Tynan plays all three, and all three sound equally warm on ballads and strong…
Friendly Rich: Sings For Only The Lonely
Frank Sinatra’s 1958 ballad album “Sings For Only The Lonely” is arguably the best of his desultory ballad albums, which he alternated with swinging big brass sessions. Friendly Rich does a tribute to the classic album, reproducing almost every song…
CREATIVE VOICES…Sivan Arbel: Change of Light, Fernanda Cunha: Canta Filo’ Machado, Quiana Lynell: A Little Love, Kevin Hays & Chiara Izzi: Across The Sea
Modern female ladies at the mic… Sivan Arbel composes everything here and is backed by Shai Portugaly/p, Pera Krstajic/b, Yogev Gabay/dr, Shai Wetzer/perc, Ron Warburg/tp, Jack Sheehan/as and Ori Jacobson/ts for these 7 compositions. Her voice is flexible, and is…
Areni Agbabian: Bloom
Vocalist and pianist Areni Agbanian has been making the LA scene, teaming with Vardan Ovsepian and Tigran Hamasyan during the past couple of years. Here, she debuts on ECM mixing her ethereal voice with piano and occasional guest percussion by…
VINTAGE BLUE NOTES…Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy: Legacy Alive
If you’ve never heard any albums by Hard Bop’s progenitor Art Blakey, this two disc live session with drummer/leader Ralph Peterson is an excellent place to begin. He gives a tribute to the famed drummer’s sound and songbook with alumni…
A LOVE SUPREME…Exultation: Scatter The Atoms That Remain
The spirit of John Coltrane’s “Classic” Quartet is touched upon by this album lead by drummer Franklin Kiermyer along with Jovan Alexandre/ts-ss, Davis Whitfield/p and Otto Gardner/b. The songs are fiery and urgent, brimming over with passion with Alexandre’s tenor…
Bobby Jaspar: Early Years from “Bebop” to “Cool” 1947-1951
Before becoming one of the heavies on the 1950’s hard bop scene on flute and tenor, Bobby Jaspar spent some time in Paris with some of the forward thinking French artists like Henri Renaud/p, Pieree Michelot/b and Rene’ Thomas/g. These…