Singing and accompanying herself on piano, Champian Fulton works NYC’s Birdland Theater back in September of 2022 with her team of Hideo Tanaka/b and Fukashi Tainaka/dr. She definitely has piano chops, and swings with the best on a rich bluesy…
Month: July 2023
POST BOP SAXES…Shawn Maxwell: Story At Eleven, Jason Kush: Finally Friday, The Adam Larson Trio: With Love, From New York, Alex Weitz: Rule of Thirds
Today’s sound on the sax… Playing alto sax, Shawn Maxwell stretches out with electric bassist Michael Barton, drummer Greg Essig and Collin Clauson who creates colors switching between B3, Rhodes and Wurlitzer. There’s a Silent Way Miles Davis feel on…
SOLO AND LOW…Mark Dresser: Tines Of Change, Bruno Raberg: Solo Bass-Look Inside
We’ve come a long way from Jimmy Blanton making the bass a solo instrument back in 1940. Now we have solo bass albums, 80 years later Bassist Mark Dresser goes solo for a dozen etudes on this recent release.…
PAGING RICHARD ROUNDTREE…Frank Swart: Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures
If you miss the sounds of Herbie Hancock’s plugged in period with The Headhunters or Mwandishi, you’re gonna find an oasis in this album by bassist/guitarist/producer/engineer/composer Frank Swart. He’s recaptured the spirit of those funky jazz days with guests like…
THIS IS A HARD BOP QUINTET 101…Horace Silver: The Classic Blue Note Collection
If you open up a dictionary and look up “Hard Bop”, you’ll likely see a picture of Horace Silver. Along with Art Blakey, Silver essentially invented the classic hard bop quintet of tenor sax, trumpet, piano bass and drums. This…
BEFORE DYLAN, THERE WAS…Ramblin’ Jack Elliot: 100 Classic Recordings From The Early Years
If you think Bob Dylan was the be-all and end-all of the folk movement, then you need to get this four disc 100 song collection by the man who REALLY started it all, even before Pete Seeger, namely Ramblin’ Jack…
TIM WARFIELD : JAZZLAND
LIKE THE MUSIC ITSELF, BEING A JAZZ ARTIST THESE DAYS REQUIRES THE ABILITY TO IMPROVISE. ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED SAXOPHONISTS, TIM WARFIELD HAS BALANCED A CAREER OF SOLO RECORDING, SERVING AS A SIDEMAN, DOING STUDIO WORK AND ALSO SPENDING…
MATT HARRIS: JAZZ GOES TO COLLEGE
ONE OF THE OASIS IN THE JAZZ DESERT OF LOS ANGELES IS CSUN, HOME OF THE SORAYA THEATRE AND WHERE THE LIKES OF BRANFORD MARSALIS, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, BRAD MEHLDAU, CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT AND SAMARA JOY HAVE GIVEN ANGELENOS SOME OF…