An intriguing trio is created by leader Daniel Herskedal as he plays bass trumpet and tuba with Eyolf Dale on piano and celesta along with Helge Norbakken on drums and marimba. It’s quite difficult to tell the difference between the…
Month: July 2021
INDEPENDENT LADIES…Alyssa Allgood: What Tomorrow Brings, Alyssa Jacey: Live! Lauren Lee: Queen of Cups, Anais Reno: Lovesome Thing, Rebecca Kilgore: The Rebecca Kilgore Trio Volume 1
Female singers of independent minds.. Alyssa Allgood joins together with Mike Allemana/g, Dennis Carrolll/b and George Fludas/dr as she mixes band originals and standards. She has a girl-next-door coziness to her voice and delivery, cozying up to Allemana’s sleek strums…
THIS IS A JAZZ PIANO…Art Tatum: The Art Tatum Collection 1932-47
If you’re going to learn about jazz piano, there are a handful of essential musicians that you simply have to associate yourself with. Here’s the list: Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock and McCoy…
Putumayo: World Café’
It’s hard not to get addicted to the Putumayo catalogue. Not only does the label bring you wonderful music from afar (no matter where you live), but they almost always include a local recipe in the liner notes. How could…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Rahsaan Barber: MOSAIC
Just when you think the future of music has gone to the Philistines, along comes a guy like Rahsaan Barber, who plays alto, baritone and tenor sax as well as alto and tenor simultaneously a la Roland Kirk. He’s supported…
Joe Bonamassa: Now Serving Royal Tea Live From the Ryman
If nothing else, you have to admit that Joe Bonamassa knows how to work an audience, even a cardboard one! Tired of staying cooped up in his LA home and studio, Joe Bonamassa got together his working band of Reese…
TONY BENNETT AND EARLY ROCK FROM AVID…Tony Bennett: Five Classic Albums, Various Artists: Rock ‘N’ Roll Heroes, Five Classic Albums
The latest cache from UK-based reissue vets Avid Records gives some of the best crooning you’ll ever come across. Still alive and with us, Tony Bennett has created an impressive catalogue over the years that stands as a standard bearer.…
Marcelo Paganini: Identity Crisis
Marcelo Paganini plays the guitars and most of the keyboards along with vocalist Billy Sherwood and a collection of supporting artists like Chade Wackerman, and Lenny White . Yes-alumnus Sherwood has a voice similar to Greg Lake, getting dramatic on…
Mark Murdock: The Phoenix Has Risen
Mark Murdock plays drums, keyboards, horns and percussion along with lead vocalist Time Pepper, guitarist Daniel Kubota, bassists Kenta Shimokuni and a collection of guests on this mix of 80s sounding rock. Pepper sounds a bit like Peter Gabriel, while…
The Strawbs: Settlement
At one time, the David Cousins led band The Strawbs was one of the most creative bands of what was then called “progressive rock”, mixing English folk and classical with modern themes. At one time Rick Wakeman was the pianist…