Month: February 2024

CANDID IDEAS…Stacey Kent: Let  Yourself Go, The Jimmy Giuffre 3: Music for People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes, Lee Konitz: Tenorlee,Thoots Thielemans: Captured Live, The Count Basie Orchestra: Swings The Blues

Candid records mixes the old with the new on this latest collection of releases. Still releasing important material to this day, Stacey Kent shows she was full of ideas back in 200 with this tribute to Fred Astaire. Joined by…

Aaron Lehrian: A Joyous Opus

Pianist Aaron Lehrian teams up with Stefan  Klein/dr and Stan  Piper/b for some upscale trio originals. He’s got a rich melodic touch throughout, as on the lovely “Iroha” and the graceful “Why Do The Stars Fade?” while creates a haunting…

Pat Bianchi: Three

Hammondmeister Pat Bianchi forms a  peanut butter and jelly trio team of tenor saxist Troy Roberts and drummer Colin Stranahan on this grooving release. Bianchi pulls out the plugs on a white knuckler read of “Cheek To Cheek” and boogaloos…

Shawn Maxwell: J Town Suite

Playing alto and soprano sax as well as flute, Shawn Maxwell gets onto a soulful mood with Collin Clauson/key, Michael Barton/b and Greg Essig/dr on a mix of originals. Clauson’s rhodes makes the album feel like a Joe Sample vintage…