I get so many female vocal albums that it discourages me from making one a RINGER OF THE WEEK, as so many of them sound exactly alike. Not this one by Anna Laura Quinn. By the cover, I was anticipating…
Month: March 2022
Melissa Aldana: 12 Stars
One of the up and coming tenor saxists and composers, Melissa Aldana, continues here ascent with this latest release with her team of Lage Lund/g-prod, Sullivan Fortner/p-key, Kush Abadey/dr and Pablo Menares/b for these twelve songs that are part of…
Chelsea Walls: Original Music by Jeff Tweedy
The soundtrack for Ethan Hawke’s 2001 indie film Chelsea Walls is reissued here, with a wide range of music included. For jazz fans, the intimate and agonizing take of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy” is visceral pleasure. There’s a lot of…
Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre: Vision
Pianist and composer Oscar Hernandez delivers a tasty mix of Latinized post bop on this latest album with Justo Almario/sax-fl, Jimmy Branly/dr, Oskar Cartaya/b and Christian Moraga/congas along with guests Aaron Janik/tp, Joe Locke/vib and Luisito Quintero/perc. Janik’s horn locks…
STRING AND ‘BONES…Roswell Rudd & Duck Baker: Live
The unlikely duo of acoustic guitarist and post bop trombonist Roswell Rudd make for a fantastically surprising successful mix of sounds, with moods ranging from pre-swing to the wide beyond of the future. 6 stringer Baker has made a career…
WOMEN AT THE MIC…Dawn Derow: My Ship-Songs From 1941, Dee Bell: Love For Sailin’ Over Seas-Then And Now
Women with stories to tell Vocalist Dawn Derow creates a concept album around songs that became popular during the year leading up to America’s involvement in WWII, namely 1941. What? No songs about Joe Dimaggio’s 56 hitting streak or Ted…
Greg Diamond: Conduit
Guitarist and composer Greg Lake leads a post bop team of Seamus Blake/ts, Brian Hogans/as, Mike Eckroth/p, Edward Perez/b, Henry Cole/dr, Mauricio Herrera/perc and Vanessa Diamond/voc for this reissue and then some of a 2011 recording. Diamond brings passionate vocals…
VINTAGE SOUNDS…Bernie Senensky Quartet/Quintet: Don’t Look Back
1989 was a good year for jazz in Canada, judging by this snappy little album from Cellar Live. ‘Twas just a few nights before Christmas (in 1989) and all through the Jazz Partners Studio in Toronto, the team of Bernie…
The Matt Gordy Jazz Tonite Sextet: Be With Me
Drummer Matt Gordy swings hard and with taste with his mix of standards and originals on this release. He’s joined together with Jeff Ellwood/ts-ss, Chris Colangelo/b, Ido Meshulam/tb ,Alan Pasqua/p, Ron Stout/tp-fh and Sherry Williams/voc. Williams gets soulful on an…
EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS FROM BMC RECORDS…Weidner/Dumoulin/Graupe/Terzic: Melanoia, Fabrice Martinez-Laurent Bardainne-Thomas De Pourquery: Droles De Dames, Yves Robert-Bruno Chevillon-Cyril Atef: Captivate, Brun-Courtois-Fincker: Les Demons De Tosca, Miklos Lukacs & Cimbiosis Trio: Music From the Solitude of Timeless Minutes, Csaba Palotai & Steve Arguelles: Cabane Perchee, Sylvain Riflet/Jon Irabagon/Sebastien Bosseau/Jim Black: Rebellions(s)
Hungarian based label BMC specializes in intuitive and creatively loose material. Here are six of their recent releases. Hang on tight! Christian Weidner/as, Jozef Dumouilin/p-key, Ronny Graupe/tstrg and Dejan Terzic/drpperc get together for 8 songs mostly composed by the drummer.…