The mix of salsa with Horace Silver’s patented hard bop was a great inspiration for trombonist Conrad Herwig, leading a nonet of Igor Butman/ts, Craig Handy/as-fl, Alex Sipiagin/tp-fh, pianists Michel Camilo and Bill O’Connell alternating along with Ruben Rodriguez/b, Robby…
Month: September 2020
Putumayo Presents: Brazil-Samba, Bossa and Beyond!
You even get a recipe’ for a Caiprinha Cocktail on this tasty album of various current stars in the Brazil scene. What more could you ask for? As far as the music, nothing satisfies like that seductive nasal soto voce…
Kurt Allen: Whiskey, Women & Trouble
Low ceilinged juke joint moods are created by guitarists and growling vocalist Kurt Allen with a Moose Lodging crew of Craw Lew/b, Lester Estelle Jr/dr, Beaux Lux/key-ts, Pete Carroll/tp and Trevor Turla/tb on a decalogue of foot stomping originals. There…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Throttle Elevator Music: Emergency Exit
Here’s an exciting album by this generation’s prophetic voices mixing jazz with modern sounds that crosses all lines of taste. Tenor sax titan Kamasi Washington takes part in this sessoin with Matt Montgomery/b-p, Gregory Howe/g-b-B3, Erik Jekabson/tp-fh, Mike Hughes-“Lumpy”/dr, Kasey…
VOCAL DUETS…Ran Blake & Christine Correa: When Soft Rains Fall, Shimpei Ogawa & Noa Levy: You Me & Cole, Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky: Please Leave Your Light On
Vocal pas de deux… The material sung by Billie Holiday on her harrowing Lady In Satin album is interpreted by the team of vocalist Christine Correa and pianist Ran Blake on this personal collection. A couple of other pieces from…
INSTRUMENTAL DUETS!…Chad Fowler/ WC Anderson: Lacrimosa, Ran Blake & Frank Carlberg: Gray Moon, Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson: Chicago
TEASE FOR TWO… WC Anderson plays the drums while Chad Flower blows on conventional saxes such as the alto, tenor and baritone as well as the more obscure sopranino, C Melody and Saxello on this mix of intuitive conversations. The…
Ryan Cohan: Originations
Pianist and composer Ryan Cohan brings in the Kaia String Quartet of Victoria Moreira/v, Naomi Culp/v, Amanda Grimm/va and Hope DeCelle/cel to rich effect as it blends in with his jazz combo to rich satisfaction. The team of John Wojciechowski/cl-fl-afl-ts,…
60 YEAR OLD SECRETS…Nick Mason: Saucerful Of Secrets-Live At The Roundhouse
Celebrating 3 score years of the tectonic shift created by prog rock and jazz fusion bands from 1969-70, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason revisits the initial albums that were much more jazzy, experimental and essentially ignored after their breakthrough Dark Side…
Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within
Having previously melded Armenian liturgical tones with modern jazz, pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan creates a rich mosaic of poetry, post bop piano and themes from his Byzantine culture. Hamasyan plays piano and keyboard aw well as multitracking his voice to create…
Jose’ Rizo’s Mongorama: Mariposas Cantan
LA DJ Jose’ Rizo practices what he preaches on radio station KKJZ, as he leads a sizzling band that could fill the airwaves on anything I’d like to cruise to on a Friday night. This time around, violinist Dayren Santamaria…