A mix of jazz, Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers and National Geographic takes place as Oran Etkin plays clarinet, bass clarinet and serves as a musical travel agent with his various friends from all over the world. He tells stories and…
Month: December 2019
Monkey House: Friday
A mix of pop, funk and jazz meld well well Don Briethaupt/key, Justin Abedin/g, mark Kelso/dr, Pat Kilbride/b, Peter Cardinali/b, Art Avalos/percand a horn section of Tony Carlucci, William Sperandei, Vern Dorge, John Johnson and William Carn creating sounds and…
Surefire: Sweat
A funk fest is delivered by the rhythm section of Larry Graves/dr-perc, Dave Chan/perc-key, Liam Smith/b, Paul MacDougall/g and the horn section of Brad Eaton/tp, Elean Kapereris/ts, Rob Neal Christian/fl and Paul Metcalfe/bs. Just about everyone sings at some point,…
Makar Kashitsyn: Jazz Animals
Makar Kashitsyn brings his bright and ascerbic alto te team up with an ensemble of Chad Lefkowitz-Brown/ts, Josh Evans/tp-fh, Sasha Mashim/dr, Alexey Podymkin/p-key, Makar Novikov/b, Alexey Polubabkin/g and Hiske Ooseterwijk/voc for assertive originals. The team rocks with Polubabkin’s electric guitar…
Leo Sherman: Tonewheel
Bassist Leo Sherman puts together a strong post-bop team of Paul Jones/ts, Alex Goodman/g, Ben Winkelman/p and Dan Pugach/dr on this collection of confident originals. He sets the tone on each piece, creating a table dance for the festive title…
Franco Ambrosetti Quintet: Long Waves
Leader Franco Ambrosetti plays trumpet and flugelhorn with the strong team of allstars in guitarist John Scofield, drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Scott Colley and pianist Uri Caine on this humming post bop fest. Ambrosetti’s horn squeezes out the notes like…
Dr. Dave & The Housecall Band: Midnight Daydream
Guitarist Dr. Dave taps into his inner CTI sound as he recaptures the vibe of the vintage 70s soul jazz label on this recent album. His team of Cecil McBee Jr/b, Rob Whitlock-Larry Logan-Kevin Flournoy/key, Ronnie Stewart-Duncan Moore/dr, Hank Easton/g,…
TK Blue: The Rhythms Continue
Short, sweet and concise conversations are held between TK blue who plays a bunch of saxes, flutes and percussion instruments, as he teams up with guests for cheerful rapport. TK does a handful of personal solo performances, with h is…
Miki Purnell: Midnight Bloom, Carrie Wicks: Reverie
Two recent albums of ladies at the mic… Porcelain toned vocalist Miki Purnell teams up with some of LA’s finest with pianist Tamir Hendelman, drummer Dean Koba, bassist Alex Frank and a supporting cast of Bob Sheppard/ax-cl-fl, Pat Kelley/g and…
TAKE ME TO HILTON…Lisa Hilton: Chalkboard Destiny
I’m not sure why the career of pianist/composer Lisa Hilton has been under the radar all of these years, but albums like this latest one scream for attention and praise. She’s released albums in trio, solo and small group format,…