Playing piano while throwing in a bit of flute and vocals, Gaea Schell delivers lovely original themes with a team of Jordan Samuels/g, John Wiitala/b and Greg Wyser-Pratte/dr along with a couple of guests. Her flute is warm and fluffy…
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Senri Oe: Class of ‘88
Pianist Senri Oe delivers clean and clear ideas in trio and solo format on this recent release of originals. For the trio sides, he’s with Ross Pederson/dr and Matt Clohesy/b for a romantic “Lauro De Freitas”, a kinetic “I Wanna…
GUITAR NEWS…Max Light: Henceforth
Guitarist Max Light creates post modern ideas with warm toned Noah Preminger/ts, Kim Cass/b and Dan Weiss/dr for a mix of originals. Light has a thoughtful tone with a prismatic feel, introducing “Barney & Sid” and wafts with Preminger over…
LEWIS, CLARK AND SACAGAWEJA: NOW THAT’S A TRIO!!!
One of the great aspects of summertime is that it’s easy to get out and explore the country. Instead of flying to visit our daughter’s family in Minnesota, we decided to drive our way there. But not just to “get…
SIMON PHILLIPS’ PROTOCOL
IT’S NOT MANY DRUMMERS WHO CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT PLAYING IS THEIR LIFE. BUT SIMON PHILLIPS CAREER NEARLY COVERS EVERY ONE OF HIS 66 YEARS ON EARTH. MOST MUSIC FANS IN THE STATES FIRST HEARD HIS PLAYING BACK IN THE…
JOE FARNSWORTH: HEADED IN THE DIRECTION OF DRUMMING UP RELATIONSHIPS
ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE OF THE PRESENT GENERATION OF HARD BOP DRUMMERS, JOE FARNSWORTH HAS RECENTLY RELEASED HIS OWN ALBUM AS A LEADER, IN WHAT DIRECTION ARE YOU HEADED. WHILE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH “OLD SCHOOL” ARTISTS LIKE PHAROAH SANDERS, HAROLD…
****THIS IS HARD BOP PIANO****Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
Hard bop pianist Sonny Clark is no stranger to Mosaic Records. He was a sideman on three classic units previously reissued, one with Buddy DeFranco , another with Tina Brooks, and the last alongside Grant Green. In this limited edition,…
VINYL REVIVAL…Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery, Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!, Leon Spencer: Where I’m Coming From, Ornette Coleman: Something Else!, Mal Waldron : Mal/2, Billie Holiday: Songs For Distingue’ Lovers, Eartha Kitt: Bad But Beautiful, Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus
At the time, no one realized that listening to vinyl records actually trained the listener’s ear. I discovered this while teaching a high school class this year. I assign various songs/albums for the kids to listen to, and after the…
Matt Catingub: From Samoa to Sinatra
Pianist Matt Catingub uses modern recording technology to mix recordings of his mother, Mavis Rivers, with a collection of studio musicians in big band, string and small combo sessions. If that info were not in the liner notes, I never…
Ben Powell: New Jazz Standards Volume 6-The Music of Carl Saunders
Playing violin and viola, Ben Powell gives tribute to the recently departed swinging trumpeter Carl Saunders with vibrant reads of his compositions. He’s teamed up with the stellar Christian Jacob/p, Kevin Axt/b and Peter Erskine/dr many times overdubbing the two…