Hammond B3er Gordon Beeferman leads a trio with guitarist Anders Nilsson and drummer Ches Smith on this album of originals. The band has an almost progressive rock feel, not unlike vintage Emerson, Lake and Palmer on the kinetic pieces like…
Month: September 2019
Dave Robbins Sextet: Joan Of Art
Drummer Dave Robbbins leads a vintage sounding hard bopping team of Steve Holy/b, Chris Gestrin/p along with a rich front line of tenorist Mike Allen, trumpeter Brad Turner and trombonist Rod Murray through a toe tapping collection of originals and…
Ethan Iverson Quartet with Tom Harrell: Common Practice
While breaking away from his long associated trio The Bad Plus, pianist Ethan Iverson keeps loyalty to the feel of his well known band as he leads a quartet with drummer Eric McPherson, bassist Ben Street and including all star…
Ineke Vandoorn & Marc Van Vugt: Crossing Canada Live
The Dutch pair Ineke Vandoorn and Marc Van Vugt took a five week trek through Canada to explore its natural wonders, with the music from this concert album being its postcard. Recorded at The Bassment in Saskatoon and at The…
Zac Harmon: Mississippi BarBQ
Guitarist and vocalist Zac Harmon sums up his musical attitude on this album with liner notes that declare “music is medicine; God is love.” That feeling oozes out of every song on this bluesy gospel gem that has Ramon with…
Hyuna Park Trio: Her Morning Waltz
Pianist and composer Hyuna Park leads a flexible trio with bassist Myles Sloniker and drummer Peter Traunmueller through a collection of originals and cleverly arranged standards. Of the latter, she struts out through a confident and chiming read of Gershwin’s…
Ola Onabule’: Point Less
British-Nigerian singer songwriter Ola Onabule’ brings a mix of pop with dignity on this rich collection of originals. Most of the band centers around Jack Pollit/b, PhilMulford/b, Femi Temowo/g, Pete Adams-John Crawford/p and Will Fry/perc along with some guests, while…
Mark Knopfler @ The Greek 09.22.19
With Mark Knopfler’s career taking him now to record on the jazz-associated Blue Note Records, one must have wondered where this new association would take him. Even the music piped in recorded music was flavored with sounds of swing, as…
VINTAGE BOP HORN, VOCALS AND INSTRUMENTAL ROCK FROM AVID…Sarah Vaughan: Four Classic Albums, Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums, The Ventures: Five Classic Albums Plus
The late 50s and early 60s was an apotheosis of sounds and styles. Here are three recent release from UK-based Avid Records that reveal timeless sounds and grooves. While Sarah Vaughn was definitely not under-recorded during her long career, these…
George Garzone-Peter Erskine-Alan Pasqua-Darek Oles: 3 Nights In LA
I had a chance to catch (as well as photograph) this cooking quartet of All Stars when they came to the latest club in LA, Sam First, and was impressed that this three disc album was able to capture the…