Since their days being part of Martial Solal’s trio, brothers Francois/b and Louis/dr Moutin have put together a wide swath of small group sessions. This latest is their most distinct, bringing in guitar from Manu Codjia, Christophe Monniot/s saxes and…
Month: July 2019
Alex Harding & Lucian Ban: Dark Blue
A series of visceral duets take place between pianist Lucian Ban and Alex Harding, who sports the baritone sax and bass clarinet on a collection of originals. Harding plays the bass clarinet on three of the tracks, and he’s sublime…
Francesca Prihasti: Adriana
Frencesca Prihasti plays piano and leads a sextet of Nic Vardenaga/g, Drew Gress/b, Josh Roberts/dr, Dave Pietro/as-ss, Mike Rodriguez/tp-fh and Alan Ferber/tb through seven melodic and harmonious originals. Her touch on the piano gives a dash of Horace Silver influence,…
The Texas Horns: Get Here Quick
Nothing like a big and macho horn section like baritone saxist John Mills, trumpeter Al Gomez and Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff on tenor to make you feel like the joint is jumping, no matter what the rest of the team is…
RICH VOICES…Lauren White: Life In The Modern World, Mandy Kemp: Firecracker
Here are some women that sing with strength. Vocalist Lauren White wisely keeps a healthy distance from the standards for the most part on this fresh collection of tunes on this album produced by West Coast crooner Mark Winkler. She’s…
Pablo Lanouguere Quintet: Eclectico
Bassist Pablo Lanouguere plays it acoustic and electric with an exciting team with the twin leads of violinist Nick Danielson with guitarist Frederico Diaz along with Emilio Teubal/p and Franco Pinna/dr on this fresh collection of originals. The pieces are…
Alex Sill: Experiences-Real and Imaginary
Rich, thoughtful and modern ideas, moods and contemplations are served up by composer and guitarist Alex Sill. He mixes and matches with a team of Otmaro Ruiz-Dave Grusin-Vardan Ovsepian/p, Gene Coye/dr, Danny Janklow-Jacob Scesney/reeds, Benjamin J. Shepherd/b and Mike Cottone/tp…
DIFFERENT FOLKS…Eme Alfonso: Voy, The Green: Black & White
Folk music can be produced in different ways. Here are a couple fresh ideas. You get lots of vocals from Caleb Keolanui, JP Kennedy/g, Brad Watanabe/b-g-uk, Zion Thompson/g, Ikaika Antone/key propelled by Jordan Espinoza on a Hawaiian take of reggae…
The Jazz Bakery Presents: Eric Alexander with Eric Reed Trio @ The Moss Theater 06.29.19
This past weekend at The Moss Theatre was a haven for fans of the tenor sax. On Friday the palates of the avant-garde fans were satiated by the whirling sounds of master David Murray, while on Saturday devotees of big…
A GLORIOUS GUMBO…Jack Allen: Nawlins Boy
Though born, bred and based in Los Angeles, guitarist Jack Allen gives a tribute to the dna of New Orleans that was passed down from his Crescent City native father on this rich and multi-faceted album. Allen’s tone and style…