Grammy winning pianist and composer Pablo Ziegler brings his works for his working trio and arranges them with rich percussion and orchestration with the Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley. Recorde in concert, these nine tunes meld the sensuality of…
Author: George W. Harris
Arturo Sandoval’s Big Band@Catalina’s 08.02.13
If you’re a fan of the trumpet, you got an ear full of some of the brassiest sounds this side of the angel Gabriel this Friday night at Catalina’s. 9 time Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval fronted his sizzling Big Band…
Solomon Burke: Live At Montreux 2006
Solomon Burke left this world to join his family and Savior in heaven back in 2010, but he left here a testament of his own; a smokin’ concert from the Montreux Fest of 2006 that shows all that’s right with…
SUE MINGUS: CHANGES ONE AND TWO
It’s hard sometimes to get a perspective of where you are in life until you compare yourself with a certain standard. Think you’re on a high moral ground? Try reading The Sermon on the Mount. Think we’re going through difficult…
JOHN BEASLEY: MILES, MENDES AND MORE BLUES
I know that New York gets all of the accolades, but joyful fact is that LA can boast as excellent a jazz lineup as anywhere on the Least Coast. Keyboardist John Beasley, for example, is a local guy who is…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Jesper Lundgaard Trio: Walk Tall
Storyville Records is better known for releasing vintage jazz material ranging from Louis Armstrong to Ben Webster, but they are still able to put out some new material by Danish jazz artists (that’s not an oxymoron is it?). This one…
George Benson: Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
Good King Bad George Benson is on a career roll! His last release (Guitar Man) was a cooker that rated up there with his CTI material way back when, and this tribute to Nat King Cole is just as impressive…
The Yellowjackets: A Rise in the Road
The venerable band The Yellowjackets have survived a myiad of personnel and style changes in their 32 year history. With a true jazz heart, they have improvised well over these challenges that would have made a lesser band either give…
Jon Wirtz: Tourist
I love an album that you just can’t label. This one by keyboardist/composer Jon Wirtz is an audio journey through a world of sounds, styles and moods. Ethereal voice delivered by Sarah Miles on “Slumber” leads into a Pat Metheny-esque…
Trevor Anderies: Shades of Truth
I gotta be honest with you. After listening to the first intriguing instrumental on this album by drummer Trevor Anderies and then the following title track which includes the Grade B Maple Syrup voice of Dwight Trible, I was ready…