Dreamy landscapes are painted by the piano of Julia Hulsmann, leading a team of the breathy tenor produced by Uli Kempendorff and the intuitive rhythms of bassist Marc Muellbauer and drummer Heinrich Kobberling. Gentle musing predominated as on the pretty…
Month: November 2019
Dave Stryker: Eight Track Christmas
Guitarist Dave Stryker brings some needed soul back in Christmas as he teams with Stefon Harris/vib, Jared Gold/org and McClenty Hunter/dr for a hip huggin’ holiday album. Sleigh bells swing with Gold’s Hammond on “This Christmas” and the teams gets…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Will Boyd: Freedom, Soul, Jazz
More than one jazz artist has told me that his goal on stage is to recreate the joy and intensity of church music. Saxist and flute player Will Boyd does that in spades as he takes on the Great American…
Big Beat: Sounds Good, Feels Good
Funky sounds that sound like the Second Coming of Tower of Power are produced by this big band conducted by trombonist Caleb Rumley. The album was produced by Pete McGuinness and the team has their dancing shoes on throughout. The…
LEO RISING….John Wolf Brennan: Nevergreens, Page Libre: Cinemagique 2.0, Paul May/Carolyn Hume: Kill The Lights, Enrico Fazio Critical Mass: Wagi Sabi, Ensemble 5: The Collective Mind Volume 2
Inside or outside, there is something for everyone from the latest cache of albums released by Leo Records. Pianist John Wolf Brennan goes solo as he mostly plays piano on this collection of twenty original pieces. His compositional skills and…
SAX IN THE MODERN WORLD…Chase Baird: A Life Between, Ben Flocks: Mask Of The Muse
A pair of gents on the tenor sax trying to mix modern moods with classic tones. Chase Baird assembles a supergroup with all star pianist Brad Mehldau, super drummer Antonio Sanchez, forward thinking guitarist Nir Felder and strong toned bassist…
The Curtis Brothers: Algorithm
Vintage hard bop reminiscent of classic Blue Note era Jazz Messengers is on display with brothers Zaccai/p and Luques/b Curti team up with vets Ralph Peterson/dr, Donald Harrison/as and Brian Lynch/tp for a hip night at Connecticut’s The Side Door…
Ben Wolfe: Fatherhood
Veteran bassist Ben Wolfe mixes and matches modern post bop sounds with strings with a core team of Donald Edwards/dr, pianists Orrin Evans or Luis Perdomo, vibist Joel Ross, a string section of Jesse Mills/vi, Georgy Valtchev/vi, Kenji Bunch/va and…
OPEN THE DOR…Dor Herskovits: Flying Elephants, Earprint: Easy Listening
Drummer Dor Herskovits is featured on two albums here, as leader and follower Drummer and composer Dor Herskovits brings poems to read while listening to the associated songs accompanied by Caio Afiune/g, Isaac Wilson/p, Max Ridle/b and Hery Paz/ts. The…
Chiemi Nakai: Ascendant
Here’s some assertive and muscular music from the hands and pen of Chiemi Nakai, wh plays piano and keyboards in a variety of settings with Carlo De Rosa/b, drummers Joel Mateo, Juan Felipe Mayorga and Vince Cherico, a rotating team…