Month: November 2024

Lisa Hilton: Lucky All Along

One of today’s most creative composers and players, pianist  Lisa Hilton releases a strong album that has solo, trio and quartet excursions. The full team of Igmar Thomas/tp, Luques Curtis/b and Rudy Royston are the perfect fit and size for…

Randy Lee Riviere: Concrete Blues

Singer/guitarist Randy Lee Riviere rocks the blues like it’s the 1970s with Tom Hambridge/dr, Kenny Greenberg- Bob Britt/g, Robert Kearns-Stephen Mackey/b and Mike Rojas/key. The dozen originals rock steady on “Mania”, give some hard thunder for “Moccasin Lake” and serve…

Ali Watson Quartet: Terrarium

Bassist Ali Watson brings together a team of Matt Carmichael/ts, Alan Benzie/p and Greg Irons/dr for a collection of his originals. The album is quite pastoral in its content, with Carmichael’s brethy tenor serving as a subdued melody maker, sighing…

Joel Jeschke: Time & Place

Drummer Joel Jeschke teams with a core of Brendan McGrath/p, Brett Hansen/g  and Aretha Tillotson/b while adding guest Holly Sangster for a couple tracks on an accessible mix of post bop originals. Jeschke shows his lyrical wares on the clever…