Guitarist Bill Banfield’s album title is apropos for today’s generation, as a brand new research poll showed that most people today spend no time actually sitting and listening to an album, as previous generations had. Playing acoustic guitar like a…
Author: George W. Harris
TRIOS! Brian Ho Trio: Bridges, John Lee: Second Wind, The Bruno Hubert Trio: Fire Waltz
“A strand of three chords is not easily broken” Ecclesiastes 4:12 Hammond B3er Brian Ho brings together Paul Bollenback/g and Bryon “ Wookie” Landham/dr for a session that is reminiscent of the vintage Larry Young/Grant Green albums on Blue Note.…
NEW FROM NO BUSINESS…Derek Bailey/Sabu Toyozumi: Breath Awareness, Albert Beger-Ziv Taubenfeld-Shay Hazan-Hamid Drake: Cosmic Wave, Karen Borca Trio, Quartet & Quintet: Good News Blues, Kalaparusha Maurice Mcintyre: Live From Studio Rivbea July 12, 1975, Peter Brotzman/Toshinori Kondo/Sabu Toyozumi: Complete Link
Guitarist Derek Bailey teams with drummer Sabu Toyozumi for a 1987 gig in Japan. The four songs contain two marathon pieces, a 27 minute free from drum avalanche of “Fukuoka IMA House” and the guitar picking and strumming abstraction of…
A BABE THAT BELTS IT…Lara Price: Half & Half
Texas-based Lara Price growls and snarls with a mix and match team of Mike Schermer-David Jimenez-Matt Burger-Chris Tondre/g, Nick Jay-Endre Tarczy/b, Clint Simmons-Randy Hayes/dr, Kit Andersen-Trevor Nealon/keys, Matthew Maldonado/sax and some guests on this hard hitting release. She defiantly stops…
Albert Castiglia: Righteous Souls
Albert Castiglia rocks the blues as he sings and p lays guitar with a team of Jerry Jemmott/b, Jim P ugh/key, Derrick D’Mar Martin/dr, Kid Andersen/g-key-b, Jon Otis/perc, Jack Sanford/bs Eddie Tarczy/harpsichord and Lisa Andersen/voc along with some cameo guests.…
WOMEN IN CHARGE…Monika Herzig’s Sheroes: All In Good Time, The Sofia Goodman Group: Receptive
Here are a pair of ladies taking charge of their music… Playing piano and keyboards, Monika Herzig brings in an all XX cast of Rosa Avila/dr, Jamie Baum/fl, Reut Regev/tb, Gina Schwarz/b, Leni Stein/g and Camille Thurman/ts-voc on this graceful…
Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra with Rich Perry: Things Will Pass
Composer and band leader Hyeseon Hong puts together a clever and swingingly modern team that includes guest saxist Rich Perry. He’s not the only one that sines, but his work on the dramatic “Memories of Ladies” and romantic “Night Climbing”…
Michael Eckroth Group: Human Geography
Playing piano and keyboards, Michael Eckroth teams up with drummer Joel Mateo, percussionists Mauricio Herrera/Carlos Maldonado, a rotating bass team of Paul Reyes/Edward Perez/Alex Ayala and a horn section of Alex Norris/Matt Hilgenburg/tp, with Peter Brainin/ts on a collection of…
PETE LEVIN: TWO LEVINS AND EVANS
ONE OF THE TRUE PLEASURES OF JAZZ IS THE SPONTANEOUS JOY OF SURPRISE. RECENTLY I TOOK IN A GIG BY THE “BAND OF BROTHERS”, WHICH CONSISTED OF LA BARBERA’S DRUMMER JOE AND SAXIST JOHN, ALONG WITH LEVIN BROTHERS TONY ON…
TONY LEVIN: THE BEAT GOES ON
AT AN AGE WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THER SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS, BASSIST TONY LEVIN HAS HAD ARGUABLY THE BUSIEST YEAR OF HIS CAREER. NOT ONLY HAS HE BEEN TOURING WITH BROTHER/KEYBOARDIST PETER IN THE SWINGING GROUP “BAND OF…