Ansible Editions is a new label coming out of the socialist country of Canada, with these three albums finding a way to avoid draconian lockdown laws and create some artsy albums. The Brodie West Quintet consists of Evan Cartwright/vib-dr-g, Josh…
Month: March 2022
PIQUANT…Tyler Kline: Orchard
Composer Tyler Kline brings together an anthology of 50 original compositions, all based on various fruits, bringing in a bus load of pianists to interpret the produce. The harvest of pieces are all fairly short and concise ranging from just…
Jane Rigler-Curtis Bahn-Thomas Ciufo: ElectroResonance
Dreamy atmospheres seemingly destined for movie moods are provided by the intuitive trio of Jane Rigler on flute, Curtis Bahn handling various electronics with stringed instruments and Thomas Ciufo handling both percussion and electronics. Together, dreamlike atmospheres hover as on…
Thomas Delio: Transparent Waves
It’s not often that someone is described as a “composer and theorist”, but that’s Thomas Delio job description that he uses as a basis for his mix of electronics and acoustics on this melding of sounds and moods. On this…
Pierre Lacocque’s Mississippi Heat: Madeleine
Harmonica master Pierre Lacocque blows a mean blue hurricane with a team including Teerrence Williams/dr, Brian Quinn/b, Ruben Alvarez/perc, Giles Corey/g, Inetta Visor/voc, Michael Dotson/voc-g, guests Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith/dr, Carl Weathersby/voc, Lurrie Bell/g and a handful of vocalists and…
BLUES AND EARLY ROCK FROM AVID…Sidney Bechet: Four Classic Albums, Johnny Burnette: Five Classic Albums Plus
Sounds of early jazz and rock n roll are the latest releases by AVID Records Soprano saxist and clarinetist Sidney Bechet was one of the first jazz superstars, with a vibrato as wide as the Grand Canyon. Things start off…
Ermelinda Cuellar: What A Difference A Day Made KARI
Vocalist Ermelinda Cuellar draws you in with her warm and subtle charms on a mix of standards, originals and Latin love affairs with Gilbert Sedeno/p, Greg Petito/g, Anthony Caceres/b, Andre Hayward/tb, Marlon Simon/dr and Anibal Ambert/perc. She’s inviting with nylon…
Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap@Catalina’s 03.18.22
There are simply certain gigs that remind you why you fell in love with jazz in the first place. Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianomeister Bill Charlap did just that to me Friday night at Catalina’s. The simple ingredients of…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Quadro Nuevo: Odyssee-A Journey Into The Light
Leave it to a German band with a Latin name to deliver an album about the Greek classic The Odyssey. Better believe it, as Mulo Francel/reeds, Andreas Hinterseher/acc-band-tp-fh, DD Lowka/b-perc, Chris Gall/-p-key, Paulo Morellog/g, Robert Kainar/dr, Philipp Sterzer/fl and Max…
Ben Thomas’ Tango Project: Eternal Aporia
I’m not sure where the internal contradiction is in Ben Thomas’ album, where he plays bandoneon, vibes and percussion with Eric Likkel/c-bcl, Steve Schermer/b Gretchen Yanover/cel, Brandon Vance/v and Jonathan Geer/p. The music seems to make perfect sense, bringing together…