The same trio, varied, and playing the same songs on two albums. Here is jazz at its essence! The Rare Ebb album features Igor Matkovic on trumpet and flugelhorn, along with Samo Salamon on electric bass and Kristijan Krajncan on…
Month: July 2020
VINTAGE COOL BOP, VOCALS AND WESTERN SWING FROM AVID…Art Pepper: Four Classic Albums-Second Set, Jo Stafford: Four Classic Albums, Hank Thompson: Five Classic Albums
Swinging sounds in 3 forms from UK based reissue masters AVID… Alto saxist Art Pepper had a multi-tiered career, with these sessions finding him in the halcyon days of his West Coast Cool tones. 1956’s Surf Ride with Angelenos Bobby…
FOLKSY ROCKERS…Rufus Wainwright: Unfollow The Rules, Dance Gavin Dance: Afterburner, Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold: Magdalena Accepts The Invitation
The mix of rock sounds and folk like messages have been with us since the early 60s. Here are the same ideas 3 score years later… Rufus Wainwright carries his father’s baton well on this collection of twelve songs divided…
Omer Avital Qantar: New York Paradox
Bassist Omer Avital is one of the few who can make vintage modal jazz sound fresh and new, combining the ferver of the 60s with today’s harmonies. He lines up a two sax team of Asaf Yuria/ts-ss and Alexander Levin/ts…
Henry Robinett Quartet: Jazz Standards Volume 1
Classy guitar tones are delivered by Henry Robinett as he gives a relaxed and swinging collection of standards with a deft team of Joe Gilman/p, Chris Symer/b and Michael Stephans/dr. His strings plead on the bopping “East of the Sun”…
Chicago Yestet: Not There Yet
Big and bold sounds are delivered by the horns of Nick Mazarella/as, Chris Madsen-Geof Bradfield/ts, Chuck Parrish-Russ Johnson/tp, Tom Garling-Joel Adams and the rhythm team of Mike Allemana/g, Stu Mindeman/p, Clark Sommers/b and Xavier Breaker/dr along with some guest vocals…
Rachel Therrien: VENA
Rachel Therrien plays trumpet and flugelhorn in a mix of modern tones along with a tinge of tribute to classic muscular horn players like Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan. This album has here leading a team of pianist Daniel Gasson,…
LADIES OF ART…Aubrey Johnson: Unraveled, Scarlet Rivera: All Of Me, Crystal Shawanda: Church House Blues, Ruthie Foster Big Band: Live At The Paramount
Ladies sing the moods… Aubrey Johnson displays an effortless wide range of dynamics with her voice on these reflective and bohemian originals and covers. She’s supported by Chris Ziemba/p, Matt Aronoff/b, Jeremy Noller/dr, Michael Sachs/bcl-as, Tomoko Omura/vi and Vitor Goncalves/acc…
Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra featuring Noah Preminger & Frank Carlberg: Night Devoid Of Stars
Composer Daniel Hersog features six of his originals along with one standard to help his big band create a musical “ay through the social, political and racial cleavages that came to define 2018. I appreciate that Hersog uses music and…
JOE BONAMASSA-SLEEPING EAZY
THIS STUPID LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE REACTION TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS HAS MADE TAKE IT’S TOLL ON ALL US CITIZENS. RIGHT AFTER THE LOCKDOWN WAS ANNOUNCED, JOE BONAMASSA RELEASED A HEART-FELT AND ENCOURAGING MESSAGE TO HIS FANS AND THE MUSIC…