Music of Sparta and Athens are delivered by the Hellenic combination of pianist Joel Lyssarides and bouzouki-meister Georgios Prokopiou on this exciting album of sounds from Mouunt Olympus. There are a couple of exciting runs of the fingers as on…
Month: September 2024
Anthony Bruno: Cefalu
Tenor saxist Anthony Bruno brings together Andrew Lawrence/keys, Cole Runge/g, Vinny Kabat/b and James Russelll Sims/dr for an upbeat mix of smooth originals. His horn is rich and warm as it blows smoke rings around the spacey keys on the…
LEO’S LATEST…Carolyn Hume and Paul May: Shape of the Night, Pago Libre & Sooon: Friendship-Riffs Ahead!
UK’s greatest exporter of experimentation, Leo Records, has released a pair of fresh sounds. Carolyn Hume plays piano and keys along with Paul May on drums and “intimate metals” on this collection of spontaneous feeling originals. Duke Garwood adds vocals…
Jay Gordon & Blues Venom: Live At Woodystock 2022,
Blues breakers… The Tucson, AZ team of Charles Pitts/voc, Jeff Daniels/b, Richard Rivera/g, Bill Greenberg/g and Kid Dynamite/g bring in some guess for some road kill rockers on their fifth album. The team shows how to boogie on the fun…
FINGER PICKIN’ GOOD! Lightnin’ Hopkins: The Singles Collection Volume 1 1946-53, Volume 2 1951-62
Few artists define a genre of music, but one of them without a doubt was Sam John “LIghtnin’” Hopkins (1912-1982) who was one of the pioneers of electric and country blues, with his unique finger picking style able to play…
Pete Levin: Gil Evans Remembered
Pianist Pete Levin salute4s his days with the famous Gil Evan Orchestra by reuniting with some of the alumni on this fun and swinging recording of a gig at NYC’s Cutting Room. This band was best known for it’s weekly…
IF JIM MORRISON PLAYED AT THE PALOMINO…Pickin’ On: The Doors-Featuring Iron Horse
The team of Vance Henry/g-voc, Tony Robertson/mand-voc, Ricky Rogrs/b-voc and Andy Richardson/banj/voc are working on turning modern rock into a foundation for bluegrass, with previous albums taking on songbooks of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Metallica. Here, the gents bring the…
Kiki Valera Y Su Son Cubano: Vacilon Santiaguero
Playing various guitars, bass and percussion, Kiki Valera sizzles with sweaty Cuban sounds with a percolating team of Pedro Vargas/cong, Steve Guasch/coro, vocalists Francisco Freeman, Joshua De Jesus and Raquel Zozaya and a rotating trumpet team of Alex Baro’, Steve …
Fernando Hurefo Big Band: Relentless
Composer and big band leader Fernando Hurego plays bass alongside a large ensemble to interpret his creative originals. There is one cover, a take of Wayne Shorter’s “Deluge” with foreboding harmonies . The upbeat “Consciousness of Reality” includes impressive solos…
A WOMAN’S CHARMS…Lisa Rich: Long As You’re Living
The world wise voice of Lisa Rich is teamed up with Marc Copland/p, Drew Gress/b and Dave Ballou/tp on a collection of standards on this latest release. Her voice feels leathered on the modal blues of “Long As You’re Living”…