Swing strung guitarist Andre Ferreri teams with Ziad Rabie/ts, Kobie Watkins/dr, Anna Dtadlman/b, Brad Wilcox/tp and a rotating piano team of Mark Stallings-Phillip Howe-Sean Higgins for a sleek collection of originals. He shows he can slide through a shuffling beat…
Month: August 2021
Hank Roberts Sextet: Science of Love
Cellist Hank Roberts leads a loose and intuitive team of Brian Drye/tb, Dana Lyn vi, Mike McGinnis/cl-ss, Jab Sacks/p and Vinnie Sperrazza/dr through a series of mixed and matched originals. The team is post bopped left of center as McGinnis’…
Patti Parks: Whole Nother World
I had to do a double take (and listen) after listening to this swampy R&B album by vocalist Patti Parks and her team Kenny Neal/g-voc-harm, Carlton Ross/g, Arlando “O’Connor/b, Brandon Adams-Fredrick Neal-Guy Nirelli/key and Michael Harris/dr. The eight tunes here…
Van Dyke Parks Orchestrates Veronica Valerio: Only In America (Solo En America)
For this four song ep, a pair of legends get together for creative output. Mexican vocalist, songwriter and harpist Veronica Valerio teams up with the orchestrations of Van Dyke Parks for some gorgeous and dramatic material. Valerio’s luscious voice is…
Groove Legacy@The Baked Potato 08.10.21
There’s nothing like “the hang” at a local jazz club, and with things beginning to open up in the land of soon to be recalled Gavin Newsome, people are starting to grab on to the gentle mercies of musical life…
WHERE HAS THIS BEEN HIDING?!?…Harvie S Trio: Going For It
This trio album led by bassist Harvie S has a great “live” feel to it. No wonder, as it includes perennial touring man Mike Stern on guitar along with drummer Alan Dawson from a series of gigs back in 1985…
SOUND IS THE THING…JD Allen: Queen City
The catalogue of tenor saxist JD Allen has shown an intriguing trajectory. It has appeared that with each subsequent album, Allen has focused more and more on tone, delving into the territory of the fog of Ben Webster, with the…
SO, THESE EIGHT BEATS GO INTO A BAR…Bobby Charles: Later Alligator! Recordings and Compositions 1955-62
Singer/songwriter Bobby Charles (1938-2010) had the kind of musical career I would have loved to have. One of the pioneers of the version of jumping blues in the deep south that later became called “Swamp Rock”, he did a bit…
PATTON’S PIANIST BEFORE HE TOOK 5…Dave Brubeck: The Early Years Singles Collection 1950-52
Right after getting of George Patton’s army in WWII, Dave Brubeck went and changed the rhythmic world of modern jazz. This two disc, 50 song collection shows Brubeck’s evolution, ranging from hip trio, to artsy octet and then looking for…
THE FORGOTTEN FEMALE VOCALIST…Carmen McRae: The Singles & Albums Collection 1946-58
Usually, when people start getting into the pioneers of modern jazz female vocalists, they begin with the triumvirate of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. For some reason, Carmen McRae (1922-94) gets overlooked these days, although at one time…