Guitarist and vocalist Brandon Clark leads a team of fellow Okies Ryan McCall/g, Sam Naifeh/g and Chris Bell/b with drummer James Purdy/dr for an album filled with southern blues rock riffs and voices. You get a mix of C&W and…
Month: December 2021
GIRLS WITH THE BLUES…Sue Foley: Pinky’s Blues, Robbin Kapsalis & Vintage #18: Soul Shaker
Canadian guitarist and singer Sue Foley belts out the boogie blues rocking with Jon Penner/b, Chris Layton/dr, Mike Flanigin/B3 and guest Jimmie Vaughan on this barrelhouse collection of juke joint jumpers. She shows some impressive chops jamming with Vaughan on…
Gregory Porter:Still Rising-The Collection
Just in time for Christmas, Blue Note releases a stocking stuffer of Greg Porter that sounds like one of those classic variety shows of the 1950s and 60s, which is fitting, since Porter seems to be the next Nat “King”…
THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP…Keith Jarrett: Facing You-50th Anniversary
Who know that on the date of November 10, 1971 when Keith Jarrett took a day off from his tour with Miles Davis to walk into the Ame Bendiksen studio in Oslo, Norway to record some solo piano ideas that…
THE WARD BOND OF JAZZ…Oscar Peterson: More Classic Verve Albums
Go ahead-make a list of the All Time Top 100 Movies. Then ask the question, “What actor/actress has been in most of them?” Most people will guess John Wayne, James Stewart, Tom Hanks. You know who it was? Ward Bond.…
THE SOUNDTRACK FOR A GENERATION…Henry Mancini: Movies & Moods-The Magic of Mancini 1956-62
If any pre-Beatle composer could take claim for creating a musical background for the Baby Boomer Generation, my money would bet on Henry Mancini (1924-1994). This two disc, 52 song collection puts together music that was featured in a plethora…
Alexander McCabe: Body and Soul
Alto and soprano saxist Alexander McCabe goes into bop and modal territory with his team of Paul Odeh/p, Ugonna Okegwo/b and Craig Wuepper/dr on this mix of originals and standards. His horn flies like Bird on a busy and bluesy…
Randal Clark: Imaginary World
Randal Clark teams up with fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber for some vintage plugged in sounds. Clark himself plays mostly alto, but changes things up once in awhile, while Lorber is like a utility infielder, playing bass, keyboards, guitar, even bringing…
Pat Bianchi: Something to Say-The Music of Stevie Wonder
The comfort food of jazz has always been the B3 trio with guitar and drums. Pat Bianchi teams up with guitarist Paul Bollenback and drummer Byron Landham with guest tenor saxist Wayne Escoffery (making for the comfort food of quartets)…
CLASSY TRIOS…David Janeway: Distant Voices, Carsten Dahl/Bo Stief/Alex Riel: Our Songs
The foundation of modern jazz, the piano trio, is well served on these two recent releases… Midwest bred and now a NYC cat, David Janeway shows a wide swath of talent and accessible bop styles as he plays both piano…