West African trumpeter Peer Somuah brings a fragrant mix of jazz and equatorial soul on this release with Jesse Sohilderink/ts, Anton de Bruin/key, Marijn van de Ven/b, Jane Meljer/dr, Denny Rombout/perc, Thomas Nil Lantey/perc and various guest vocalists. Somuah’s tone…
Month: June 2023
Temple Jazz Sextet: Fly With The Wind
Here’s a stuffed Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich of jazz from Temple University, delivered by chopmeisters Terell Stafford/tp, Dick Oatts/as, Bruce Barth/p, Tim Warfield/ts, M ike Boone/b and Justin Faulkner/dr. Always overlooked, trumpeter Terell Stafford burns with clarity on “All Members”…
ROBERT “KOOL” BELL: STILL KOOL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
ONE OF THE MOST UBIQUITOUS SOUNDS OF THE 70S AND 80S WAS THE UPBEAT R&B GROOVES THAT MIXED JAZZ, FUNK AND SOUL INTO A UNIQUE DANCEABLE STEW. ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE SOUND WAS BASSIST ROBERT “KOOL” BELL, A…
Anchor and Burden: Kosmonautick Pilgrimage
Thick textures are produced by the Touch guitarist duo of Markus Reuter and Al expander Paul Doerk, as they team up with Bernhard Wostheinrich/key-el and Asaf Sirkis/dr for a collection of musical thunder and lightning. A mix of liquidy guitars,…
LEO ROARS IN SPRING…Ame Seche: 99, Hausquartett: From The Caavre Exquis Collection, Sergio Armaroli: More Windows and Small Mirrors, Amina Claudine Myers: Song For Mother E
Adventurous sounds from jazz ages of recent and ghosts of jazz ages past from Leo Records… If nothing else, the team of Walter Faehndrich/viola-voice, Christy Doran/eg, Remo/sax and Benedikt Vonder Muhll/b may have set the Guinness World Book record for…