A wide range of ideas from composers Nathan Hudson and Ben Loory, in terms of both instrumentation and composition, are presented on this digital release of modern musings. Clarinetist Andy Hudson joins with Annie Jeng for a duet entitled “Brace…
Month: October 2024
Snarky Puppy@The Arlington Theatre 10.01.24
Rare is the jazz band and artist that is able to create music that mixes artistic integrity and vision with something that appeals to the head, heart and feet of the public. But, as the packed house at Santa Barbara’s…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Catherine Russell & Sean Mason: My Ideal
Timeless vocals and piano are served by Catherine Russell and Sean Mason as they come together for a cozy and rich read of Tin Pan Alley standards, when songs wre written for and by the likes of stride pianists like…
The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Flyod: Have You Got It Yet?
Perhaps you’ve heard about founding Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett from the classic song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, which was a tribute to the tormented genius. This two Blu-Ray collection from Mercury Studios documents the sad and tormented life…
LOCAL LEGEND TRIBUTE…Matt Dwonszyk: Donny Time-The Music of Don DePalma
Bassist Matt Dwonszyk delivers a salute to legendary Hartford, Connecticut pianist Don DePalma, who succumbed to the effects of COVID a few years ago. The music here is a reflection of that celebration, bringing together sessions of DePalma in a…
Bill Banfield’s Jazz Urbane: Take Time To Listen
Guitarist Bill Banfield’s album title is apropos for today’s generation, as a brand new research poll showed that most people today spend no time actually sitting and listening to an album, as previous generations had. Playing acoustic guitar like a…
TRIOS! Brian Ho Trio: Bridges, John Lee: Second Wind, The Bruno Hubert Trio: Fire Waltz
“A strand of three chords is not easily broken” Ecclesiastes 4:12 Hammond B3er Brian Ho brings together Paul Bollenback/g and Bryon “ Wookie” Landham/dr for a session that is reminiscent of the vintage Larry Young/Grant Green albums on Blue Note.…
NEW FROM NO BUSINESS…Derek Bailey/Sabu Toyozumi: Breath Awareness, Albert Beger-Ziv Taubenfeld-Shay Hazan-Hamid Drake: Cosmic Wave, Karen Borca Trio, Quartet & Quintet: Good News Blues, Kalaparusha Maurice Mcintyre: Live From Studio Rivbea July 12, 1975, Peter Brotzman/Toshinori Kondo/Sabu Toyozumi: Complete Link
Guitarist Derek Bailey teams with drummer Sabu Toyozumi for a 1987 gig in Japan. The four songs contain two marathon pieces, a 27 minute free from drum avalanche of “Fukuoka IMA House” and the guitar picking and strumming abstraction of…
A BABE THAT BELTS IT…Lara Price: Half & Half
Texas-based Lara Price growls and snarls with a mix and match team of Mike Schermer-David Jimenez-Matt Burger-Chris Tondre/g, Nick Jay-Endre Tarczy/b, Clint Simmons-Randy Hayes/dr, Kit Andersen-Trevor Nealon/keys, Matthew Maldonado/sax and some guests on this hard hitting release. She defiantly stops…
Albert Castiglia: Righteous Souls
Albert Castiglia rocks the blues as he sings and p lays guitar with a team of Jerry Jemmott/b, Jim P ugh/key, Derrick D’Mar Martin/dr, Kid Andersen/g-key-b, Jon Otis/perc, Jack Sanford/bs Eddie Tarczy/harpsichord and Lisa Andersen/voc along with some cameo guests.…