Bold toned singer Tracye Eileen swings nice and easy on this album the ranges from hard hitting horns to sleek piano trio workings of standards. She’s confident and husky as she coos around the horns on the confident “I Love…
Month: November 2022
BLOWING IN THE WIND…Mountain City Four: Mountain City Four
Just before the British Invasion changed the pop world, the musical sensation of popular music for college age kids was folk music. Bob Dylan, The Limelighters, The Kingston Trio & Peter, Paul and Mary were the major voices of the…
THE LATEST BUSINESS FROM NO BUSINESS….Sam Rivers Trio: Caldera, Rob Brown/Juan Pablo Carletti: Fertile Garden, Howard Riley/Keith Tippett: Journal Four, Daunik Lazro/Jouk Manor/Thierry Madiot/David Chiesa/Louis-Michel Marion: Sonoris Causa
There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there is such a thing as free jazz, as these latest releases by No Business Records attest. Sam Rivers plays tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano and even vocals…
COUNTRY SWING FOR ROCKERS…New Riders of the Purple Sage: Lyceum ‘72
One of the offspring bands of the Grateful Dead back in the 1970s was the New Riders of The Purple Sage, with Jerry Garcia and Micky Hart taking part in the highly popular debut album. This historic recording from Lyceum’s…
EXOTIC JOURNEYS…Alla Boara: Le Tre Sorell, Marilyn Mazur’s Shamania: Rerooting
Musical versions of National Geographic… The team of Amanda Powell/voc, Anthony Taddeo/dr, Clay Colley/acc-pj, Dan Bruce/g, Ian Kinnaman/b and Tommy L ehman, joined by various guests, create a mix of exotic Middle Eastern worlds, chasson and folkish jazz on this…
DOO WOP AND HARD BOP FROM AVID…Dion and the Belmonts: Five Classic Albums, Donald Byrd: Four Classic Albums
The latest set of reissues from UK based AVID focuses on two artists that had peak years in the 50s, but also made comebacks in later years. Dion DiMucci is still alive and playing the blues. His career began with…
Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal: Yes!!
Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca leads a post bop team of Vinicius Gomes/g, Helio Alves/p and Gili Lopes/b through a mix of originals and jazz covers. The team is upbeat and jovial on “Samba Novo” with Da Fonseca rumbling on the…
Bill Frisell: Four
Bill Frisell’s latest releases teams him up with long time compatriot Greg Tardy along with pianist Gerald Clayton and drummer Johnathan Blake for a wide range of textured moods. And the moods are moody, with Tardy’s clarinet oozing elegiac serenity…
Griffin Woodard Group: Completion
It’s not many times you get an album led by a bass clarinet player, at least not one that isn’t cacophonic. Griffin Woodard is that man, and he makes it work well with a team of vocalists (Georgia Heers/Deneen Jones),…
MORE MODERN LOVE…Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: Back In Your Life, Modern Lovers Live, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: Jonathan Sings!
While part of the Nike Missile of punk with his debut album, Jonathan Richmond eventually became the Beaver Cleaver of the genre, with a boy next door innocence that as alluring in its guilelessness. His 1978 “Live” album with Leroy…