Well, if you want some trombone in your stew, you’ll get it overflowing with sliding leader Curt Miller with two more bass ‘bone men in Sonny Hernandez & Ralph Pressler, along with brass men Nathan Tanouye, Nate Kimball, Hai Macaggi,…
Month: June 2023
David Haerle: El Camino: Sierra
Playing acoustic guitar, vocalist David Haerle brings together a team of Carson Cohen/b/voc, Jose Salazar/key, Reade Pryor/dr and Ken Belcher/g-voc for a collection of tunes that are reminiscent of 1970s rock bands like The Eagles. There’s some hard rockers with…
Yelena Eckemoff: LonelyMan and His Fish
Some artists create concept albums: Yelena Eckemoff has created a CATALOGUE of concept albums! With albums dedicated to The Psalms, Food and the seasons, just to name a few, the pianist/composer puts together a double disc of a tale between…
Steve Smith Vital Information: Time Flies
Drummer extraordinaire Steve Smith has a couple incarnations of his Vital Information band; this one is the trio format with Manuel Valera/p-key and Janek Gwizdal/eg, with some guest work by George Garzone/ts and Mike Mainieri/vibes. The result is a wide…
Javier Red’s Imagery Convert: Life & Umbrella
Pianist Javier Red brings together a team of Gustavo Cortinas/dr, Jake Wark/ts-ss and Ben Dillinger/b for a collection of originals created to spread “empathy, understanding and love for autism”. The personal pieces range from funky and elliptical pieces like “Life”…
Matt Barber: The Song Is You
Vocalist Matt Barber gives respectful reads of jazz classics with a supporting team of Bradley Young-Marc LeBrun/p, David Enos-Brian Ward/b, Greg Sadler/dr and a collection of guests. His voice is reminiscent of Barry Manilow, clear and warm, as on Broadway-ish…
Marc Jordan: Waiting For The Sun To Rise
Singer/songwriter Marc Jordan sounds and feels like an early Tom Waits with insightful originals and street level interpretations on this folksy/rock album. He’s mixed and matched with Lou Pomanti/p, Scott Alexander, Mark Kelso/dr and various other guests along with a…
Mike Melito: To Swing Is The Thing
Drummer Mike Melito leads a classic sounding hard bop quintet with Grant Steward/ts, Joe Magnarelli/tp-fh, Jeb Patton/p and Neal Miner/b on a mix of originals and timeless jazz covers. Stewart’s tone and deliver is reminiscent of vintage Hank Mobley, warm…
Steve Lukather: Bridges
One of the last of the guitar studio studs, Steve Lukather puts together a working team of David Paich/keys, Jorgen Carlsson-Lee Sklar/b, Shannon Forrest-Simon Philips/dr and Joseph Williams/keys-voc and Trev Lukather/g-b-synth for a collection of dark rockers. Where his last…
VINYL TREASURES…Ron Carter & Richard Galiano: An Evening With, Larry Coryell: Tricycles, Roberta Gambarini: Easy To Love,
In and Out records (not the hamburger franchise) has re-released a handful of vinyl albums that may have gotten overlooked back in the day, and need a second and third evaluation. Have fun! Bassist Ron Carter has not been under-recorded,…