Consisting of Steve Hiltner/as, Jon Krosnick/dr, Paul VornHagen/ts, Brandon Cooper/tp, Sam Clark/g, Keaton Royer/p, Jeff Dalton/b, Aron Kaufman/cong and Olman Piedra/perc, the salsa-flavored Lunar Octet gets together for a festive collection of originals. The percolating hands of Kaufman on the…
Month: March 2021
Steve Gadd Band: At Blue Note Tokyo
Drum legend Steve Gadd takes his all star team of Walt Fowler/tp-fh, Kevin Hays/key-voc, Jimmy Johnson/b and David Spinozza/g (replacing Michael Landau) for a hip mix of Steely Dan-ish jazz. This band has been the backup for the likes of…
Mike Freedman: Into The Daybreak
Canadian guitarist Mike Freedman delivers clean, concise, clear and classy guitar work a la Herb Ellis with a core team of Jeremy Leadbetter/p, Kobi Hass/b, Max Senitt/dr and guests Alex baro/tp, Chris Gale/ts, Curtis Freeman/b and Louis Simao/perc. Vintage post…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****BASS IN FRONT…Leon Lee Dorsey: Thank You, Mr. Mabern
Leon Lee Dorsey gives a tribute to the recently departed pianist, Harold Mabern, who was one of the carriers of the hard bop torch, and died right after this session. This trio album brings Dorsey and Mabern together with vintage…
The 14 Jazz Orchestra: Cartoon Bebop
Produced and arranged by Dan Bonsanti, The 14 Jazz Orchestra is a rotating team of all stars that includes as special guests Peter Erskine/dr, Mark Egan/b, Ed Calle/reeds, Randy Bernson/g, Lindsay Bair/g, Jamie Ousley/b and Peter Brewer/reeds. Egan digs a…
Throttle Elevator Music: Final Floor
The jazz collective Throttle Elevator Music consists of Erik Jekabson/tp, Mike Hughes/dr, Lumpy/dr, Kamasi Washington/ts, Matt Montgomeryb-p and Gregory Howe/g-B3-synth. Their fiprevious album was a collection of concise and catchy tunes, and this follow-up goes in the same direction. The…
The Greg Yasinitsky Yazz Band: New Normal
Greg Yasinitsky wrote and arranged all the music here, as well as plays every type of sax along with his rotating 10 piece band of hard swingers. The Tunes are all upbeat and muscular, with everyone getting a chance in…
FOLKIES ROCKIN’…Uncle Walt’s Band: Recorded Live at Waterloo Ice House, Harry Dean Stanton with the Cheap Dates: October 1993
Acoustic or plugged in, folkies show they can rock and swing… Recorded at the Waterloo Ice House in Austin, Texas back in 1982 as a private pressing, this 21 song collection has the trio of Walter Hyatt, Champ Hood and…
The Generations Quartet: Invitation
Three generations are brought together with this band featuring elder saxman Dave Liebman along with pianist Billy Test, bassist Evan Gregor and Ian Froman on drums as they delve into moods of later period John Coltrane. Liebman is featured on…
Santi Debriano: Flash of the Spirit
Santi Debriano plays both acoustic bass and acoustic guitar with a lithe front horn section of alto saxist Justin Robinson with Flutist Andrea Brachfield with a rhythm team of Bill O’Connell/p, Valinho Anastacio/perc and Tommy Campbell-Francisco Mela/dr and guest Tm…