The sax is brought into an entirely different light and focus as Drew Whiting plays baritone, tenor and soprano saxes in a wide variety of settings teamed with various electronics. What could have been a self-indulgent study of cacophony results…
Month: June 2020
BOPPING BOSSA, BLUES AND TWANG FROM AVID…Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums, Classic Blues Masters: Four Classic Albums, Duane Eddy: Five Classic Albums Plus
Vintage sounds that still are as fresh as the morning dew are for your listening pleasure here. This is the fourth set of Stan Getz albums reissued by the UK-based Avid Group, and all I can say is “MORE!”. This…
MODERN GUITAR…Alex Goodman: Impressions In Blue And Red, Vibes Alive: Vibrasonic
Recent releases by six stringers… Alex Goodman releases an ambitious two disc set with two different quartets dominated by originals and with a dash of standards. There really isn’t much of a difference between the two units of Ben Van…
Hayoung Lyou: Metamorphosis
Pianist and composer Hayoung Lyou teams up with a double reed front line of Jasper Dutz/as-cls and Jacob Shulman/ts along with a rhythm team of Simon Willson/b and Dayeou Seok/dr on this mix of impressionism and expressionistic post bop material.…
Cunao: Rayuela
Consisting of Julio Montero/g-voc, Severin Behnen/voc-acc-p, Tom Moose/vio-mand, Gabriel Ramirez-Ortiz/voc-vi-perc, Craig Shields/voc-perc and Jose Cruz/voc-b along with guests Isaac Rodriguez, Alih Jey and Kristen Meyer, Cunao produces rich folk tunes with local flavor and tales. There are a handful of…
Laila Biali: Out of Dust
Laila Biali mixes sassy vocals and a rich vibrato to her clever lyrics as well as some well crafted covers on this recent album. She also plays piano and keyboards as she is supported by various strings, horns and a…
Sebastien Ammann’s Color Wheel: Resilience
Sebastien Ammann plays piano and Fender Rhodes as he leads a team of alto saxist Michael Attias, trombonist Samuel Blaser, bassist Noah Garabedian and drummer Nathan Ellman-Bell for subdued post bop originals. Ellman-Bell’s mallets or delicate for the soft “Yayoi”…
Anne Mette Iversen Quartet +1: Racing A Butterfly
Bassist Anne Mette Iversen leads a lithe quintet of John Ellis/ts-ss, Peter Dahlgren/tb, Danny Grissett/p and Otis Brown III/dr through nine post bop originals. The moods are mostly in an easy and relaxed swing mood, ranging from a Monkish angularity…
Rory Block: Prove It On Me
Veteran blueser Rory Block gives a tribute to some of the ladies in blue of the past on this album that has her revisiting and reviving tunes from the likes of Helen Humes, Ma Rainey and Memphis Minnie. She plays…
Chanda Rule & Sweet Emma Band: Hold On
Earth-tone vocalist Chanda Rule mixes gospel flavored tones, spiritual themes and fervent messages to a mix of originals, traditional and some Sunday Morning jazz on this satisfying album with a team of Mario Rom/tp, Osian Roberts/tb, Paul Zauner/tb on the…