Raised in Oceanside, CA, Lea Love brings sounds as varied as her Hawaiian, Japanese and Samoan background on this album of reggae, hip hop and soul. The Jamaican lilt is strong as it mixes with an indie sound on the…
Month: October 2019
Fraudprophets: Poptosis
Delegation is pretty simple on this album, as Nate Morton plays drums, Matt Rohde sits at the Hammond B3 for a handful of tracks, and Sean Halley plays “Everything Else” for essentially all intents and purposes on this fusion fest.…
Akku Quintet: Depart
The five piece band of drummer Manuel Pasquinelli, tenor saxist Michael Gilsenan, keyboardist Maja Nydegger,guitarist Markus Ischer and bassist Andi Schnellmann record “live in studio” five pieces from the drummer. The team trudges for 14 minutes with spacious tenor work…
TENOR MADNESS!
At one time, the tenor sax was the “guitar” of today’s modern music. It was the “gun” that most slingers played in order to show who was the cock of the walk. Sometime in the early 60s, the electric guitar…
TIM RIES: A ROLLING STONE, BUT NOT GATHERING MOSS
FEW SAXISTS SUCCESSFULLY WEAR AS MANY MUSICAL HATS AS TIM RIES. WHILE HE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE TENOR SAXIST FOR THE ROLLING STONES, HE HAS BUILT UP AN IMPRESSIVE JAZZ AND CLASSICAL CATALOG. HIS 2008 RELEASE THE ROLLING STONES…
JOE LOVANO’S MUSICAL TAPESTRY
AT AN AGE AND STAGE OF HIS CAREER WHERE HE COULD EASILY BE RESTING ON HIS MANY LAURELS, JOE LOVANO KEEPS SEARCHING FOR NEW LANDS TO CONQUER. LIKE CALEB OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, HE IS STILL LOOKING FOR MOUNTAINS TO…