Alto saxist Alexander McCabe teams up with vocalist/sister Anne, a solid rhythm team of Paul Odeh/p, Chris Haney/b and Jeff Brown/dr and guest tenor sax titan George Coleman on a solidly swinging set of old school sounding mix of originals…
Month: January 2021
REMEMBER JAZZ CLUBS? Max Haymer: Whirlwind-Live At Sam First
Long ago, in a land, far far away… There were jazz clubs, and people would sit or stand within 6 feet of each other and NOT WEAR MASKS! No one used disinfectant, and they ate and drank, sitting within spitting…
TOP TEN TIME AND THE POWER OF “OOMPH”
YES, WHILE THERE WAS A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF GIGS, AT LEAST WE GOT TO HEAR SOME NEW MUSIC. SOME OF IT WAS PRETTY CREATIVE IN LIGHT OF THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID “SOCIAL DISTANCING’. WE GOT A BUNCH OF “SOLO”…
THE FOUR EXILES OF SONNY ROLLINS-PART TWO
“It’s a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten path. Many are called, few are chosen” THE RAZOR’S EDGE IN THIS SECOND PART, WE FIND SONNY ROLLINS TAKING HIS SECOND SABBATICAL, THIS TIME TO INDIA FOR FINALLY FINDING…
THE FOUR EXILES OF SONNY ROLLINS-PART ONE
“It’s a long, arduous road he’s starting to travel, but it may be that at the end of it he’ll find what he’s seeking” THE RAZOR’S EDGE Somerset Maugham’s classic novel The Razor’s Edge is about a man, who…