Month: September 2021

Will Boyd: Soulful Noise

On a variety of woodwinds, Will Boyd conjures up sonic images of Coltranesque tones and jazz roots with a team of Taber Gable/p, Darryl Hall/b and Kenneth Brown/dr. Boyd starts things off with a solo soprano recitative of the spiritual…

Cedrus Libani: Hackout!

Here’s a debut album by the Italian trio of Manuel Caliumi/as, Luca Zennaro/g and Riccardo Cocetti/dr, mixing a bit of original material with a clever take of a Baby Boomer hit. The team is bold, brash and a bit quirky,…

MPS RECORDS: THE SURVIVAL OF JAZZ AGAINST ROCK…Oscar Peterson: Motions & Emotions, Joe Henderson: Mirror Mirror, Freddie Hubbard: The Hub of Hubbard, Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love,  Bill Evans: Symbiosis, George Duke: The Inner Source, Monty Alexander: Live In Montreux, Baden Powell: Images On Guitar

Back in the 60s and 70s, jazz musicians and singers were playing to empty rooms as music fans flocked to hear the new and “here to stay” rock and roll. How did the jazzers respond? That’s what the label MPS…