Returning to the site of their successfully recorded album 3 Nights In LA, the team of saxist George Garzone with pianist Alan Pasqua, bassist Darek Oles and legendary drummer Peter Erskine showed that the previous visit here was no fluke,…
Month: October 2019
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****FORGET HIRING A SITTER! Camille Harris: Baby On The Subway
I’ve heard people put jazz into a variety of styles, but this has to be the first time I’ve heard someone swing Captain Kangaroo! Pianist/vocalist Camille Harris puts together a whimsically flexible team of trumpeter Wayne Tucker, bassist Georgia Weber…
A BROTHER ON HIS OWN…Gregg Allman: Laid Back
This 1973 2-disc reissue of Gregg Allman’s debut solo album is a vintage mix of (as the title says), laid back southern country blues. It came out during the time of the Allman Brothers classic Brothers and Sisters and preceded…
The Nick Grondin Group: A View Of Earth
Nick Grondin plays a rich modern guitar and even sings a bit with a cut and paste team of Jon Cowherd-Michel Reis/p, Brian Friedland/keys, Tucker Antell/sax, Lee Fish/dr, Brad Barrett-Dan Carpel/b, Vivk Patel/tp-fh and vocalist Aubrey Johnson. The moods created…
Gordon Grdina Quartet: Cooper’s Park
Gordon Grdina plays electric guitar and oud in concert at Afterlife in Vancouver, BC with an explorative team of Russ Lossing on piano, Rhodes and clavinet, Oscar Noriega doubling on alto sax and bass clarinet with Satoshi Takeishi on drums.…
EXOTIC TONES…Al Qahwa: Cairo Moon, Dream Shanti: Music In Our Dreams
Traditional Middle Eastern Arabic sounds with a dash of Western thought are delivered by the quartet of vocalist Maryem Tollar on table harp and tambourine, Ernie Tollar on sax and Arabic woodwinds, oud maestro Demetri Petsalakis and percussionist Nahmeh Farahmand.…
Randy Napoleon: Common Tones
It’s easy to see why Randy Napoleon has been the guitarist of choice for Freddie Cole’s hip band for a number of years. He’s got a clean sound quite similar to Oscar or Johnny Moore, a relaxed sense of swing…
David Finck: Bassically Jazz
David Finck’s bass has graced the work of artists ranging from Tom Harrell to Clark Terry, and his wide ranging melodicism is intact here on a tasty session that mixes and matches vocalists Linda Eder and Alexis Cole with Joe…
SO, EIGHT BEATS WALK INTO A BAR…Bruce Katz: Solo Ride
Pianist Bruce Katz goes solo and rides the boogie board on this infectious outing. He’s got the blues 8 beat in his marrow, having a fun full handed take on “Down At The Barrelhouse,” “Watermelon Thump” and a swinging “Going…
Alexander Noice: Noice
Guitarist and composer Alexander Noice leads a progressive rock (or is it progressive jazz?) team of alto saxist Gavin Templeton, bassist Colin Burgess, drummer Andrew Lessman that features the bright and other worldly vocals of Karina Kallas and Argenta Walther…