As part of the Boswell Sisters, Connee Boswell (1907-1976) created the definitive early template for jazz vocals, equaling Bing Crosby in terms of long term influence. This 3 disc, 73 song anthology shows a different side of the talented Ms.…
Month: January 2022
HOW DID WE MISS ALL OF THESE? Rare and Obscure Jazz Albums…Heinie Beau: Moviesville Jazz/Milt Bernhart: The Sound of Bernhart, John Plonsky: Cool Man Cool/Herb Pilhofer: Jazz From the North Coast Vol 2, Bob Keene: Solo For Seven/Lex Glden: In Hi-Fi, Buddy Arnold: Wailing/Vito Price: Swinging The Loop, Paulo Alencar: Jazza Nova/Joao Meirelles: Cool Samba
Fresh Sound Records, the label that has given us collection of music form B movies and undeservedly overlooked vocalists, has now expanded their horizons with a brand new mouth watering category of recordings. This latest set consists of albums made…
Beth McKenna: Beyond Here
From Canada, Beth McKenna makes a good impression here, playing tenor, soprano and tenor sax along with flute and clarinet, even adding some vocals with her band of Francois Jalbert/eg, Guillaume Martineau/p-key, Olivier Babaz/b, Peter Colantonion/dr and vocalist Sara Rossy.…
Charnett Moffett & Jana Herzen Wednesday January Residence @ Catalina’s 01.05.21
First the bad news, and then the good news. The bad news is that if you’re reading this, you missed probably the most joyful jazz gig of the past year. The good news is that the duo of Charnett Moffett…
*****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Michael Stephenson: Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio
Jazz vocals is a lot like college classrooms; they seem dominated by a surfeit of women in attendance. So, when a guy comes around that doesn’t sound like a Buble’ clone, he gets my attention. Michael Stephenson gets that attention.…
Levi Dover Sextet: Imaginary Structures
Bassist and composer Levi Dover brings together an elliptical post bop team of Lex French /tp, Erik Hove/as, Olivier Salazar/vib, Andrew Boudreau/p and Kyle Hutchins/dr for an album of original compositions. There’s a chamber feel to pieces like “First Impressions”…
Medeljazz Quartet: Versature
Fluid post bop sounds are created by the team of Laurent Medelgi/g, Julien Augier/dr, Yves Rossignol/b and Nicolas Fabre/p on this album of ten originals. The team shares the spotlight congenially, with Medelgi’s gentle guitar giving lovely impressions during “Confine”…
Christoph Irniger Trio: Open City
Tenor saxist Christoph Irniger forms a core trio with bassist Raffaele Bossard and drummer Ziv Ravitz, as Loren Stillman/as and Nils Wogram/tb guest on this collection of originals. The team nimbly bops with Wogram’s horn on the bouncy title track,…
LADY VOICES: Alexis Parsons: Alexis, Mafalda Minnozzi: Cinema City, Shawnn Monteiro: You Are There
She’s got something to say! Casual toned vocalist Alexis Parsons rotates between two supporting trios of David Berkman-Arturo O’Farrill/p, Drew Gress-Jonathan Gilley/b and Matt Wilson-Willard Dyson/dr on this modernization of standards. She is husky over Wilson’s nifty drums on “I…
THERE IS A POINT TO THIS, RIGHT? Jo Berger Myhre: Uneinlich Moneuvre, JU: III
Has it come to the point were if it’s not classical, not rock, not folk, not polka, it’s therefore “jazz”? That question has to be raised on this album by Jo Berger Myhre, who plays a variety of basses, amplifiers,…