A mix of pop, gospel and homespun pleasures are produced by singer/songwriter Jennifer Porter. Along with being supported by the legendary session drummer Bernard Purdie, she’s backed by a mix and match team of Miho Nobuzane/key, George Naha/g, Cindy Cashdollar/ps,…
Month: January 2022
Jessica Pavone: Lull
Composer and conductor Jessica Pavone conducts an eight piece string octet of Aimee Niemann-Charlotte Munn-Wood/vi, Jessica Pavone-Abby Sidler/va, Christopher Hoffman-Meaghan Burke/cel and Shayna Dulberger-Nicholas Jozwiak/b along with soloist Nate Wooley/tp and Brian Chase/perc. The four pieces include melancholy strings in…
Manny Kellough and Friends: Speaking of Jazz (West to East Coast)
]Drummer Manny Kellough brings out jazz from the west and east coast that is as timeless as his Christian faith, teaming with Wes Biles-Gary Brown/b, Matt Clark-William Knowles/p, Michael Thomas/tp, Antonio Parker/as and Julian Hipkins-Ashley Kellough-Azuer McCall/voc for some hip…
PAN Project Ensemble: PAN Project
Traditional East Asian instrumentation and atmospheres mix with Western tones on this album by the band PAN Project Ensemble, which includes gamin/piri, Jeff Roberts/guqui, Ned Rothenberg/shakuhachi-bcl, Ying-Chieh Wang/erhu, Woonjung Sim/perc and Sae-Yeon Jeong/voc. Each of the ten songs includes stories…
IT’S TOP TEN TIME!
As Dickens so wisely wrote, “It was the best of times, It was the worst of times” For concert performances,.2021 was definitely one of the worst years ever. Most clubs were either closed down for most of the year, or…
ELIANE ELIAS: MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL…
WITH HER LATEST ALBUM (MIRROR, MIRROR) UP FOR A GRAMMY, PIANIST ELIANE ELIAS CAN EASILY JUSTIFY ASKING THE FAMOUS QUESTION IN SNOW WHITE, “MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO’S GOT THE FAIREST ALBUM MOST OF ALL?” HAVING BEEN NOMINATED FOR 9 GRAMMYS AND …
BILL CHARLAP: BERNSTEIN, STANDARDS AND THE ART OF THE TRIO
THE JAZZ TRIO OF PIANO, BASS AND DRUMS HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF JAZZ SINCE MODERN TIMES. PIANIST BILL CHARLAP HAS BECOME ONE OF IT’S MASTERS, AND HIS 20+ YEAR TEAM OF BASSIST PETER WASHINGTON AND DRUMMER KENNY WASHINGTON HAVE…
Ed Neumeister Quartet: What Have I Done?
Trombonist/composer Ed Neumeister gives everyone a chance to display their wares in solo and in mix and match environs on this release. The complete team of Neumeister with Gary Versace/p, Drew Gress/b and Tom Rainey/dr are featured on half the…
Beledo: Seriously Deep
Born in Uruguay and now stationed in New York, guitarist, pianist and composer Beledo teams up with bassist Tony Levin and drummer Kenny Grohowski (and some guests) for seven rich fusioned originals. Each song is a majesterial journey, with Jorge…
Lawrence Sieberth: Musique Visuelle-Music for Piano Trio and Orchestra
Pianist and composer Lawrence Sieberth brings together his trio of Henry Cole-Jamis Ross/dr and Yasushi Nakamura-Ricky Rodriguez/b to juxtapose with an orchestra of strings and horns to create a wide palate of moods. Sometimes, the strings are dominant for the…