The group Hera consists of Waclaw Zimple/cl-harm, Pawel Postaremczak/sax-harm, Maciek Cierlinski/hurdy-gurdy, Raphael Roginski/g, Ksawery Wojcinski/b, and drummers Pawel Szpura and Hamid Drake.Together, the perform at the Krakow Jazz Autumn Festival at a 2012 show, and emphasize music from Central Asia…
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OLD SOULS SOUNDING FRESH…Catherine Russell: Bring it Back, Barbara Levy Daniels: Love Lost and Found
Here are a couple of female vocalists that show that expression mixed with swing never goes out of style. Daughter of famed artist circa Louis Armstrong, Catherine Russell take you back to the sounds of Luis Russell with two beat…
John Adorney: The Wonder Well
John Adorney does it all here. Well, almost. He handles the keyboards and synths, cello, guitar, banjo, sitar, dulcimer, auto harp and even lends his voice on a track, while guest Daya handles the rest of the singing and Richard…
Lisa Hilton: Kaleidoscope
Pianist/composer Lisa Hilton continues her trek as one of the more original sounding performer these days. Influenced by many, but sounding only like herself, her signature sound of using all 88 ivories is impressively on display here in solo, trio…
Anthony Wilson’s Guitar Quartet@The Edye 03.07.14
Guitar fans were in fret heaven at The Edye Friday night as Anthony Wilson brought together some of the best pickers around for a quartet’s worth of picking, strumming, tapping and plucking. Wilson’s 2013 Season’s album which debuted the 4…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Romero Lubambo: So-Brazilian Essence
This is the Romero Lubambo album you’ve been waiting for. The Brazilian guitarist is best known for his work as accompanist for Luciana Souza; she always gave him a few songs to perform on his own on stage and crack…
The Jamie Baum Septet+: In This Life
Flautist/composer Jamie Baum leads a forward looking septet along with Amir Elsaffar/tp, Douglas Yates/reeds, Chris Komer/frh, Brad Shepik/g, John Escreet/key, Zachary Lober/b and Jeff Hirshfield/dr. If that number doesn’t quite equal seven, the inclusion of guests Sameil Torres/perb, Dan Weiss/tabla…
Badi Assad: Between Love and Luck
Brazilian vocalist Badi Assad releases an attractive collection of originals that mix pop, jazz and local sounds in an intriguing manner. She mixes and matches her songs in both Portuguese and English, sometimes in the same tune. The material can…
Diego Urcola: Mates
If you’re a fan of duets, you’re going to be in hog heaven on this release. Each of the fourteen pieces here has the trumpet or flugelhorn of Diego Urcola matched with either Avishai Cohen/b, Dave Samuels/vib-mar, Edmar Castaneda/harp or…
Patrisha Thomson: That Old Feeling
“I AM big; it’s the pictures that got small” Norma Desmond-Sunset Boulevard Vocalist Patrisha Thomson shows a style of singing and delivery that is akin to watching a movie with old time stars Paul Muni or Luise Ranier. Unlike the…