The mood of bands like Pentangle and Steeleye Span are created by the quartet of Yaron Stavi/b, Tali Atzmon/voc-uk, Gilad Atzmon/reeds-g-acc, Jenny Bliss Bennett/voc-vi-viola and guests Ross Stanley/p and Billy Pod/perc on these minstrel-laded tunes. They deliver a dreamy version…
Month: May 2020
TRIOS…Day Dream: Originals, Emie R Roussel Trio: Rythme De Passage
Bassist Drew Gress, drummer Phil Haynes and pianist Steve Rudolph show impressive teamwork on these ten originals. Rudolph’s touch gives hint to Bill Evans, particularly on the impressionistic and dreamy “Zebra”, sifting through Haynes’ brushes on “Last Lullaby” and weaving…
Paul Shaw Quintet: Moment of Clarity
Drummer Paul Shaw leads a vintage sounding post bop team with the warm trumpet of Alex Sipiagin, the cool guitar tones of Brad Shepik, lyrical piano with Gary Versace and the bopping bass of Drew Gress for these drum-penned originals.…
PRE-NEW ORLEANS GOODMAN…Steve Goodman: Live ‘69
Best known for his sardonic recordings such as “City of New Orleans” and “Go Cubs Go”, singer-songwriter Steve Goodman is captured here as an aspiring artist at a concert with Bob Hoban on bass and violin at the University of…
Stephen Cooper: And The Nobody Famous
Led by vocalist and tenor saxist Stephen Cooper, The Nobody Famous Band boasts a STAXY horn section of Kurt Shipe, Jack Naus, Matthew Stiehr, Dan Zaffrann all arranged by the leader.Along with Kelvin Kaspar/g, Matt Spatol/p-org, Greg Roteik/b and Chris…
Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer & The WDR Big Band: Blue Soul
Guitarist Dave Stryker keeps part of his winning hand of playing 60s soul pieces, but mixes it up a bit by joining in with Yellowjackets member Bob Mintzer, who conducts the WDR Big Band through a hefty mix of Boomer…
Matty Stecks & Musical Tramps: Long Time Ago Rumble
This two-disc album by Matty Steckler features music that might have made a bit more sense had it been two separate releases, as there are disparate moods that are vying for attention. Stecks plays saxes, flute, keyboards, EWI and electronics…
Eliza Neals: Black Crow Moan
Singing like she’s trapped inside a deep well, Eliza Neals shouts it out strong while also playing keyboards along with a rotating tram of guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists and backing singers. Almost all of the tunes come from he indigo-soaked…
Mara Rosenbloom: Flyways-Murmuration
Pianist Mara Rosenbloom joins forces with the delicate voice of Anais Maviel (also on surdo drum) and bassist Rashaan Carter for a collection of originals and a single standard. Most of the pieces are short and concise tone poems, ranging…
Scott Ellison: Skyline Drive
A dozen original swampy blues are served up homemade style by Scott Ellison as he sings and palyes a wide variety of guitars along with a mix and match rotating team of guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica and Hammond B3.…