On the last leg of a cross country tour to promote his latest album, Decade, trumpeter Danny Jonokuchi returns home to La La Land with his group of locals, but unlike his album, and his last nights gig in “the…
Author: George W. Harris
****RINGER OF THE WEEK***Charlie Apicella & Iron City meet The Griots Speak: Call To Action/Call To Prayer
A meeting of minds and souls takes place with the duo of Brad Whiteley/org and Austin Walker/dr joining musical forces with Daniel Carter/wwinds-tp-p, William Parker/b-reeds-tp, Charlie Apicella/dr-perc and Juma Sultan/perc . There is a surfeit of various traditional reed, string…
Jack Magnet Science: Future Forecast
What if Weather Report had a female vocalist? Well, that question gets answered on this album of fusioners included WR’s own Peter Erskine/dr, joined with Eythor Gunnarsson/key, Matthew Garrison/b, Einar Scheving/perd-dr, Sygtryggur Baldursson/perc/dr, Gudmundur Petrusson/g, Phil Doyle-Joel Paalsson/sax, Ari Bragi…
Wolfgang Haffner: Life Rhythm
Drummer Wolfgang Haffner teams with a core of Simon Oelender/p-key, Thomas Stieger/g, Sebaestian Studnitzky/tp, Arto Makeli/g and a collection of guests on this wide ranging mix of originals. Bill Evans brings in his soprano sax for an R&Bish “Full Circle”…
Ryan Keberle: Bright Moments
Trombonist Ryan Keberle bops hard with a sax heavy team of Patrick Cornelius/ss-as-bcl-fl, Diego Rivera/ts, Michael Dease/bars along with Alex N orris/tp, Art H irahara/p, Boris Kozlov/b and Rudy Royston. The addition of the baritone sax works marvelously here, as…
Linda Sikhakhane: Iladi
Shades of vintage John Coltrane are created by South African saxist Lina Sikhaklane with her team of Kweku Sumbry/dr, Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere/b and Nduduzo Makhathini/p. All of the songs are originals, yet steeped in the Impulse! mood of latter…
Hot Toddies Jazz Band: Triple Step
Danceable, two stepping and hot swing is delivered by two sizzling ladies at the mic in Hannah Gill and Queen Esther, as they trade off together as well as taking time to do their own work on this toe tapping…
Augie Haas+8: Live At the Speakeasy
Here’s an album that sounds like it was recorded back in the 1940s by Symphony Sid. Trumpet and vocalist Augie Haas has a hard swinging attitude, and he hits hard on this recorded gig with a team of Todd Groves/as,…
LAST OF THE ORIGINAL HARD BOPPERS…Louis Hayes: Artform Revisited
Well into his 80s, drummer Louis Hayes is still as crisp as an Italian suit, hitting the bop sticks for ¾ of a century, starting Horace Silver and playing the traps for just about everyone else. Here, he’s surrounded himself…
Piet Verbist: Flamenco Jazz Summit
Exciting and enticing moments from Iberia and beyond take place on this album led by bassist Piet Verbist along with pianist Milan Verbist, saxist Tom Van Dyck, drummer Juan Sainz, Carlos Cortes on flamenco guitar and percussion and the inclusion…