Playing more varieties of bass that could be listed in a review, Lincoln Goines celebrates the bass with a wide variety of guests including Tom Kennedy, Goins Vasileva, Victor Wooten, Susan Hagen, Gal Aviram and Mike Pope (am I missing…
Month: September 2022
Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau/Christian McBride/Brian Blade’s Mood Swing Reunion @ The Soraya 09.22.22
The first Post- COVID season at The Soraya kicked off in high gear and high class with a twenty five year reunion that saxist Joshua Redman joked “got delayed by a few years due to unexpected lockdowns and disease”. Finally…
Kyle Eastwood’s Cinematic Band @ Catalina’s 09.21.22
For the first time, bassist Kyle Eastwood was able to bring his “regular” working band from the other side of the pond to the states, presenting material mostly from his recent creative interpretation of movie themes from the album…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****WHERE WAS THIS GUY HIDING? Don Sleet: All Members
I know that I’ve said this before, but just when you think you’ve heard every hard bopping trumpet player, Spain-based Fresh Sound Records digs into the magma to find another undiscovered gem. This time, it’s Don Sleet (1938-61), and he…
ENCORE OF JAZZ SAMBA ENCORE…Nate Najar: Jazz Samba Pra Sempre, Anne Walsh: The Astrud Project
Guitarist Nae Najar gives tribute to the classic meeting between Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and Joao Gilberto during the days when samba took over the world and essentially saved jazz. The mood is much the same…
SOUNDS FROM HEE HAW…The Hagers: The Complete Capitol Albums
Believe it or not, one of the longest-running TV shows was Hee Haw, which first ran on CBS from 1969-71, then went into syndication from 71-93 and then on TNN from 96-97. It popularized many artists such as Buck Owens…
Don Paul: Love Over War
Funky horns and soulful struts are delivered by Don Paul and his Rivers Answer Moons team of Roger Lewis/sax, Herlin Riley/dr, Kirk Joseph/sousaphone, Mario Abney/tp, Michael Torregano/key and guests including Erica Falls. The album does vocal and instrumental version of…
SaltmanKnowles: Native Speaker
The co-led team of bassist Mark Saltman and pianist William Knowles serves up vintage and classic hard bop sounds with an extra pizzaz supplied by violinist-guitarist Leonard Brown and a team of Keith Butler/dr and mixed and matched horns of…
GUITAR TIME…Pasquale Grasso: Be-Bop!, Steve Tibbetts: Hellbound Train
Few albums capture the excitement of bebop these days, usually being watered down by rock or fusion. Guitarist Pasquale Grasso teams up with drummer Keith Balla and bassist Ari Roland for a straight, no chaser take of bopping standards, capturing…
Kate Wyatt: Art If Fact
Post bop sounds are delivered by pianist/composer Kate Wyatt and her buoyant team of Lex French/tp, Adrian Vedady/b and Jim Doxas/dr. Wyatt has a classical feel to her tone, working through Vedady’s pizzicato’d bass on the intricate “Antepenultimate” and has…