Drummer Elmar Frey shows his allegiances on this album, with a song title like “Silverish” relating to the hard bop master Horace Silver. He brings in a team of Daniel Schenker/tp-fh, Rodrigo Botter Mio/as-fl, Christoph Grab/ts-ss-fl, Stefan Schlegel/tb, Alessandro d’Episcop/p…
Month: November 2023
The Angelica Sanchez Nonet: Nightime Creatures
Pianist and composer Angelica Sanchez puts together a team of Michael Attias/sax, Ben Goldberg/cl, John Hebert/b, Thomas Heberer/tp, Sam Ospovat/dr, Chris Speed/ts, Omar Tamez/g and Kenny Warren/tp for a mix of originals and a couple covers. The sound and approach…
LADIES SING THE HUES…Yuka Mito: Love In The City, Hanna Gill: Everybody Loves A Lover
Yuka Mito sings with clarity and optimism as she takes on originals and standards deftly arranged by pianist Allen Farnham,along with Dean Johnson/b and Tim Horner/dr. Vincent Herring brings his bopping alto sax for an upbeat “I Got Rhythm”, with…
Christian Dillingham: Cascades
Bassist Christian Dillingham brings together Lenard Simpson/as-ss, Dave Miller/g and Greg Artry/dr for ten subdued moods. A rich bass intro leads into Simpson’s mystical soprano on “South State Line Road” with the two getting folksy for “Cold Switch”. Millers guitar…
Itamar Borochov: Arba
Trumpeter Itamar Borchov plays with soft sighs teamed up with Rob Clearfield/p-key, Rick Rosato/b and Jay Sawyer/dr for a collection of long-shadowed originals. His tone is tender and meditative throughout, fragile on pieces lilke “Abraham” and the delicate “Dirge” while…
Buddy Rich: Buddy Rich Trios
While best known for his big band, Buddy Rich also served up a number of impressive small group recordings, most famously with Art Tatum and Lionel Hampton back in the 1950s. This single disc has Buddy in piano/bass/drum settings, recorded…