THERE SEEMS TO BE A PALPABLE RENAISSANCE OF JAZZ SINGERS THESE DAYS. MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE SO MANY WOMEN WERE COOPED UP FOR SO LONG, THEY JUST NEEDED TO BURST OUT. BUT WHATEVER THE CAUSE, SOME EXCELLENT NEW ARTISTS AND ALBUMS…
Month: November 2024
****A MISSING LINK****…Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions
The mid 1940s were a pivotal time, not only for the world due to WWII, but also for jazz, as during these years America’s classical music was in a major transition period. The heyday of the Swing Era was (unbeknownst…
Naomi Moon Siegel: Shatter The Glass Sanctuary
Trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel creates modern pastoral and impressionistic moods in a mix of songs and a suite with a symbiotic team of Ray Larsen/tp, Marina Albero/p, Andy Coe/g, Kelsey Mines/b and Christopher Icasiano/dr. The five part title…
Danish Radio Big Band: XL-LX
Subtitled, “Plays the Music of Marilyn Mazure-Clarla Bley-Palle Mikkelborg-Carl Nielsen-Miho Hazama”, this album celebrates the 60th anniversary of the venerable Danish Radio Big Band by playing five commissioned pieces from as many composers. The five vinyl record box set is…
THE BIRTH OF JAZZ…Jelly Roll Morton: A Career Anthology, Vol 1 1923-28, Vol 2 1929-40
If you don’t believe me, you could have checked on Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton’s business card that read “Inventor of Jazz”. Ok, so argue with him! These two boxed sets, each of 3 discs, consisting of 70 and 72 songs…
Trygve Seim/Frode Haltli: Our Time
Duets by Trygve Seim on soprano and tenor saxes with accordionist Frode Haltli create ethereal clouds of Byzantine meditations on this release. Seim’s tenor goes from sub-tones on the dainty “Madana Mohana” to high pitched sighs that compete in tone…
Pritesh Walia CD release @ Sam Fist Bar 10.31.24
Instead of delving into the Halloween world of ghosts and goblins, jazz fans were given the chance to hear the debut album of a different kind of spirit, that coming from the guitar of Indian born, LA local Pritesh Walia.…
JOE LA BARBERA: BROTHERS, BIG BANDS AND BILL
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IF YOU DON’T KNOW JOE LA BARBERA, YOU DON’T KNOW JAZZ DRUMMERS. ONE OF TODAY’S L IVING LEGENDS, HE IS BEST KNOWN AS BEING A MEMBER OF BILL EVANS’ LAST TRIO, WHICH IS ARGUAGLY THE…
A MONTH OF GIVING THANKS
Yes, I agree with you…THIS YEAR WAS TOUGH! Everyone is angry at everyone! The election is nasty, and no matter who wins, half the country will be angry. Everything cost more. Travel is still tough. You can’t trust the media. …
Gergana Velinova: This Is The Time
Bulgarian born and Canadian based vocalist Gergana Velinova celebrates Christmas on this single that displays her voice as well as writing charms. The tune “This Is The Time” is inspired by Gershwin’s “Embraceable You” and is a stocking stuffer of a…