The Saturday evening with vocalist Magos Herrera was less of a focus on song than that of celebration. Oh, don’t get me wrong; Ms Herrera’s 90 minute concert at the packed Nimoy Theater was filled with music, as she sang…
Month: March 2024
John Clifton: Too Much To Pay
Blowing a mean harmonica and singing with gusto, John teams up with a core of Bartek Szopiski/p-org, Milosz Szuikowski/dr, Pierr Bienkiewicz/g and Janusz Brozinski/b along with some backing vocalists for some self penned blues rockers. His harmonica is a warm…
SAY AMEN! The Original Gospel Harmonettes: The Collection 1949-62
Few gospel bands capture the power of the music as well as Dorothy Love Coates and her Original Gospel Harmonettes. This 3 disc 65 song collection goes all the way back to 1949 and ends with her early 60s material,…
Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time
Playing trumpet with some electronics, Arve Henriksen teams up with pianist Harmen Fraanje for a collection of ambient originals. Henrikson’s gasping trumpet is almost emphysemic on the gasping “Redream” and sputtering “Red and Black” with moaing sighs around Fraanje on…
Sharel Cassity & Colleen Clark: Alliance
Playing saxes and flute, Sharel Cassity co-leads with drummer Colleen Clark a peppy post bopping team with pianist Hannah Meyer and bassist Carmani Edwards. Trumpeer Kellin Hanas jumps in for the easy swinger “There But For The Grace of…”, but…
YOUR ROOTS ARE SHOWING…Blues Meets Doo-Wop, Volumes 2 & 3, Spotlight on Sylvester Bradford: IFIC, Bear Family Rocks Volume 1
We are presently in a Golden Age of discovering, or rediscovering vintage sounds of R&B just as rock and roll was rocking and rolling. Here are a handful of recent gems to enjoy . Two presentations from “Mojo” Man are…
FORGOTTEN REEDS…Aaron Sachs: Tenor, Clarinet & Co, Presenting: Brazilian Jazz Quartet/The Good Neighbors Jazz
There was such a surfeit of great sax players in the 1950w that it’s understandable that many got overlooked. Here’s a chance to see what you’ve been missing with a pair of rich reissues from Fresh Sound Records. Aaron Sachs…
Ronnie Foster @ The Baked Potato 03.08.24
Back in the day, there were so many jazzers playing the Hammond B3 that you could throw a rock into a crowd in Westwood and probably hit one. These days, an artist who’s dedicated his whole career to the humming…
GOOD VIBRATIONS…Tom Collier: Boomer Vibes Volume 2
Digging into the songbook of the Kenney, Johnson and Nixon years Tom Collier p lays a wide variety of vibes and similar things that go bump in the night ,at times teamed with guitarist Eddie McCord and bassist Ed Kraft.…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****THE CHILD OF R&B AND GOSPEL…Forever Soul Collection
Muddy Waters once sang, “The blues had a child and they named it rock and roll”. Well, R&B went to church on Sunday, took gospel music and gave birth to what became known in the 1960s as “Soul”. The mix…