Yes, there are male and female vocalists. Here are samples of one of the binary voices. Vocalist Eve Seltzer teams with guitarist Ben Wood for a cozy and upbeat collection of duets. She’s got a husky voice and she uses…
Month: May 2023
Chembo Corniel Quintet: Artistas, Musicos Y Poetas
Percussionist Chembo Corniel brings together a mix of music and messages on this album with a rotating team of musicians and vocalists. The cut and paste team includes Hery Paz/ts-fl, Carlos Cuervas/key-p, Ian Stewart/b, Joel E. Mateo/dr and a busload…
Pierre L . Chambers: Stolen Moments
Vocalist and poet Pierre L. Chambers sounds like a mix between Oscar Brown and Dwight Tribble on this earthy release of richly arranged tunes with Karen Hammack/p, Henry Franklin/b, Clayton Cameron/dr, Dori Amarillo/g, Jeff Kaye/fh and Cathy Segal-Garcia/voc. He shows…
Gordon Lee Quartet: How Can It Be?
Pianist Gordon Lee creates a plethora of dark and blue tones with his team of Renato Carvanto/ts, Dennis Caiazza/b and Gary Hobbs/dr through a collection of originals. Lee maintains a confident touch through out, striding wide as he struts on…
Marc Ciprut: Blue House
Modern jazz guitar with a sense of history is delivered by Marc Ciprut on this bluesy collection of mostly originals. He’s teamed with the flexible rhythm section including all star Jimmy Haslip/b as well as James Genus/b, Tommi Rautiainan-Jon Cowherd-Etienne…
VINTAGE BOP GUITAR AND EARLY SOUL…Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums, James Brown: Four Classic Albums Plus
Timeless sounds in two different genres are released by AVID Records this month Still alive and with us, guitarist Kenny Burrell is one of the most important modern and consistent jazz guitarists. A previously hard to find 1957 session with…
Le Boeuf Brothers: Hush
Nineteen tunes are put together by Le Boeuf brothers Remy/as-ts and Pascal/p along with Dayna Stephens/ts, Linda May Han Oh/b and Christian Euman/dr. Unlike their other albums, this one is filled with musical fragments , a handful of vignettes and…
*****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Scott Petito: Many Worlds
One of the great bass players around, Scott Petito brings together an all star group that sounds like the second coming of Weather Report. Mixing and matching the likes of Steve Gadd-Peter Erskine-Simon Phillips-Omar Hakin/dr, Rachel Z Hakim-Kevin Hays/key, Bob…
Carbonworks: Athena
Blue and thoughtful sax and rhythm with almost liturgical voices support guitarist/compose Neal Barnard’s message on this thoughtful message about not only protecting the world and its resources, but being a responsible steward of the animals of God’s green earth.…
Lars Danielsson: Symphonized
Bassist and cellist Lars Danielsson mixes classical and jazz sensibilities, juxtaposing the Gothenburg Syumpnony Orchestra along with himself and guests Paolo Fresu/tp, Arve Henriksen/tp and Carolina Grinne/horn-ob for solo and melodic excursions. Danielsson’s bass solos along with some work by…