Three is not a crowd… Pianist Taurey Butler sounds like he was weaned by the ivories of Gene Harris on this soulfully swinging session with bassist Morgan Moore and drummer Walt Muhammed. The team joyfully struts through shufflers like ”One…
Month: November 2022
Jonathan Mills: No Mentions-No Worries
Drummer Jonathan Mills brings together an easy swinging team of Luke Weatherington/as, Patrick Arthur/g, Tyrone Jackson/p-key and Tommy Sauter/b for a collection of attractive post bopping originals. Mills has a confidence to his sticks, sauntering on the brushes with Weatherington…
HUES OF BLUES…Rick Rosato: Homage, Doug Wamble: Blues In The Present Tense
Left with blues in the night… Bassist Rick Rosato gives a tribute to the blues and bop on this solo album of deep sounds. He does a resonant rendition of Elvin Jones’ “Elvin’s Guitar Blues” while going spacious on Thelonious…
Steve Shapiro: Plan To Be Spontaneous
Steve Shapiro plays marimba, vibes, electric mallet keyboards and other percussive things with core team of Mark Egan/eb, drummers Joel Rosenblatt-Carter McLean, guitarists Oz oy-Shane Theriot-Pat Bergeson, saxist Jeff Coffin and vocalist Lucy Woodward. The sounds are upbeat and smooth,…
Acute Inflections: Let Go
The duo of bassist Sadiki Pierre and vocalist Elasea Douglas mix and match moods with tunes ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Sam Cooke. The two stomp out “Blue Skies” and are surprisingly sleek on “We Are The Champions”. The two…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Dafnis Prieto featuring Luciana Souza: Cantar
It’s possible that vocalist Luciana Souza has been on more of my RINGER OF THE WEEK selection list than any other artist. The amazing thing about her is that each time she has been in a different setting, ranging from…
TRIOS…Dado Moroni-Jesper Lundgaard-Lee Pearson: There Is No Greater Love, Ben Sidran: Swing State, Michael Wollny Trio: Ghosts, DieterIlg: Ravel
Trios of various triangulations Recorded back at a Copenhagen gig in 2016, the piano trio team of Dado Moroni/p, Jesper Lundgaard/b and Lee Pearson/dr. Moroni shows his mainstream mop to stride talents on a lovely solo excursion of his own…
Domi & JD Beck: Not Tight
Sax player Domi Luna joins up to form a duet with drummer JD Beck and a rotating team of guests including jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, pianist Herbie Hancock, rappers Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, hip hoppers Thundercat and soulful Mac DeMarco.…
Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Mosaic
Brothers Julian (trumpet) and Roman (piano) Wasserfuhr team up with Tim Lefebvre/b, Keith Carlock/dr Martin Scales/g, and tenor saxists Paul Heller-Tony Lakatos in a mix and match collection of sounds and moods. The brothers deliver a gentle and fragile duet…
Theo Croker Quartet-Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII: Sketches of Miles
Trumpeter Theo Croker is the perfect selection for a tribute to 1950s era Miles Davis, as his quartet, alone and supplemented with the Gil Evansy Berlin Philharmonic, delve into the vintage Columbia Years of the iconic mastermind. In quartet, Crocker…