Pianist Pat Battstone creates a series of duets with flutist Giorgia Santoro to accompany art work by Daniela Chionna. The audio material holds up well on its own, with the flute sounding like the mystique of Monument Valley during “The…
Month: October 2019
Ronny Whyte: Whyte Withcraft
Confident and classy vocalist Ronny Whyte interprets the Cy Coleman songbook, both famous and obscure in a variety of settings. The Rat Packy Big Band, with arrangements by Cecilia Coleman gives bold support for Whyte’s confident gait on”Too Good To…
Carolyn Lee Jones: Close Your Eyes
Sleek and wispy like a reed in voice, Carolyn Lee Jones gives impressionistic moods on this soulful read of standards. She’s with a core team of Brad Williams/p-key, Jonathan Fisher-Jeff Plant/b, Andrew Griffith/dr, but brings in a Agatha Christie collection…
Chip Stephens & Glenn Wilson: Sadness & Soul
Wonderfully rich sonatas by baritone saxist Glenn Wilson and lyrical pianist Chip Stephens make for wondrous listening on this collection of mostly jazz standards. The duo has fun with arranging, as Stephens is in full stride for a good timed…
Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes
If you’re a jazz fan, you undoubtedly have a bunch of albums from the legendary Blue Note label. If you don’t, this two hour documentary will quickly get you ordering a Baker’s Dozen of them, as the film gets you…
Joe Bonamassa: Live at the Sydney Opera House
As with all blues rock guitarists, Joe Bonamassa is best experienced in concert. This one from a September 30, 2016 gig at Australia’s Sydney Opera House, has him with his long-standing working unit of Reese Wynans/key, Anton Fig/dr, Michael Rhodes/b,…
Peterson Kholer Collective: Winter Colors
Guitarist David Peterson co-leads with piano man Lee Kholer and bassist Rob along for a collection of originals with Brent Jensen/sax and John Bishop/dr. The team weaves between post bop and sublime samba here, with the latter swaying gorgeously with…
Leslie Pintchik Trio: Same Day Delivery-Live
One of the more important of the present day pianists, Leslie Pintchik is shown in all of her strengths here teamed with her trio of bassist Scott Hardy and drummer Michael Sarin at NYC’s Jazz at Kitaro. Her strengths is…
Markus Rutz: Footprints
Trumpeter Markus Rutz creates moods that both bop and reflect on this album that mixes and matches drummers Xavier Breaker or Marcus Evans, saxist Brice Winston, pianist Adrian Ruiz, guitarist Matt Gold, conga man Heitor Garcia and bassist Marcos Varela.…
TRIOS! Stranahan-Zaleski-Rosato: Live at Jazz Standard, Jeff Denson/Romain Pilon/Brian Blade: Between Two Worlds
The wonderful world of 3 way interplay The trio of Rick Rosato/b, Glenn Zaleski/p and drummer Colin Stranahan mix it up and stretch out at a night at the legendary NYC Jazz Standard. The sole cover is a re-arranged and…