The brass is bright with a co-led team of Dave Morgan/bs-fl and Rob Susman/tb directing an 11 man horn team and snappy rhythm collection of Noel Cohen/g, Dan Asher/b, Rex Benincasa/prec and Peter Grant/dr through some snappy originals and covers.…
Month: April 2020
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Albare: Albare Plays Jobim
Yes, there is a plethora of albums giving tribute to the Bossa Nova giant Antonio Jobim, but this one by guitarist Albare is a cut above the fray. He takes the famous pieces that we’ve all grown accustomed to, but…
A QUARTET OF TRIOS…Dave Pope Trio: You and the Night and the Music, The Coachella Valley Trio: Mid Century Modern, Chris Dingman: Embrace, Lynne Arriale Trio: Chimes of Freedom
Drummer Dave Pope teams up with brother Mike on piano and all star bassist John Patitucci for a classy and classic piano trio combo. Dark piano harmonies team with a rich pulse for the modal take of “Once I Loved”while…
THE LEGACY OF KING CRIMSON…Markus Reuter: Truce, Bobby Previte-Jamie Saft-Nels Cline: Music From the Early 21st Century, Giorgi Mikadze: Georgian Microjamz, Jeff Swanson & Case-Fitter: Fathoms
A full half century after the earth shattering debut of In The Court of King Crimson, the influence of Robert Fripp’s mixture of jazz, rock and classical still influences today’s artists. Here are three disciples… Markus Reuter plays “touch guitar…
Pacific Mambo Orchestra: The III Side
Pianist and keyboardist Christian Tumalan along with trumpeter Steffen Kuehn lead a big and boisterous big band that mixes salsa, swing and strings with bel canto voices from Armando Cordoba, Christelle and Braulio Barrera. There’s a bacchanal take of “A…
EARTH TONES…Dom Flemons: Prospect Hill, Alex Dixon: The Real McCoy
Folk tales and tones with a good swath of blues is brought up here. Dom Flemons takes you back to the days of rural troubadours on this two disc set, playing a wide range of guitars, drums, various doo dads…
Sigurd Hole: Lys/Morke
If you want bass guitar, you get it in spades here, with Sigurd Hole playing every aspect of the acoustic bass on this double disc collection of improvisations. I’m not sure why the words “Lys” (“list”) and “Morke” (“In the…
Nikolov-Ivanovic Undectet: Frame and Curiosity
Creative tones and atmospheres are formed with a big horn section of Luka Ignjatovic/as-fl, Kristijan Mlacak/ts-cl, Dorde Jukundzic/bs-bcl, Marko Dordevic/tp-fh, Teodor Blagojevic/fh, Vladimir Veres/tb, and Milos Budimirov/tub guided by a rhythm team of Noe Clerc/acc, Vladimir Nikolov/p-g, Mihail Ivanov/ and…
The Vinyl Revival: A Film About Why The Tables Are Turning
This 43 minute documentary by producer and director Pip Piper delves into the reasons behind the renaissance of vinyl album purchases. Inspired by Graham Jones book Last Shop Standing, the visual love paean takes you to a series of shops,…
George Burton: Rec-i-Proci-ty
Keyboardist and composer George Burton mixes sounds and sound verbal advice on this album with a team of Tim Warfield/ss, Chris Hemingway/as, Andy Bianco/g, Pablo Menares/b, Wayne Smith-James Rouse-Jeremy Clemmons/dr and vocalist Alexa Barchini, who delivers the speaking parts. The…