Bassist Or Bareket leads an intuitive and electronic driven team of Morgan Guerin/ts-EWI-org, Jeremy Corren/p-key and Savannah Harris/dr through a series of originals that are highly reminiscent of Jaco Pastorius-era Weather Report. In fact, the opening “Root System” with guest…
Month: August 2022
A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE…Don Hanson: Echoes of Light
Don Hanson uses his saxophones as his pulpit as he preaches the gospel of light and love with his team of vocalist Joy Hanson, pianist Shingo Kano, bassist Don Hanson II and drummer Reggie Nicholson. Don’t expect songs from your…
TOUGH TENORS…Johnny Griffin-Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet: At Onkel Po’s Carnegie Hall Hamburg 1975
By the 1970s, the tides of jazz were turning towards fusion, with acoustic artists wondering where everyone went. Well, fast forward half a century, and today I rarely listen to my old Weather Report or Headhunters albums, but albums by…
Clemens Grassmann: Grass Machine
Drummer Clemens Grassmann brings his sticks and pen for playing, writing and arranging for his tunes to be interpreted by his team of Aaron Bahr/tp, David Milazzo/as, Sam Dillon/ts, Chis McCarty/p and Cole Davis/b. Grassmann shares the spotlight and wealth…
WOMEN WITH A VOICE…Angel Forrest: Angel’s 11, Volume II, Tia Brazda: When I Get Low, Tetel Di Babuya: Meet Tetel
Lyrical ladies… Angel Forrest is a throwback to the singer/songwriter days of the 1970s. On this album of originals, she mixes and matches partners, sounding like a modernization of The Eagles or Poco, but with a lady at the mic.…
LIFE AFTER COLTRANE…Elvin Jones Jazz Machine: At Onkel Po’s Carnegie Hall January 1981
While best known for his legendary work with John Coltrane, drummer Elvin Jones had a significant and important career as a leader, with various incarnations of his Jazz Machine. This one, rarely if ever recorded, is caught in concert in…
Chris Cortez: Live At Blue Bamboo
Recorded in February and April of this year, guitarist Chris Cortez teams with pianist Bob Thornton and mixes/matches with Joel Rosenblatt-Jeff Sipe/dr, Ron Jenkins-Doug Mathews/b, Jeff Rupert/ts, John DePaola/tp or Dan Jordan/fl on a collection live performances. Cortez gives a…
DANCE PARTY TIME!!! Twist-A-Rama Volume 1, R&B Goes R&B-My Baby Left Me
I know that it’s hard to believe, but at one time people actually played music at parties that was NOT for background atmosphere. People actually danced in their homes to songs! Sometimes it was a birthday party, for graduation from…
Abiola: Abiola Time
Moods, messages, songs and evocations from all over the world are delivered by vocalist Abiola on this album that ranges from Caribbean street fests and steel drums on “Para Ti, Para Mi” to synth-disco pulsed “Naked Pulse”> Her voice is…
Brian Bromberg’s Unapologetically Funky Bombastic Band@Catalina’s 08.12.22
With a catalogue that ranges from being a sideman for Stan Getz to solo albums dedicated to Jaco Pastorius or Jimi Hendrix, the bodaciously bold bassist Brian Bromberg brought in a musical canvas of bright colors with his Unapologetically Funky…