Jazz Haus Records has been uncovering some wonderful lost sessions for the past year or so, and this latest pair is a delightful mix of two more obscure artists that will be true joys for the collector. At one time,…
Author: George W. Harris
Jim Snidero: Stream of Consciousness
Jim Snidero releases another impressively strong release with his equally impressively earthy alto sax on this session with Paul Bollenback/g, Linda Oh/b and Rudy Royston/dr. Many of the compositions are impressions of Asian Art, having been performed at the NYC…
Wallace Roney: Understanding
Trumpeter Wallace Roney has released an impressive catalogue of albums, each one dealing with or trying to shed his career long comparisons to Miles Davis. He’s released albums that are similar to Davis’ ESP era, as well as material more…
Jazz Bakery’s Moveable Feast Presents: Giacomo Gates@Kirk Douglas Theatre 06.22.13
Vocalist Giacomo Gates came to town this weekend to justify my disdain (or at least indifference) to singers like Michael Buble’. As the people-pleasing pop performer delivers a show that is as polished as his nails, in a perfectly generic…
Sacha’s Bloc@Catalina’s 06.20.13
You get the hint that something special is in the air at Catalina’s when a) the show starts RIGHT ON TIME (this is a jazz club?!?) and b) the set begins with a guy having his back facing you (no,…
****RINGERS OF THE WEEK****HELLENIC SOUNDS-Eleni Karaindrou: Concert in Athens, Stephan Micus: Panagia
If your only exposure to Greek music is the background music to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, then this pair of music from the cradle of Western Civilization will open your ears to some wondrous sounds and moods. Give me…
A FORGOTTEN LINK IN THE CHAIN…Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions
Here’s what Mosaic Records does better than anyone else; they focus on an artist that is either undeservedly overlooked, or they laser beam onto an era of someone that deserves re-assessing. In this case, it’s a little bit of both.…
Paris Combo: 5
They’ve gone through a couple changes since they’ve last recorded over 6 years ago, but the Paris Combo finally got around to releasing their 5th album. The glorious mix of gypsy, jazz, cabaret and pop provided by Belle du Berry/voc,…
Monty Alexander: Uplift2 Higher
If you’ve ever been to a Monty Alexander gig, you don’t need to be convinced twice to grab a disc of live shows. This is the follow-up to the highly successful Uplift of a couple years ago. It’s just as…
Hot Club of Cowtown: Rendevous In Rhythm
The enticing trio of Elena James/fid-voc, Whit Smith/g-voc and Jake Orwin/b delivers gypsy rhythms and themes on this tribute to Django Reinhard’s Hot Club of France. Outsized 3:5 in number of musicians in comparing the two bands, this delightful trio…