Drummer Curtis Nowosad leads a rich post bop team of Duane Eubanks/tp, Braxton Cook/as, Andrew Renfroe/g, Jonathan Thomas/key, Luke Sellic/g and guests Corey Wallace, Matthew Whitaker, Michael Mayo, Brianna T homas and Marc Cary through a clever set of originals.…
Month: August 2019
Beth Bombara: Evergreen
A rich mix of hues from the Nashville skyline dominate this album by Beth Bombara. She has a rich voice, and pens the material with Kit Hamon, with the pieces evoking sonic images of vintage Byrds or the Flying Burrito…
OH YEAH-A DEEP DISH FROM CHICAGO!****HISTORICAL SET OF THE YEAR?****Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection
If you’re a fan of vintage blues and R&B, gather ‘round and check out this 4 disc set that brings to you a fresh full rack of smothered juke joint sounds from Chicago. During the 50s=70s, labels like Chess, Vee-Jay…
OH YEAH! OH YEAH! Nappy Brown: The Nappy Brown Singles Collection 1954-62
Back in the 50s and 60s, there were blues shouters like Joe Turner, blues belters like Jimmy Witherspoon and R&B blues jumpers like Lloyd Price. Nappy Brown (1929-2008) was able to sound a little bit like all three, but had…
Davina and the Vagabonds: Sugar Drops
Davina Lozier sings with sweat as she delivers stomping southern soul on this latest release. Her blueswailing team this time around includes Resse Wynans on the keyboards, fresh from touring with Joe Bonamassa, as well as Doug Lancio/g, Todd Phillips/b,…
CREATING A NEW STYLE AND STANDARD…Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: The Early Years 1954-59
A new style of singing was created when Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross got together to put their own lyrics to classic jazz solos and inspire a wide wake of imitators such as Manhattan Transfer with a fresh…
Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Hope
Exciting and exotic journeys take place in this series of duets between Kevin Hays on piano (mostly) and Lionel Loueke contributing World Wide guitar sounds and wide ranging vocals. Strings and piano dance with joy on “Violeta” with spacious and…
CLASSY PIANISTS OF THE PAST…Don Shirley: Piano, LeRoy “Lee” Lovett: Jazz Dance Party/Lee + 3
The late 50s and early 60s had a surfeit of jazz pianists. Here are a pair that had their moment of sunshine, have drifted into under-served obscurity and have resurfaced thanks to the painstaking detective work of Fresh Sound Records.…
Peter Beets: Our Love Is Here To Stay-Gershwin Reimagined
Pianist Peter Beets takes a fresh look at the George Gershwin songbook in a trio setting with drummer Eric Kennedy and Tom Baldwin. We’ve all heard these songs ad infinitum, so Beets’ great challenge is to bring some new wine…
Lauren Henderson: Alma Oscura
Some day, Lauren Henderson is going to leave New York and come out to the West Coast to prove to me in person that she’s the best deliverer of soulful vocals. Until then, I have to be satisfied with albums…