If you haven’t heard of Harold Land, you need to first of all be reminded that he was part of Clifford Brown’s classic 50s quintet. Now, if you haven’t heard of Clifford Brown, then we need to talk. Harold Land…
Month: June 2021
Slide Attack: Road Trip
A formidable two trombone line is created by Howard Levy and Alan Goidel as they give brassy bravado bopping originals with a team of Hiroshi Yamazaki/p, Michael Goetz/b and Chuck Zeuren/dr. What’s clever here is that most of the tunes…
Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White: Shadows Fall
Ebullient duos by the warm light baritone Jonathan Karrant and pianist Joshua White are delivered on this collection of intimate standards. Karrant is lyrical and earnest in his deliveries throughout, putting through and feeling behind “Simply The Best” and in…
Sinikka Langeland: Wolfe Rune
I don’t know much about the Finnish zitherlike instrument called the kantele, but Sinikka Langeland uses it to create a wide range of sounds and moods as she accompanies herself on a mix of traditional tunes and originals. Bowed, it…
Jorgen Emborg Quintet featuring Steve Swallow: Over The Rainbow
Post bop pianist Jorgen Emborg leads a rich quintet anchored by the legendary electric bassist Steve Swallow along with Alex Riel/dr, Lisbeth Diers/perc and Fredrik Lundin/ts-ss on this collection of “live” tracks from material recorded in Copenhagen back in March,…
Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Moon On The Lake
Indefatigable pianist Satoko Fujii creates a trio with drummer Ittetsu Takemura and cellist/bassist Takashi Sugawa for five intuitive original compositions ranging from just under nine to over eighteen minutes. The mode here is moods, as there is an eerie atmosphere…
LADY BIRDS…Rosalyn McClore: The Pretty Painted Ladies of Wellington Street, Marro: Love Is For All Time, The Lovely Le Perez: Live at Savanna Jazz,
Women with a lyrical voice… Sophisticated soul is on the plate served by Rosalyn McClore who accompanies herself on piano, organ and even harpsichord with bassist Ron Long and drummer Emilio Valdez. She has an ability to get earthy with…
Richie Kaye’s Space City Funtet: Blast Off!
Richie Kaye is building up a catalogue of music that is made for some undetermined sound track. This latest album has the leader playing just about anything you can hit with a stick, push, pull or clang, along with Tony…
Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future
Led by composer, writer, philosopher and saxist, Shabaka Hutchings, the Sons Of Kemet bring forth musical messages and social observations in a way to mix genres and worldviews. The team hear includes poets like Moor Mother, Joshua Idehen and D…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Mark Lewis Quartet: Naked Animals
Recorded 30 years ago on a “live” half track gig, Mark Lewis’ then team of Willem Kuhne/p, James Long/b and Frans van Grinsven/dr remind us of what a real gig sounded like, with a fresh set of originals in a…