Playing saxes and flute, Eric Person puts together a large-small group with Ingrid Jensen/tp, Robin Eubanks/tb, Daneil Dadownick/cong, Cary DeNigris/g, Jerod Kashkin/p, Adam Armstrong/b and Peter O’Brien/dr for some soulful jazz sounds. His soprano sears with Jenson over Kahkin’s thundering…
Month: December 2024
Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Crescent City Jewels
As brother Wynton is for mainstream jazz, trombonist Delfeayo has over the years become the ambassador to New Orleans-inspired sounds. And it’s not just old time Preservation Hall stuff. We’re talking good times and get up on your feet kind…
Rebecca Kilgore: A Little Taste
Vocalist Rebecca Kilgore gives a tribute to the magic pen of Dave Frishberg on this recent release. She mixes and matches a string section wit ha core team of Randy Porter/p, Tom Wakeling/b, Todd Strait/dr, Dan Barrett-John Moak/tb, Tim Jensen/wwinds…
Dawn Clement/Steve Kovalcheck/Jon Hamar: Clement/Kovalcheck/Hamar
The threesome of Dawn Clement/p, Steve Kovalcheck/g and Jon Hamar/b join forces for eleven lyrical originals. The team shows some bop chops on the bouncy “Hard Ball” and a funky “Spirit Spin” whiel graceful impressions float on “Blind” and the…
Anne Sajdera: It’s Here
Pianist Anne Sajdera teams with Gary Brown/b, Deszon Claiborne/dr, Mike Olmos/tp, Jesse Levit/as and guests Miraslav Hiocat/tp, Jan Fece/as, Rita Thies/fl and Joyce Lee/vi for a collection of impressionistic post bop pieces. There’s a chamber feel to the drummrless “LovelY…
Leila Adu: Moonstone & Tar Sands: Life Matters
Here’s an intriguingly original jazz vocal album by Uk born singer/songwriter Leila Adu. She also plays piano and keyboards, and forms a trio on this album with bassist Jon Toscano and drummer David Frazier, with some of the songs here…
Alex Bird and the Jazz Mavericks: Another Christmas Day
If you’re not yet into Alex Bird and the Jazz Mavericks, you’re missing the freshest singer around. Not only does he have a hip delivery that the likes of Jamie Cullum and Michal Buble’ would die for, but he writes…
THE FUTURE IS NOW! Sun Ra: Lights On A Satellite-Live At The Left Bank
Few artist straddled the world of traditional jazz and space travel as Sun ra.This album of previously unreleased material stems from a gig back in July 1978 with his band that included stalwarts such as John Gilmore/ts-cl, Marshall Allen/as-fl, along…
George Kahn: Holiday Soiree
Since Christmas is the celebration of the world’s most famous Jew, I always love when someone from The Tribe releases an album with songs about the holiday. Pianist George Kahn brings in the rich voices of Courtney Lemmon, Gina Saputo…
A FORGOTTEN GUITAR…Emily Remler: Cookin’ At The Queens
Jazz fans lost a good one back in 1990 when Wes Montgomery-inspired guitarist Emily Remler died prematurely from a heart attack. This pair of disc from two different concerts (1984 and 1988) show a lady that is filled with talent…