Rich and thoughtful originals from the pen of trumpeter Sam Butler are delivered on this album with a full house team of Greg Ward/as, Garrett Fasig/ts, Luther S. Allison/p, Brendan Keller-Tuburg/b Kenny Phelps/dr and guest Garrett Spoelhof/org. Butler has a…
Month: April 2023
Phillip Dornbusch’s Projector: Re/construct
Crepuscular moods are created by leader Phillip Dornbusch, who plays tenor sax and clarinets with a team of Johanna Summer/p, Johannes Mann/g, Roger Kintopf/b Philip Dornusch/dr and a couple guest vocalists. On tenor sax, Dornbusch has an elliptical sound and…
THIS IS A HARD MODERN BOP TRUMPET…Art Farmer: Complete Albums Collection 1955-1957, Thad Jones: Complete Album Collection 1954-1858
Not all trumpet players of he modern era were high note gun slingers. Here are a pair that specialized in warmth, style and class. Blessed with possibly the most mellifluous tone of all the trumpet and flugelhorn players, Art Farmer…
SWINGING PIANO AND CLASSIC COUNTRY FROM AVID: Ahmad Jamal: Four Classic Albums, Wanda Jackson: Five Classic Albums Plus
Timeless piano and rockin’ country sounds are the latest releases from UK based Avid One of the most singular voices on piano, Ahmad Jamal created a highly influential style on his early albums, inspiring Miles Davis and John Coltrane in…
Ralph Towner: At First Light
It’s albums like this that make you fall in love with both acoustic guitars and ECM Records. Playing classical guitar, Ralph Towner plays with the wisdom of Geppetto as he carves living beings out of wood on this album of…
THIS IS AN R&B TENOR SAX 101…Hal Singer: Cornbread-The Hal Singer Collection 1948-59
Before the guitar became the most popular instrument for rock and roll, it was the tenor sax that everyone wanted to hear on R&B albums. By far, the most popular man on the horn was Hal “Cornbread” Singer (1919-2020), who…
Deb Callahan: Backbone ROZ
Vocalist Deb Callahan belts it out on a collection of mostly from her own pen and guitarist Chris Arms and a swmpy team of Allen James/g, Garry Lee/b, Tom Walling/dr, Dany Schogger/p-org and a backing horn-vocal tam. She rides Lee’s…
A FORGOTTEN WEST COASTER …Julius Wechter: The Julius Wechter Quartet & Quintet 1956-1957
Music was in the air in the mid 1950s in LA, with musicians able to balance a busy studio career with nightly gigs to keep one’s chops up. One of the studio studs was vibist Julius Wechter, who for reasons…
Ari Joshua: Soulmine
Guitarist Ari Joshua’s latest single reflects still another color in his palate, as with Skerik/ts, Delvon Lamarr/key, Grant Schroff/dr and Tor Dietrichson/perc he takes a trip to Memphis for some get down chunky funky grooves. A Booker T and the…
East Axis: No Subject
Scott Robinson plays a wide range of horns, from tenor sax, alto clarinet, tarogato, trumpet and slide cornet on a free and flailing session with Matthew Shipp/p, Gerald Cleaver/dr and Kevin Ray/b, The exotic tarogato is dark and dreamy on…