Charles Mingus alumnus Charles McPherson successfully combines swinging bop with movements for ballet on this fascinating release with a flexible team of Terell Stafford/tp, Jeb Patton-Randy Porter/p, Billy Drummond/b, David Wong/b, Yotam Silberstein/g and Lorraine Castellanos/voc. McPherson’s daughter is a…
Month: October 2020
THREESOMES…Trio Linguae: Signals, Gato Libre: Koneka, Keys & Screws: Some More Jazz
A trio of threes… The unorthodox trio of Kevin Woods on trumpet and flugelhorn, pianist Miles Black and John Stowell on steel, nylon and fretless baritone guitars makes for playful work of originals and some jazz standards. Woods and Stowell…
Strat Andriotis: Remember Me At Twilight
Greek born and Canadian living guitarist Strat Andriotis serves up a swinging fusion of sounds on this strong release, his fourth. He’s got a tone and sense of attack not unlike John Scofield, rich and tensile in tone, clean and…
Barrett Martin Group: Scattered Diamonds
Barrett Martin uses a variety of drums and percussions to create different moods and cadences with a flexible and rotating team of Luis Guerra-Kevin Hudson/b, Joe Doria-John Ranger-Ryan Burns/p-key, Paul Fischer-Kim Thayil-Peter Buck/g and a cut and horn section of…
Sojoy + Su Dias: Amistellar
Composer and vocalist Stu Dias teams with fellow singer Sojoy and a backing squad of Eric Klaxton/ts-cl, Matt Langley/ss-ts-bs-bcl, Nick Mainella/ts-cl, Zach Lange/tp, Josh Gagnon/tb, Scott Kiefner/b and Jonny Peiffer/dr for fourteen clever originals that sound like someone has been…
Horizons Jazz Orchestra: Plays The Music of Lee Harris-“The Brite Side”
All stars Carl Saunders/tp and Billy Ross/ts-fl-cl are heavily featured on this album by the Horizons Jazz Orchestra conducted by Michael Balogh and most of the tunes cleverly arranged by Lee Harris. Saunders on trumpet and Ross on tenor glide…
Lawrence Sieberth Quartet: An Evening In Paris
Recorded in studio in France, this album has pianist Lawrence Sieberth in the simpatico atmosphere with Stephane Guillaume on soprano or tenor sax, bassist Michel Benita and Jeff Boudreaux on drums for eight sublime and pastel’d originals. Sieberth’s touch is…
Benny Rubin Jr. Quartet: Know Say Or See
Detroit bred tenor and alto saxist Benny Rubin delivers some soulful post bop with his team of ianist Lex Korten, bassist Adam Olszewki and drummer JK Kim for a mix of originals and modern melodies. On alto, he has a…
Scott Routenberg: Inside
Keyboardist and composer Scott Routenberg creates some artsy moods that mix indie rock with small group jazz. He uses programming as a rhythm section, prancing on “Light Smasher” and dancing on the electric “Flower Moon”. Sofia Kraevska adds voice in…
ROOTS…John Fusco and the X-Road Riders: John The Revelator, Willie Nile: Uncovered, Heidi Newfield: The Barfly Sessions Vol. 1, Cidny Bullens: Walkin’ Through This World, Sugar Ray and the Bluetones featuring Little Charlie: Too Far From The Bar, Peter Himmelman: Press On
Jump blues, shuffling rhythms and tales of the road… John Fusco gets rootsy with songs, attitudes and moods reminiscent of The Band on this ambitious two disc set, divided into a “Southern Chapter” and “Northern Chapter”. He sings with a…