A mix of post bop and CTI-inspired soul is delivered by the quartet of drummer Rick Vitek, bassits Donn DeSanto, Scott Mertens on piano or keyboards and Jim Kaczmarek playing a variety of reeds and flutes. The band has an…
Month: October 2020
Andreas Vollenweider: Quiet Places
Sounds reminiscent of the halcyon days of Windham Hill and “New Age” music are created by famed harpist Andreas Vollenweider, who also contributes piano, woodwinds, keyboards, percussion and even his voice on this album that also includes drummer/percussionist Walter Keiser…
Rick Cutler: Women & Children
Rick Cutler plays piano, keyboards and a dash of drums on this album that has him In a variety of unassuming settings ranging from solo to a cozy quintet. Of the former there are some lovely piano solos such as…
Modasaurus: 4K
Led by composer James McGowan on piano and keyboards, the whale of a band including Alex Moxon/eg, JP Lapensee/e and Jamie Holmes/dr fuse together a myriad of styles and tastes. The upbeat “The Four Kids (4K) includes Steely Dan-ish guitar…
WILD IN THE STREETS…Agusti Fernandez-Liudas Mockunas: Improdimensions, Francois Carrier/Masayo Koketsu/Daisuke Fuwa/Takashi Itani: Japan Suite, Sam Rivers Trio: Ricochet, Threadare-Jason Stein/Ben Cruz/Emerson Hunton: Silver Dollar, Adam Caine Quartet: Transmisions, ”, Conny Bauer/Matthias Bauer/Dag Magnus Narvesen: The Gift, Vincent Chancey/Wilber Morris/Warren Smith: The Spell-The Vincent Chancey Trio Live, 1987
Pianist Agusti Fernandez teams with Liudas Mockunas on the soprano sax, tenor sax and floor shaking contrabass clarinet for six “Improdimensions” divided into two sections. Of “Improdimension I”, you have Morse Code messages via the puffing mouthpiece in “Part II”,…
TWO TRIOS…Matt Moran Trio: Return Trip, Adam Glaser Trio: Wide Awake
Keyboards in threesomes. Gary Versace plays a deep and harmoniously sophisticated Hammond B3 along with vibist Matt Moran and drummer Tom Rainey on this Hound of Baskervilles fogged collection of tunes. The vibes and Leslies are both mellow on “Ripples”…
RON MILES’ SIGN
PARTULARLY IN JAZZ, IT SEEMS THAT MOST MUSICIAN’S PLAY AS IF THEY WERE BEING PAID BY THE NOTE. MOST ARTISTS FALL INTO THE TRAP OF THINKING “MORE IS BETTER” WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A MUSICAL STATEMENT. IN CONTRAST, TRUMPETER…
JOHN LAKE’S SEVEN ANGELS
SAY THAT YOU WANT TO BECOME A JAZZ MUSICIAN… DO YOU WANT TO BLAZE A NEW TRAIL OR CARRY ON “THE TRADITION”? OR MAYBE DO A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. AND HOW DO YOU FORM YOUR OWN SOUND AND STYLE?…
JEREMY PELT: A JAZZ COLLECTIVE OF THE INTIMATE
WHILE THE WORLD MAY BE IN ‘LOCKDOWN’ MODE, JEREMY PELT’S CAREER HAS BEEN FREE AND ACTIVE. THIS YEAR HE’S RELEASED TWO ALBUMS THAT DISPLAY DIVERGENT COLORS OF HIS PALATE. HE’S MOST RECENTLY RELEASED THE THIRD ALBUM (ASCENSION) FROM HIS HARD…