Month: February 2021

Matthew Sweet: Catspaw

Matthew Sweet plays bass, guitars and piano while singing 70-80s styled rock with drummer Ric Menck on this collection of originals. The songs are all “original”, but I swear I’ve heard most of them before, such as the rock steady…

Chris Pattishall: Zodiac

Pianist and leader Chris Pattishall revisits Mary Lou Williams’ classic Zodiac Suite from 1945, but instead of playing it in its original piano trio format, he’s brought in a full band of Riley Mulherkar/tp, Ruben Fox/sax, Marty Jaffe/b, Jamison Ross/dr…

The Nimmons Tribute: Volume 1-To The Nth

Known as the “Dean of Canadian Jazz”, clarinetist Phil Nimmons is given a musical tribute by grandson Sean on piano/Rhodes and a team of Kevin Turcotte/tp-fh, Tara Davisdson/as-ss-cl, Mike Murley/ts, William Carn/tb, Perry White/bs-bcl, Jon Maharaj/b and Ethan Ardelli/dr on…

Yoko Miwa Trio: Songs of Joy

Pianist Yoko Miwa uses her post bopping team of bassist Will Slater and drummer Scott Goulding to interpret her clever originals and take on some bop classics. She shows her dramatic finger skills on a splashy read of Richie Havens’…

Melbreeze: I Love Paris

Right away on the liner notes, Melbreeze lets you know she’s a different type of lady at the microphone, as she credits herself as “vocals, storytelling”. With her team of Scott Kinsey/key/b, Doug Webb/ts, Tim Hagans/tp, Pedro Martins-Josh Smith-Yotam Silberstein/g,…

Dave Restivo: Arancina

Canadian pianist Dave Restivo is best known for his work with the legendary Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass, but this time he goes trio (with a cameo guest) on this luminous session. Fawn Fritzen brings lovely and glistening voice to “Bittersweet…