Month: June 2020

Christian Sands: Be Water

With his skills honed from his days in Christian McBride’s trio, pianist Christian Sands has carved out an impressive niche. This time out he adds keyboards, a Hammond and even his own voice along with his own core trio of…

John Scofield: Swallow Takes

Guitarist John Scofield sounds his most casual and relaxed on this trio session with two longtime friends, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bill Stewart. The material is a mix of songs from Swallow’s songbook and they all fit in nicely…

Duende Libre: The Dance She Spoke

The musical team of Alex Chadsey/p-key, Farko Dosumov/b and Jeff Busch creates smooth Afro Cuban sounds and pulses, joined by vocalists Frank Anderson, Chava Mirel and occasional guests Thione Diop/perc and Jabrille Williams/g. The two vocalists sing lyrics to each…

Dena DeRose: Ode To The Road

Vocalist and  pianist Dena DeRose shows off her multiple talents on this swinging session where she cuts and pastes guests to her core team of herself with bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson. The album is dominated by compositions…

Under The Lake: Your Horizon Too

The team of Jayson Tipp/key, Quintin Gerard/ts-ss-fl, Patrick Yandall/g, Nathan Brown/b and Richard Sellers/dr give soulful servings on these tunes mixing originals and covers. Gerard’s tenor teams with Tipps’ keys on a hip take of Steely Dan’s “Josie” while sounding…