Pianist, arranger and orchestrator Steven Feifke co-leads with trumpeter Bijon Watson on a solid, bold and hard swinging 17+ member big band that includes heavy hitters like Roxy Coss/ts-fl, Will Brahm/g, and all star guests Kurt Elling/voc and Sean J…
Month: November 2022
Anne Burnell & Mark Burnell: Two For The Road
The duo of vocalist Anne Burnell and singer/keyboardist Mark keeps it fun and funky on this collection of covers and originals. Teamed up with Joshua Ramos/b, Jim Widlowski/dr, Henry Johnson/g and guest Paulinho Garcia/ag, the Burnells split and share the…
Jeff Coffin: Between Dreaming and Joy
If it’s a woodwind, it’s probably on this album featuring Jeff Coffin with a rotating team that includes Michael League-Felix Pastorius/b, Robben Ford/g, Chester Thompson/dr, Nigel Hall/key, and a rotating team of guests. The textures are thick for the kind…
Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymee Nuviola: Live In Marciac
Well, Cuban vocalist Aymee Nuviola sure knows how to work a crowd. She’s teamed up with the graceful fingers of pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba for a July 31, 2021 show at the Chapiteau Concert Hall in Marciac, and she gets the…
Richard Baratta: Music For Film-The Sequel
For his second album dedicated to film scores, drummer and leader Richard Baratta brings in pianist/arranger Bill O’Connell, Vincent Herring/as, Paul Bollenback/g, Michael Goetz/b and Paul Rossman/perc for a sizzling and tasty take on silver screen songs. O’Connell’s rich piano…
The Adam Larson Trio: With Love, From Kansas City
Adam Larson plays saxes with his trio of bassist Ben Leifer and drummer Kizilarmut on this album dedicated to the mood of 12th and Vine. The team stop-starts on the clever “New Thread” and gives a clever calypso to “Life…
Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp@BAPAC Thousand Oaks 11.05.22
Throughout his 50+ years as one of the most important guitarists of his generation, Jeff Beck has been a master of musically stirring the pot. Each album, as well as each tour, is always filled with new ideas and surprises.…
Ted Kooshian: Hubub!
Pianist Ted Kooshian swings hard and joyfully with a core mainstream team of John Bailey/tp=fh, Jeff Lederer/ts, Dick Sarpola/b and Greg Joseph/dr. The tenor/trumpet from line is right from the Blue Note School of hard bop, with Bailey’s warm horn…
HOT JAZZ RETURNS…Kenny Davern: Dick Wellstood and His All Star Orchestra Featuring Kenny Davern, Summit Reunion, Summit Reunion 1992, Condon & Davern & Krupa: Jazz at the New School
Back in the 1970s, when jazz was mixing with rock and plugging in to fusion, there were a handful of artists that rebelled, going into a few different directions. Some, like Wynton Marsalis and Scott Hamilton, went the “neoconservative” way…
Trevor Dunn’s Trio: Seances
Bassist Trevor Dunn forms a trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Ches Smith along with guests Carla Kihlstedt/vi-va, Oscar Noriega/bcl-cl, Mariel Roberts/cel and Anna Webber/fl for a dark and shadowed journey of sounds. There’s a dash of acid rock…