Month: November 2024

Courtney Cutchins: Grunge To Grace

Singer/songwriter Courtney Cutchins brings fresh material to the fore on this album of jazzy originals. She’s teamed with David Cook/p-key Nir Felder/g, Matt Clohesy/b, Obed Calvaire/dr, Max Bernstein/g and Daniel Sadownick/perc for the variously m ooded pieces. Her flexible voice…

Maria Schafer: Here For You

Maria Schafer has a cool, calm and clear voice on her most recent release, as she’s teamed with Jeremy Siskind/p, Zack Caplinger/g, Karo Galadjian/dr and David Reynoso/b on this album of mostly originals. She’s graceful gliding along the pulse of…

Brian Lynch: 7 x 7 By 7

Trumpeter Brian Lynch mixes ideas of the number seven with his septet session of Craig  Handy/ts, Alex Wintz/g, Luis Perdomo/p, Boriz Kozlov/b, Kyle Swa/dr and Murph Aucamp/perc for, you guessed it, seven tunes. Percussionist Aucamp is a rich presence here,…

Zacc  Harris: Chasing Shadows

Clean toned guitarist Zacc Harris delivers eight of his compositions with his post bop team of Brandon Wozniak/ts, Bryan Nichols/p, Christ Bates/b and Pete Jams Johnson/dr. He’s got a relaxed sense of time, gentle with Wozniak on the modern sounding…

Carn Davidson 9: Reverence

Trombonist William Carn co-leads a nine member band with Tara Davidson on the alto sax and flute on a collection of originals. What makes this band stand out is the big band feel of the three member sax section including…

Ilya Osachuk: The Answer

Bassist Ilya Osachuk shows taste , style and promise on his debut album with a mix and match team of Tyler Henderson-Donald Vega/p and Kai Craig-Billy  Drummond/dr on this mix of standards and originals. He demonstrates a rich tone on…

Dan Roman: DVXNS String Quartet No. 3

Composer Dan Roman brings together the Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Saul Bitran/vi, Aron Bitran/vi, Javier Montiel/va and Alvaro Bitran/cel) for an inspired deviation from the usual “theme and variations”. What Roman does is take a three movement suite, and have the quartet…