Sound effects and atmospheres are created by pianist Joachim Kuhn as he teams with engineer and electronic experimenter Klaus Scheuermann on a mix of ambience of intuition. Lots of dark ruminations wander in the corners on “Gluckszahl 23” while tiny…
Month: November 2020
OVERLOOKED LADIES…The Best Voices Time Forgot: Jean Hoffman/Sings and Swings, Doroth Carless/The Carless Touch; Ruth Price: My Name Is Ruth Price…I Sing!/The Party’s Over
One of the real pleasures in today’s technology is the fact that guys like Spain’s Jordi Pujols is able to find obscure jazz albums and help us rediscover true artists that were overlooked during a time of singer overload. This…
FUJII IN TWO FORMS…Satoko Fuiji & Natsuki Tamura: Pentas, Ikue Mori, Satoki Fujii + Natsuki Tamura: Prickly Pear Cactus
Free form sounds by legendary pianist Satoko Fujii along with Natsuki Tamura explore new worlds. Abstract and environmental sounds are created by trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii on these eight intuitive conversations. Tamura uses her horn mostly for…
HIS BACK PAGES…Chris Hillman: Time Between-My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond
Only those that are really “in the know” remember Chris Hillman as the progenitor and creator of what became known as “country rock”. Up until that time, there was either C&W or rock and roll, but singer, songwriter, mandolinist and…
WOMEN OF THE WORD…Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter: He & Me, Kristiana Romer: House of Mirrors, Nora Jean Wallace: Blues Woman
Sing to me! Ada Bird Wolfe sings like she’s lived a few of these lyrics, possessing a rich and palpable tone, but flexible enough to swing it as she teams with the warm hands of pianist Jamieson Trotter on some…
Gillian Margot: Power Flower
Vocalist Gillian Margot is one of the few ladies that can successfully walk the tightrope of jazz and soul, displayed with aplomb on this album with long-time teammate Geoffrey on piano and keyboards. The rest of the core consists of…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Alvaro Rojas: Gran Kasa
Exciting mixes of tropical jazz and rock are stirred together by Canadian guitarist and composer Alvaro Rojas and his energetic team of Meredith Bates/vi, Peggy Lee/cel, Chris Gestrin/p-key, James Meger/b, Sam cartwright/dr, Liam MacDonald/perc, Elis Thorn/harp, Sam Davidson/cl-bcl and guest…
GETZ GETS RE-EXAMINED…Tim Garland: ReFocus
Tenor sax hero Stan Getz’s classic 1961 teaming of strings and horn gets a tip of the hat by Tim Garland as he brings together his own string team and jazz band of Asaf Sirkis/dr, Yuri Goloubev/b along with cameos…
TIMELESS FUSION…Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb: Electric Blue
Both bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb have supplied the pulse to fusion giants ranging from guitarists Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Pat Martin and Larry Coryell to big bands such as Gil Evans. This duet at times sounds as…
Chico Pinheiro: City of Dreams
Brazilian guitarist Chico Pinheiro creates rich meldings of post bop sounds with native intuitions on this latest album with guest ChrisPotter on sax and his regular team of Tiago Costa/p, Bruno Migotto/b and Edu Ribeiro/dr. Potter adds extra pep as…