Month: August 2020

Here are modern musings from important ivory carvers. Glenn Zaleski composes most of the pieces for his team of Adam O’Farrill/tp, Lucas Pino/ts, Desmond White/ b and Allan Mednard/dr on this collection of post bop readings. Guitarist Yotam Silberstein joins…

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Known as being one of the first call studio piano guys as well as a sideman for guys like Eddie Daniels or Terry Gibbs and Buddy De Franco, Tom Ranier goes smooth, sleek and upscale on this album with Trey…

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Modern sonatas are created by the duet of bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck and pianist Wayne Horvitz, who also adds a dash of electronics here and there on these 17 intuitive originals. The pair trade off taking the lead in songs, with…

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Guitarist Bill Frisell continues his experimentation with combining guitar tones, songs of American folklore and jazz expressions with his recently formed trio of bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston on their initial release. For one track, “Where Do We…

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Caught in concert at the crossroads of the jazz world in Whitehorse, Yukon, vocalist Fawn Fritzen teams with pianist David Restivo while mixing and matching drummers Tony Ferraro-Kelby MacNayr and bassists Doug Stephenson-John Lee along with guests voices for nine…

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Has it really been a score of years from the time Joe Bonamassa debuted until his latest album The Sleaping Eazys? Originally titled A New Day Yesterday, the album was produced by the legendary Tom Dowd and had him in…

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Clean toned guitarist Steve Cardenas teams up with the first call supporting team of Jon Cowherd/p, Ben Allison/b and the communicative drummer Brian Blade for nine sleek and lyrical originals. Cardenas reveals the cards in his hands when he produces…

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All star cameos come and go like an Agatha Christie film on this exciting album that has pianist Oscar Hernandez lead a 13 member band with 2 vocalists. The team is filled with punch and enthusiasm, bringing out the best…

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Blues hues for youse. Kenny Wayne plays piano and organ, and then sings like he was weaned on the waters of Fats Domino, teaming up with BB King alumnus Russell Jackson on bass, guitarist Yuji Ihara, drummer Joey “The Pocket”…

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The genre of vocal and romantic R&B, called “Doo Wop” never sounded better than with the group The Five Keys, consisting in 1951-58 of brothers Rudy and Bernie West, Maryland Pierce, “Dickie” Smith and Ripley Ingram. Eventually Rudy Dickie were…

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