Hopefully, this 2 disc set of the too soon departed pianist Michel Petrucianni (1962-99) will reignite interest in his relatively short career, as it was an interesting one. The French pianist had an elegant touch inspired by Bill Evans, but…
Month: March 2020
Jeff Lofton: Jericho
Horn man Jeff Lofton teams with pianist and organ grinder Dr. James Polk, bassist Glenn Schuetz, drummers Steve Mankenerg, Terrence McDaniel and Ernie Durawa along with some guests for a hip variety of swinging moods. Lofton and Po lk give…
Lila Ammons: Genealogy
You sure can’t go too wrong when you’ve got a pedigree like singer Lila Ammons. She’s the granddaughter of famed boogie woogie pianist Albert Ammons and niece of soulful tenor saxist Gene Ammons, so she’s sure been exposed to the…
Richie Goods & The Goods Project: My Left Hand Man
Richie Goods uses his electric and acoustic basses in various formats to give a hip tribute to the late piano great and former employer/mentor Mulgrew Miller, taking his compositions and giving them a new paint job. He mixes and matches…
Sarah Thorpe: Deep Blue Love
Vocalist Sarah Thorpe mixes her originals with some clever covers with a team of Oliver Hutman/p, Darryl Hall/b, John Betsch/dr and a muscular horn section of TK Blue/woodwinds, Josiah Woodsen/tp and Ronal Baker/tp. Her deliveries range from a passionate and…
TENORS ANYONE? JD Walter: Dressed In A Song, Anthony Jefferson: All l Am
The golden voice of males with a microphone… Tenor vocalist JD Walter mixes piano arias with Jean-Michel Pilc, Julius Rodriguez, Orrin Evans, Taylor Eigsti, Marc Cary and Jim Ridl alon with support by some cameo guests on this intimate, personal…
Pablo Held: Ascent
Pianist and composer Pablo Held brings together an impressionistic tem of Robert Landfermann/b, Jonas Burgwinkel/dr, Nelson Veras/g and a pair of cameo guests on this pretty and elliptical collection of pieces. The team shows its elliptical colors on “Unlocking Mechanism” …
Vince Ector’s Organatomy Trio +: Theme For Ms. P
Drummer Vince Ector gives a comfort food of an album with a blue plate organ team anchored by Pat Bianchi at the keys along with Bruce Williams on alto or soprano sax and guest Paul Bollenback on guitar for half…
HUES OF BLUES…Angel Forrest: Hell Bent With Grace, Guy Belanger: El Dorado, Val Starr & the Blues Rocket: Lighter Side of the Blues
A wide swath of blue tones… Angel Forest has a rich earthy voice and delivers it with a punch backed by Ricky Pawuette/g, Bernard Quest/key, Alec Michelcheran, Sly Coulombe and Deys Coulombe. She shows how to stomp out funky material…
Steve Smith’s Vital Information @ Catalina’s 03.07.20
Steve Smith demonstrated to the enthusiastic crowd at Catalina’s and showed them why Modern Drummer magazine has voted him the “Best All Around Drummer” for the past five years. He and his band Vital Information delivered a 90 minute set…