Playing saxes and flutes, Matty Steckler delivers eight original post boppers with his team of Curtis Hasselbring/tb, Todd Neufield/g, Dave Ambrosio/b and Satoshi Takeishi/dr-perc. His alto is bright on the angular and Monkish “Unison” with a perky soprano during “Bastard…
Month: June 2021
3 Pairs of Boots: Long Rider
The trio of vocalist Laura Arias, drummer Christian Paschall and Andrew Stern on everything else that is plucked, picked or strummed makes up 3 Pairs of Boots, a team that sounds like a mix of The Byrds, bluegrass and the…
Nicolas King: Act One
High tenor vocalist Nicolas King uses this album as a 25 year anthology of his career, going back to his earliest before his voice changed up to very recent sessions. Some of the songs are like a family home movie,…
Lorenzo Wolff: Down Where The Valleys Are Low
The songs of 70s composer Judee Sill are interpreted by producer and multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Wolff on this dark journey into the singer-songwriter’s tormented thought process. A wide collection of vocalists including Grace McLean, Emily Holden, Michel Cerveris and Mary-Elaine are…
IF BRIAN ENO WERE A JAZZER…Sensitive Chaos: Closer to Home
Sounds, directions and ideas cut from the cloth of Brian Eno are taken to the next logical level in the hands of leader Jim Combs, who leads his ten piece band through a two disc collection of rehearsals and improvisations…
Zac Carson: Something From Before
There are basically two types of jazz recordings, those of all stars who “get together” to cut a disc, and then the albums put together by a working team of artists, none with a big name, but all with a…