Author: George W. Harris

Tenor saxist Joshua Redman takes on a couple new directions on this latest release. First, he’s on Blue Note records after spending most of his career on either Warner Brothers or Nonesuch. A new label brings forth fresh ideas as…

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There are only a handful of contemporary guitarists that one must consistently keep abreast of in order to understand the present state of music. Along with  Pat Metheny, Kurt Rosenwinkel is in that tier, so every release is always a…

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If you know your country music, then you know that it was Billy Joe Shaver that started the “outlaw” style of country music by chasing down Waylon Jennings and getting him to record a complete album of gritty originals like…

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Giving a salute to her native home in Switzerland, vocalist Gabriela Martina mixes vocals that range from yodels to post bop on this album of mostly originals. She mixes and matches atmospheres with Kyle Miles/b, Maxim Lubarsky/p, Jussi Reijonen/g, Vancile…

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Drummer Sofia Goodman brings together a team of Joel Frahm/ts, Dan Hitchcock/sax, Max Dvorin/cl, Alex Murphy/key, Rheal Janelle/g, Leland Nelson/b, Roy Agee/tb, Matt White/tp and Carlos Duran/perc for a mix of mellow impressions. Hitchcock’s soprano is soulful over the funky…

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Most of the times, when you listen to an album, you compare it to something that you’ve heard before that might be similar to it. That doesn’t work with this album, as it is quite unique in its concept and…

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Playing piano and Rhodes, Ben Winkelman creates some clever melodies and ideas with a simpatico team of Matt  Penman/b and Obed Calvaire/dr with Gilad Hekselman/g sitting in for most of the treatises. As a threesome, Winkelman sets up a gentle…

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Making a living in the swinging Count Basie Big Band for years, trombonist Al Grey an saxist Billy Mitchell got together on their own for a bit to put out some adventurous hard bop that bounces like Bud. The collection…

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