One of the untapped musical resources for jazz has been Mitchell songs from the Baby Boomer generation of 1946-70. Oh, sure, you get some Beatles, Dylanm Motown and Mitchell here and there, but for the most part the songs of…
Month: March 2023
Danny Lerman: Night Rider PAS
Danny Lerman shows his talents on soprano, alto and tenor sax while even throwing in some crooning vocals on this upbeat smooth jazz session. His warm and bright alto fits a multitude of settings, from the upbeat synth’d funk of…
Myron McKinley: Sound Alchemist
Myron McKinely is a kind of one man band on this album, playing most keyboards, bass and percussion with a few guests like Reggie Young/tb, Morris O’Connor/g, Gerald Albright/as, among others. You get some funky brass on “Crowded Club” and…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK***VINYL REVIVAL…Art Pepper: Meets The Rhythm Section
In view of the renaissance of vinyl as a viable listening option, Craft Recordings is reissuing some classic albums from when, well, vinyl was vinyl. Someone over there is doing his homework, as this 1957 album by West Coast alto saxist Art…
Vince Mendoza: Olympians
Composer and conductor Vince Mendoza brings together the Metropole Orkeest with some all stars on this exciting meld of big band and post bop. The list of guests is indeed impressive, including Chris Potter/ts-ss, Dave Binney/as, Alex Acuna/perc, Ramon Stagnaro/perc…
MISTY MOODS…Matt Henriette: Drifting, Sebastian Rochford & Kit Downs: A Short Diary
Thoughts and dreams captured in sound… Tenor saxist Mette Henriette sighs and gasps with pianist Johan Lindvall and cellist Judith Hamann on this collection of romantic melancholia. You can hear the saliva oozing between the mouthpiece and reed on the…
Christopher McBride: Ramon
Alto saxist Christopher McBride carries a soulful Cannonball Adderley of a horn on this impressive release with JS Williams/tp, Jonathan Edward Thomas/p, Noah Jackson/b, Cedric Easton/dr, organ Burrs/g, Luke Carlos O’Reiley/keys, Core A. Wallace/tb, Kenny Bentley/tuba, J Hoard/voc and guest…
THE FUSE OF FUSION…Holdsworth-Pasque-Wackerman-Haslip: Proto-Cosmos
Recorded a number of years ago, this finally discovered album has the late and great guitarist Allan Holdsworth with compatriots Alan Pasqua/p-key, Chad Wackerman/dr and Jimmy Haslip/b caught in an inspired mood. The notes are sketchy as to the exact…
Something Blue: Personal Preference
The three horn front line grooves around the double timed swinger of “The Path” and agonize on the rubato of “Pa;Lan’Ga” before Howell swoops in with his soprano. Edwards does some nice drum work with Tsiganov on the soft and…
Ann Hampton Callaway: Fever-A Peggy Lee Celebration
The sultry swing of Peggy Lee is respectably celebrated by Ann Hampton-Callaway on this tasty album with John Pizzarelli/g, Ted Rosenthal/p-arr, Bob Mann/g, Tim Horner/dr and Martin Wind/b. Some of the songs sound like complete reproductions of Ms. Lee’s tunes,…