Vocalist and pianist Delia Fischer takes the tried and true sounds of Brazilian bossa nova and adds a tincture of modernity with some electrical workings by the likes of Antonio Fischer-Band, Matias Correa, Sacha Amback and Rodrio Campello to her…
Month: September 2024
Maya Belsitzman and Uriel Herman: Pauses In Shades
Pianist Uriel Herman teams with cellist Maya Belsitzman for a collection of chambered beauties. The two create a wide range of moods, with Stravinsky-like agitation on “Dance of the Blinds” and some piano workings on the Debussy side of the…
David Weiss Sextet: Auteur
Trumpeter David Weiss has carved out a career playing with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding as well as currently teamed with the hard bop vets The Cookers. This album has that classic late period Blue Note feel, with…
Michael Dease: Found In Space-The Music Of Gregg Hill
Trombonist came up with a brilliant idea on his last album in putting together material from the catalogue of composer Gregg Hill. He keeps playing the winning hand on this new release, but with a larger ensemble in Virginia MacDonald/cl,…
THE JOINT IS JUMPIN’…Jumaane Smith: Come On Home, Duke Robillard: Roll With Me
Yes, music can be fun! Singing and playing trumpet, Jumaane Smith boogaloos with Ian Hendrickson-Smith/sax, Dave Rosenthal/g, Will Gorman/keys, Carmen Intorre Jr/perc and a pair of background singers on this jumping and sweaty collection of stompers. Hi s horn wails…
Elisabet Curbelo: Resonance Unbound
Mixing electronics with her voice, composer Elisabet Curbelo brings together a musical mosaic with sounds and tones from various latitudes and longitudes, all with a modern sensibility. So, yes, you may be taken to Spain for some foot stomping Andalusian…
Ken Field: The Canopy
Music has been used for countless reasons, to worship God, to express love and even just to simply create new ideas of sound. The music for this album was originally commissioned by choreographer and dancer Joanie Block for a production…
ZAPPA GOES TOP 40…Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (‘) 50th Anniversary Edition
It seems that the world finally caught up to Frank Zappa in the mid 1970s, as the iconoclastic music star was actually getting commercial popularity with his previous album Over-Nite Sensation and then actually getting a top ten album with…
Elisabet Curbelo: Resonance Unbound
Composer Elisabet Curbelo brings in a wide kaleidoscope of colorful sounds on her debut release. The songs are reflections of the wide world of places she has lived, with the ears being taken on a wide world tour. “Canarian Bayram”,…
Marie Goudy’s Paloma Sky: Hold On To Me
Trumpeter, vocalist and composer Marie Goudy puts together a soulful and accessible team of Jocelyn Barth/voc, Stu Harrison/p, Nick Arsnault/b-voc and Andrew Soctt/dr-voc through an album that makes jazz accessible to modern ears. Barth works well as an ingénue whimsical…