Best known as the saxist for The Rolling Stones, Tim Ries also has a secret life as a jazz musician, showing up on albums with the likes of Jack DeJohnette, Bob Belden and John Patitucci. He released a clever jazzing…
Month: August 2019
A BOPPING HEADHUNTER…Mike Clark: Indigo Blue-Live At The Iridium
It’s quite ironic that drummer Mike Clark is best known for his gauntlet throwing funk work on Herbie Hancock’s million seller Headhunters, as almost everything he’s done before or after shows where his dna is displayed. Evidence sample number one…
The Jamie Saft Quartet: Hidden Corners
Moods that harken to vintage John Coltrane are delivered by pianist/composer Jamie Saft and along with superstar Davie Liebman on saxes and flute, Bradley Christopher Jones on bass and drummer Hamid Drake. Liebman on tenor taps into latter da ‘Trane…
TODAY’S GUITARS…Ian Wardenski Quintet: Collective Thoughts, Larry Corban: Emergence
Long gone are the days of jazz guitar being simply a vehicle for solo blowing sessions. Since Pat Metheny, six stringers are now looking for new sounds and directions, with these two albums providing rich ideas and wide scopes. Ian…
Stranger Things 3: Music From The Netflix Original Series
The popular Netflix show Stranger Things is a mix between a coming of age Stand By Me with a Star Trek alternative universe, set in the 1980s. This 16 song collection is a soundtrack that features hit songs and a…
Ken Peplowski & Diego Figueredo: Amizade
Sublimely swinging sounds and Brazilia are created by warm toned clarinetist and tenor saxist Ken Peplowski as he teams with the gracious guitarist Diego Figueiredo on this sublime collection of songs. I saw this duo in concert, and the melodic…
SWINGING ON A WESTERN STRING…Spade Cooley: The Spade Cooley Collection 1945-52
The gap toothed cousin to jazz has to be Western Swing, originated by Bob Wills, but brought to mass popularity later on by violinist Spade Cooley. This two disc, 54 song collection includes A & B sides of his singles…
The Flying Big Horse Big Band: Good News!
Directed by Jeff Rupert, the Flying Horse Big Band delivers clever charts of vintage jazz tunes and adds new colors to the palate in the process. The 18 member band sounds right at home with bopping material like Miles Davis’…
TAKE 6 PLUS 5?…Voctave: Somewhere There’s Music
The eleven member team Voctave bring a cappella music to a new dimension as they arrange jazz standards and soundtrack tunes in a clever vocal fashion. Most of the lyrics are sung as a group, but the arrangements of dynamics,…
The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet with Kristin Slipp: Songs of Love and Passion
Reeds and voice create artsy moods as the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet teams up with vocalist Kristin Slipp for a tad of swing and a jot of indie bohemia. Jenny Hill/ss, Charley Gerard/as, Jacob Teichroew/ts and Dimitri Moderbacher/bari create rich…