Rock reminiscent of vintage 1970s is hit hard by Greg Sover, playing a plethora of guitars and singing alongside his band of Garry Lee/b, Allen James/eg and Tom Walling/dr an dguests Wally Smith/keys and Gloria galante/harp on this ep of…
Month: December 2020
Casey James: If You Don’t Know By Now
Here’s an album of red meat for fans of Kenny Wayne Shepherd or Joe Bonamassa. Singer and guitarist Casey James releases a sophomore session to his 2017 Strip It Down for a mix of blues stomping and wailing rockiees. His…
Samo Salamon: Almost Alone Volume 1
In the true jazz spirit of improvisation, guitarist Samo Salamon has taken the lemon of the COVID lockdown and turned it into a lemonade of a project, starting a multi-volume series of guitar duets with six stringed partners from all…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Lafayette Gilchrist: Now
Pianist Lafayette Gilchrist teams up a trio with bassist Herman Burnie and drummer Eric Kennedy for a two disc collection of originals that renews your faith in the “classic” jazz trio. There are no frills here; no gimmicks, not attitude,…
GOOD VIBES…Chien Chien Lu: The Path, Ben Zucker: Fifth Season
Two albums of mallets for your palates. Chien Chien Lu plays both vibes and marimba on this post bop collection of originals and covers with a core team of Shedrick Mitchell/b, Richie Goods,dr and guests Jeremy Pelt/g, Zuintin Zoto/g, Ismel…
LATIN LOVERS…Katchi Cartwright: Rainy Afternoon, Cesar Orozco & Kamarata Jazz: Rooted Forward
Seductive sounds of the Latin world… This four song ep has the lovely flute of Katchi Cartwright teamed with the Brazilian team of Marco Antonio Santos/g, Fabo Augustinis/dr and Jan Flemming/acc for a joyous and breezy outing. Flemming’s hand percussion…
MINSTRELS IN BLUE…Johnny Nicholas: Mistaken Identity, Chris Smither: More From the Levee
Once thought to become extinct, the folksy male singer/songwriter from the 60s and 70s is making a strong comeback. Here are a couple… Johnny Nicholas plays guitars, piano, harmonica and mandocello as he teams up wit ha core of Jud…
Ben Wendel: High Heart
Ben Wendel mixes his tenor sax playing in with some piano, Wurlitzer and EFX as he joins together both Shai Maestro and Gerald Clayton on piano and Fender Rhodes, bassist Joe Sanders, drummer Nate Woods and vocalist Michael Mayo on…
Butcher Brown : #Kingbutch
That center of the jazz world, Richmond, Virginia, is home to the team of KJ Harrison/key-dj, Corey Fonville/dr, Andrew Randazzo/b, Marcus “Tennishu” Tenny/ts-tp-MC and Morgan Burrs/g. The band creates sounds that are reminiscent of vintage 70s funk jams like Herbie…
Dan Liparini: Tesselations
Guitarist Dan Liparini displays mostly cool and clean colors on this deft mix of originals with a sublime cat of Jen Allen /p-key, Matt Dwonsyzk/b and Eric Hallenbeck/dr. Laparini strays only once from the land of Herb Ellis as he…