If you want to hear a guitar workshop, check out this album of mostly instrumentals lead by Andy Watts. He has a core team of Tom Bollig/dr, Tom Mochiach/b, Eyal Klein/key, a swinging Memphis-horned section of Moran BarOn/tb, Gregory Rivkin/t…
Month: November 2020
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****SOLO FLIGHT…Chris Potter: There Is A Tide
There have been a wide variety of ways that jazz artists have adapted to the COVID lockdown. Some have done solo albums, others have streamed performances. Chris Potter, best known for his work on the tenor sax, soprano sax and…
Bonnie Whitmore: Last Will & Testament
Bonnie Whitmore sounds like she just stepped onto the stage of the Moose Lodge, giving heart-on-sleeve emotions along with rootsy blues and ballads. She also plays bass, acoustic guitar and some cellos along with guitarist/horn arranger Scott Davis, drummer Craig…
Eric Revis: Slipknots Through A Looking Glass
Bassist Eric Revis captures the mood, sounds and emotion of Charles Mingus on this album that mixes tradition, free-bop and messages with his team of Kris Davis/p, Bill McHenry/ts, Darius Jones/as and alternating drummers Chad Taylor or Justin Faulkner. Included…
Fumi Tomita: Celebrating Bird/A Tribute To Charlie Parker
Celebrating Charlie Parker’s 100th birthday, bassist Fumi Tomita features tenor saxist David Detweiler along with pianist Art Hirahara and drummer Jimmy MacBride for a collection of originals inspired by the bebop master. Tomita’s touch is nimble, going into a cool…
Emily Asher’s Garden Party: If I Were A Window
A mix of vaudeville,klezmer, Chicago jazz and troubadour stomps are delivered by minstrel Emily Asher as she sings and plays trombone with a fun team of Mike Davis/tp-voc, Jay Rattman/cl-as, James Chirillo/g, Rob Adkins/b, Dalton Rindenhour/p, Jay Lepley and Sam…
Francois Houle 4: Recoder
Clarinetist Francois Houle mixes moody moments of ebony rapture in duo and solo format with loose post bop compositions with his band of Mark Helias on bass and clarinet, drummer Gerry Hemingway and guitarist Gordon Grdina. The shorter tunes include…
The Ben Rosenblum Trio: Portrait of An Artist-The Music of Gregg Hill
Classy and classic trio work is delivered by the Wynton Kelly-inspired piano of Ben Rosenblum along with drummer Ben Zweig and bassist Marty Jaffe on a collection of Gregg Hill compositions during a 2009 gig in swinging East Lansing, Michigan.…
LADY BIRDS…Beth Duncan: I’m All Yours, Rachel Brooke: The Loneliness In Me, Maggie Herron: Your Refrain
Streetwise singer Beth Duncan leads a team of Joe Gilman/p, Steve Homan/g, Matt Robinson/b, Rick Lotter/dr, Jacam Manricks/woodwinds-synth, Brian Kendrick-Guy Kowarsh/perc and Tom Peron-Joe Mazzaferro/tp to interpret tunes from the pen of Martine Tabilio. The moods range from an intimate…
David Sills: Natural Lines
Firm-toned tenor saxist David Sills brings in a two guitar team of Mike Scott and Larry Koonse for a clever quintet pulsed by drummer Tim Pleasant and bassist Blake White. He also plays a mean little flute, smoothly sailing on…