Bassist Erik Applegate sounds inspired by the 50th Anniversary of the famed Woodstock festival on this jazzed up tribute to “three days of peace and music.” Along with a couple originals, Applegate does justice to some of the songs performed…
Month: November 2019
Tucker Brothers: Two Parts
Nick Tucker plays bass, brother Joel is on guitar, and with saxist Sean Imboden, drummer Brian Yarde and a handful of guests they create a gracious collection of impressionistic moods. The ethereal voice of Elena Escudero joins with some guitar…
Alberto Pibiri and the Al Peppers: The Nacho Blues
Pianist Albert Pibiri teams up with the swinging collection of Daniel Foose/b, Brian Floody/dr and Dan Blankinship/tp for a dozen concise reads of some traditional tunes and accessible originals. All of the songs clock in between 1-4 minutes, so the…
PJ Berry Featuring Bill Mays: This Quiet Room
As written in the liner notes, this album is (almost) all about “the art of the duo,” with alto saxist PJ Berry creating a rich atmosphere of sonatas with pianist Bill Mays on a rich collection of standards. Mays is…
SOULFUL READS OF CLASSICS…Lori Williams: Full Circle, Nicolas Bearde: I Remember You
Here are a pair of vocalists that take on standards, but bring in the soul and pulse of the black church. Ecumenicalism at its best. Lori Williams has a rich and husky voice, able to take it to a wisp…
Daniel Carter-Patrick Holmes-Matthew Putman-Hilliard Greene-Federico Ughi: Electric Telepathy Volume 1
Daniel Carter plays saxes, clarinet and trumpet, Partick Holmes is on clarinet, Matthew Putman hits the keys, Hilliard Greene plucks and bows the bass with Federico Ughi holding things down on drums for these five songs produced by Stelios Mihas.…
Mike Lorenz: Mike Lorenz &The Witherbees
Guitarist Mike Lorenz leads a band with Jacqui Armbruster on viola and voice, Justin Sekelewski on bass and drummer Zach Martin for ten covers and originals. Armbruster’s voice gives hints of Nora Jones at moments, other times with an indie…
OH YEAH!!! Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, etc: Down Home Blues-Chicago 2
On the back of the 92 page booklet that accompanies this five disc set, it says that there are four other boxes from the Wienerworld’s Down Home Blues Series, including a Chicago Volume 1, Detroit Special, New York Tough Enough…
Bruce Cockburn: Crowing Ignites
Bruce Cockburn gives a personal collection of material, playing guitars, drum, baritone guitar, various percussion and even dulcimer in a mix and match setting with various guests. His guitar approach is reminiscent of Stefan Grossman, confident and strong, picking and…
Wallace Roney: Blue Dawn-Blue Nights
Trumpeter Wallace Roney has embraced the similarity of his tone to Miles Davis and has released another strong album with a team of Emilio Modeste/ts-ss, Oscar Williams II/p, Paul Cuffari/b, Quintin Zoto/g, and trading off Koho Odu Roney-Lenny White/dr. The…