Today, we have jazz, rock, rap, classical, jazz, folk and country & western. Back in the Depression, there was “Country” and there was “Western”. “Western” was Gene Autry and Roy Rogers; “Country” was The Sons of The Pioneers. Their vocal…
Month: November 2021
The Heavyweights Brass Band: Stir Crazy
Get ready to get run over by a brass Mack Truck, as trumpeter John Pittman, trombonist RJ Satchithananthan and tubaist-trombone man Tom Richards team up with sole saxist Paul Metcalf, drummer Lowell Whitty, B3er Joel Visentin and even guest Aline…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Kirk Lightsley: I Will Never Stop Loving You
Detroit based pianist Kirk Lightsey carries on the tradition of pianists from the Motor City like Tommy Flanagan and Barry Harris on this gorgeous and emotive solo tribute album. Like all great artists of his era, he has an allegiance…
Mark Zaleski Band: Our Time-Reimagining Dave Brubeck
Armed with alto and soprano sax, Mark Zaleski gives a tribute to the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond by exploring that songbook with a cast of Jon Bean/ts, Glenn Zaleski/p, Mark Cocheo/g, Danny Weller/b and Oscar Suchanek/dr. Vocalist…
Rachel Eckroth: The Garden
Composer Rachel Eckroth plays a series of keyboards including the Yamaha CP70, Omnisphere, piano, Korg Minlogue, Prophet 6 and even the famed mellotron with a team of Donny McCaslin/ts, Tim Lefeb vre/b-g, Chrisitan Euman/dr and Austin White/synth on an album…
Al Basile: B’s Testimony
Cornet player, singer, composer and raconteur Al Basile takes you on a hip R&B tour with the swampy team of Kid Andersen/g, Mark Teixeira/dr, Brad Hallen/b, Bruce Bears/key, Doug James/ts and Jeff Charnonhouse/tp on this STAXY collection of originals. You…
Q’d Up: Going Places
Utah based Q’d up is made up of Hayley Kirkland/voc, Ray Smith/reeds, Ron Saltmarsh/g, Steve Leindeman/key, Eric Hansen/b, Jay Lawrence/dr-vib with a couple guests on these grooved originals. Saltmarsh and Lindeman give clean soloing on the festive Latin “Arumana” while…
Roland Templelaar: New York Chapter
Classy mainstream piano trio work is produced Tangerine with Rolan Tempelaar at the helm with bassist Myles Sloniker and drummer Pete Van Nostrand on a mix of standards and originals. His touch is buoyantly reminiscent of Errol Garner’s lyricism and…
Sasha Dobson with Peter Bernstein: Girl Talk
Sasha Dobson sings with a kind of Betty Carter flexibility as she teams with guitar virtuoso Peter Bernstein and mixes and matches with John Hendrickson-Smith/as, Steven Bernstein/tp-fh-sltp, Smith Dobsom/vib, Mauro Refosco/perc, Neal Moiner/b, Dred Scott-Kenny Wollesen/dr and guest Norah Jones…
FREEDOM JAZZ DANCES…Alon Farber: Hagiga, Leon Lee Dorsey: Freedom Jazz Dance
Two recent releases do covers on Eddie Harris’ “Freedom Jazz Dance”. Is something in the air? If you aren’t a member of the Tribe, “Hagiga” translates from Hebrew to “A Festival Offering”. Reading right to left, Alon Farber plays soprano…