Martina Almgren plays drums and piano while even singing a little bit on this indie-ish album with Mattias Torell/g, Elin Forkelid/ts-ss and Owe Almbren/eb. The team is dreamy and post boppish on the title track” and shows they can get…
Month: November 2019
Kit Downes: Dreamlife of Debris
Dreamlike soundscapes are painted by Kit Downes, as she plays the piano and organ with Tom Challenger/ts, Stian Westerhus/g, Lucy Railton/cel and Sebastian Rochford/dr for a collection of sepia toned originals. The moods are a mix of ambient and impressionistic,…
Wayne Alpern: Skeleton
Composer and arranger Wayne Alpern lets his pen do the talking on these bold and brass fed charts. The rhythm team of Billy Test/p, Evan Grebor/b and Josh Bailey/dr is fronted by the two trumpets of Sam Hoyt and David…
Tamuz Nissim: Capturing Clouds
Some vocalists sing; Tamuz Nissim interprets and uses her voice like a character actor on this album that features her own compositions and a pair of standards and some covers supported by the adroit team of George Nazos/g, Harvie S/b…
Gebhard Ullmann: mikroPULS
Tenor saxist Gebhard Ullman leads Hans Ludemann/p, Oliver Potraz/b and Eric Schaefer/dr to create delicate and sensitive sounds on this collection of originals. Ullmann’s tenor floats over the ripples of “Flutist with Hat and Shoe” and hasps on the pleading…
Michael Landau Trio @ The Baked Potato 11.08.19
“We’re recording tonight, so please sing along!” So joked guitarist Michael Landau as he took some time off from his stint with Steve Gadd, teamed up with fellow Gaddite bassist Jimmy Johnson and rounded out the power trio with none…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****THE MOZART OF JAZZ…Louis Armstrong: Live In Europe
For much of his career, Louis Armstrong was denigrated for not “changing with the times” and embracing modern sounds of bebop and hard bop. What these critics and musicians didn’t understand is that, like Mozart, once you perfect a sound…
Paul Zauner’s Blue Brass featuring David Murray: Roots n’ Wings
Trombonist Paul Zauner leads a swinging horn heavy team of Mario Rom/tp, Clemens Salesny/as-bcl, Klemens Pliem/ts and a rhythm section of Carlton Holmes/[p, Wolfram Derschmidt/b and Dusan Novakov/dr through a collection of tunes mostly from the pen of legendary David…
The Adam Larson Band: Listen With Your Eyes
Tenor saxist Adam Larson supplies plenty of post bop muscle as he leads his quartet of Fabian Almazan/p-key-synth, Matt Clohesy/b and Jimmy MacBride/b through seven originals. Larson’s tone is filled with testosterone, assertive with Almazan’s synths on “false Pageantry” and…
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters: Beyond the Blue Door
Vintage guitarist Ronnie Earl digs in with a core unit of Dave Limina’p-B3, Forrest Padgett/dr, Paul Kochanski/b foot stomping vocalist Diane Blue, and a mix and match of special guests on this wide ranging swing session of strings. The team…