Sublime and gorgeously swinging sounds are emanating from the luscious voice of Magos Herrera and her top notch “supporting” cast of bassist John Patitucci, drummer Antonio Sanchez and piano Chano Dominguez. The three stallions are reigned in, and the percolating…
Month: September 2020
SLAM FOR SEPTEMBER…Viola Falb/Bernd Satzinger/Mark Holub: A Room For You, Breadcrumb Trio: Breadcrumb Trio, Haslam/Madeira/Rua/Lopes: Ajuda, Stephanos Shytiris & Nikolas Skordas: Invisible War
Four new albums by UK based and outside the box label SLAM… 15 tunes, ranging from half a minute over eight, are delivered by tenor saxist Viola Falb, drummer Mark Holub and bassist Bernd Satzinger. The longer pieces included a…
Jason Kao Hwang: Human Rites Trio
Jason Kao Hwang plays violin and viola as he teams up with bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Andrew Drury for six originals. Hwang’s tone is rich and gorgeous, making the outside and left tunes quite accessible. The trio sounds a…
Noshir Mody: An Idealist’s Handbook
Guitarist Noshir Mody subtitles this album “Identity , Love and Hope in America 2020”, with some poignant lyrics sung by Kate Victor on a few of the tunes to focus the direction of the attitude. Of the vocal pieces, Victor…
David Gilmore: From Here To Here
Guitarist David Gilmore fronts a quartet with pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Brad Jones and drummer EJ Strickland through post bop originals, demonstrating a taking of the baton from John Scofield in terms of sound and application of modern tones. Most…
Tony Davis: The Golden Year
Guitarist Tony Davis shows a strong John Scofield influence on this rich textured collection of originals and standards. He’s got a core team of David Bryant/p, Dezron Douglas/b and Eric McPherson/dr along with guest all stars in trombonist Steve Davis…
Ladies of Song…Susie Meissner: I Wish I Knew, Ceu: Apkai, Beth Duncan: I’m All Yours
Women of the word… Susie Meissner sings with a clear and easy swing on this set of standards with a first class team of Ken Peplowski/cl, Larry McKenna/ts, John Swana/tp-fh-EVI, Paul Meyers/g, John Shaddy/p, Lee Smith/b and Byron Landham/dr. Meissner…
Jon Strahl Band: Heartache and Toil
Blue plate servings of shuffling blues is served up by guitarist/singer Jon Strahl and his rootsy band. The strings can range from Atkins clean to boogie woogie swamp in the matter of bars as on “Heartache and Toil” while shuffling…
VINTAGE ROCKERS…Intelligent Music Project V: Life Motion, Staring Into Nothing: LOVE
Yes, rockers can show intelligence and signs of life, with lyrics able to say more than “I just want to rock and roll all night and party every day”. Here are a couple of samples. The Intelligent Music Project boasts…
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE: PORTRAITS OF MUSICAL AND SOCIAL ICONS
THE STONE DOESN’T GATHER MUCH MOSS WHEN THE ROCK IS BASSIST CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE. OWNER OF THE MOST DISTINCT SOUND ON THE BASS, MCBRIDE HAS BEEN ON A CREATIVE ROLL THE PAST YEAR, RELEASING HIS FUNKY NEW JAWN ALBUM BEFORE PUTTING…