While you may not be able to attend a gig in the Crescent City these days, the New Orleans High Society gives a sonic portrait of what you’re missing. The band features Cleveland Donald with a singing voice that’s like…
Month: January 2021
Nixon, Croft and Goretti: In Congruence
You could make a convincing argument that the piano/bass/drum trio is the core essence of jazz, as it can capture the intricacies, power and swing of jazz at its most organic and basic. An impressive debut album by the combination…
THE BEST VOICES THAT TIME FORGOT: Sylvia De Sayles-The Best Is Yet To Come/Vera Sanford-Ten Minutes to Midnight, Gale Robbins-I’m a Dreamer/Helen Grayco-After Midnight
Sylvia De Sayles was billed as “the next Lena Horne” and you can hear why-she’s got that bright and earnest glow to her voice, well demonstrated on this album that has her backed by an orchestra conducted by swing master…
Johnny Never: Blue Delta
Johnny Never delivers some picking and grinning with John Colgan-Davis/harp, Dave Young-Ken Pendergast, Paul Patchel-Mark Shustak/perc and Mac Given/cl on this homespun serving of the blues. Never’s voice is rich and avuncular, not dissimilar to Bert Jansch, with some guitar…
Benoit Delbecq: The Weight of Light
Parisian pianist Benoit Delbecq goes solo in a variety of creative formats, adding loops electronic and piano strings to create a tapestry of sounds. His touch is rich and dark, not unlike Mal Waldron, sparkling on “Dripping Stones” and lyrical…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****THE REAL RAINBOW BRIDGE! Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Maui
This two disc/Blu-Ray of Jimi Hendrix’s Experience with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox is part of setting the musical record straight. A handful of the tunes from Hendrix’s famous two 1970 concerts in Maui were on the posthumous…
LUSCIOUS LATINS…Noah Bless: New York Strong, Carla Campopiano: Chicago-Buenos Aires Connections Volume II
South America, the continent that saved jazz, is represented here with two tasty sessions… Trombonist Noah Bless delivers a swinging session of bop and Afro Cuban with his team of mike Eckroth/p, Boris Kozlov/b, Pablo Bencid/dr and Luisito Quintero/perc on…
TRIO TIME…Jihee Heo: Are You Ready?, Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman, Antonio Sanchez: Trio Grande
Pianist and erstwhile vocalist Jihee Heo leads a trio of originals with bassist Marty Kenney and drummer Rodney Green on this album that mixes many a style. She gives a spoken intro to the post bopping title track, and allows…
Joe Bowden: Roots-Tales of the Urban Yoda
Drummer Joe Bowden puts together a rotating team in trio and small group format. The core of Bowden with keyboardist Robi Botos-Michael Shand and bassist Andrew Stewart-Calvin Beale are on a fun funkfest for their outings, celebrating bop with a…
Andrew Renfroe: Dark Grey
On this ep, guitarist Andrew Renfroe gives acoustic and electric reflections ranging from blues to post bop with the spark flying team of alto saxist Braxton Cook, pianist Takeshi Ohbayashi, bassist Luke Sellick and drummer Curtis Nowasad. Most interesting is…