She’s the daughter of folk/rock icon Richard Thompson, so you can’t argue with the genetic pool factor. However, something wasn’t taught to this young lady, as this collection of bluesy-roots music breaks one major rule, especially for a newcomer. As…
Author: George W. Harris
Jeff Hamilton Trio: Red Sparkle
Ah…this is why you live in the City of the Angels! Jeff Hamilton, who co-leads the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, shows his other side on trio sessions such as this one with Christoph Luty/b and Tamir Hendleman/p. He put out a trio…
John Abercrombie Quartet: Within A Song
This is the kind of material that made ECM records famous in the first place. Get some first rate artists together, in this case it’s guitarist John Abercrombie with Joe Lovano/ts, Drew Gress/b and Joey Baron, and just set them…
Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live
As vocalist Peter Gabriel states in the bonus interview, this ’94 tour was essentially the first time that he returned to his more theatrical presentation of music that he had patented back in his days when Genesis was actually an…
MORE VINTAGE JAZZ REISSUES FROM AVID! Nat Adderley, Barney Kessel and Mel Powell
Barney Kessel Three Classic Albums Plus Nat Adderley Four Classic Albums Mel Powell Four Classic Albums Plus, Avid Jazz Records www.avidgroup.co.uk By George W. Harris Don’t think for one minute that Mosaic Records has the corner…
THREE…FOUR…FIVE…Aleks Girshevich Trio: Tomorrow, The Impossible Gentlemen: The Impossible Gentlemen, Richard Sussman Quintet: Continuum
Trio, Quartet, Quintet…three of the main ways that jazz is displayed these days. Here are a few bands that are a bit under the radar, but have some nice sounds coming your way. With all of these, it’s fun to…
Hiroe Sekine: After The Rainfall
Keyboardist/vocalist Hiroe Sekine caught a lot of people by surprise back in 2010 with her impressive debut disc A-me, including yours truly. This time around, she’s enlisted some of LA’s best guys, Bob Sheppard/winds, Larry Koonse/g, Darek Oles-Jimmy Johnson/b, and…
Hailey Niswanger: The Keeper
OK! I’ll admit it. I’m sexist! I have two daughters, a great wife, and a staff of 6 women, so I think I know a little about the fairer sex. When I see a jazz release with a woman on…
Ravi Coltrane’s Quartet@Catalina’s 08.02.12
It takes a lot of moxie to not only take on the same career as a famous father (talk to Tim Berra, for example), but the exact same instruments of the iconic jazz master. Are the people in the audience…
The Neville Brothers, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Roddie Romero & The Hub City All-Stars@The Hollywood Bowl 08.01.12
All that was missing was oysters on the half shell (well, actually, the Bowl IS a half shell, so there you go!) during the nearly 3 hour musical celebration of sounds from The Crescent City. Interestingly, the only style that…