Stomping road kill blues are delivered by singer/guitarist Chad Rupp and the blueswailing team of Brady T. Goss/key, Lois Pain/org, Timmer Blakely/b, Jimi Bott/dr, Scott/sax, Joe-Mack MacCarthy/t and a slue of guests. Rupp takes you to Chicago as he p…
Month: November 2023
SUI GENERIS…Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights-Live At The Penthouse 1966-1968
It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that this is the final release of Zev Feldman’s discovered “lost” recordings of piano legend Ahmad Jamal. The first two sets that were released last year were like a…
Tima Volozh: Jubilee
Drummer Tima Volozh brings together a hip post bop team of Timo Vollbrecht/ts, Noah Franche-Nolan/p, Brad Shepik/g and Jerome Harris/b for a mix of fragrant originals and some standards. The band is in a Monk mood for a somber read…
THE GREATEST CONCERT EVER? Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/Bud Powell/Charles Mingus/Max Roach: Hot House-The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings
When this album was originally released, the May 15, 1953 was called “The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever” because of the all star lineup. On paper, it really was a dream to have the progenitors of bebop together one last time,…
BOPPING DIGITS…Marcus Persiani: In Motion, The Proper Times
Here’s a pianist that plays like he means it! Marcus Persiani has Blue Note tones in his blood, well circulating on these two recent releases; one is a hard hitting trio and the other a vintage and classic sounding quintet…
VELVET BONES…Bob Brookmeyer: The Classic Albums Collection
Playing the rare valve trombone, Bob Brookmeyer was one of the warmest brass players during the hard bop era. He was also known as a first class arranger, preferring understatement as opposed to the more aggressive style of the era.…
Bryan Lubeck: Welcome Winter
Guitarist Bryan Lubeck creates Cumberland Gapped moods of Christmas on this album with Nick Besesi/fl, Matthe Agnew/cel, Ted Yoder/ dulc, Joel Norman/vb Luke Ratley-Nate Lacny/perc, Jon Paul/b, John Erickson/mel, Eric Salazar/cl, Neil Artwick/p, Don Stiernberg-Ry Herma/mand and a string team…
DIG DEEP: The Griffin Brothers & Margie Day: Weepin’ and Cryin’-The Singles Collection 1950-1955
One of the overlooked and underappreciated R&B bands of the 1950s was the team of brothers Jimmy and Buddy Griffin with the vocalist Margie Day. Jimmy played trombone while Buddy hit the piano, and for the most part there was…
Ellas Kapell: For All We Know
The team of Lovisa Jennerval/voc, Manne Skafvenstedt/p, August Eriksson/b and Edvin Giante/dr coalesce for a collection of soft and subdued standards. Jennerval is Norah Jones restrained on the mellow “I Get Along Without You Very Well” and fragile with Skavenstedt…
STOCKING STUFFERS…John Paul McGee: A Gospel Jazzical Christmas, George Burton: The Yule Log, Isaiah J. Thompson: A Guaraldi Holiday
Music for mistletoe… Singing and playing piano, John Paul McGee gets into the spirit of things by going from solo to small band in interpreting the Reason for the Season. On solo piano, he sparkles on “Oh Holy Night” and…