Month: June 2019

Elan Mehler: TJ and the Revenge

On this album, Elan Mehler plays piano and keyboards, while singing like he’s tapping into his inner Tom Waits as he’s joined by guitar wunderkind Bill Frisell, Simon Willson/b, Dor Herskovits/d and a horn section including Eric Stilwell/tb, Paul Melhus/ts,…

David Kikoski: Phoenix Rising

Vintage mainstream sounds come from pianist and leader David Kikoski as he leads a team with beefy tenor saxist Eric Alexander and the snappy rhythm team of drummer Joe Farnsworth and bassist Peter Washington. The team jumps out of the…

Fumi Tomita: The Elephant Vanishes

Bassist Fumi Tomita gives “Jazz Interpretations of the Short Stories of Haruku Murakami” in a jazz vein teamed up with Jason Rigby/ts-ss, Mike Baggetta/g, Art Hirahara/p and Mark Micklehwaite/dr. Tomita takes the band on a bop trip during “Wind-Up Bird…

John Dokes: True Love

Rich baritone vocalist John Dokes does some clever deliveries with his swinging team of Mark Gross/as, Steve Einerson/p, Alex Claffy/b and Lawrence Leathers/dr on this decalogue of standards. The team has a steady pulse as they sway to Dokes’ clear…