Author: George W. Harris

Ollee Owens: Nowhere To Hide

Ollee Owens brings a swampy growl to a collection of originals and covers with a team of Will McFarland-Phil Hugly-Chris Rodriguez/g, Tommy Sims-Craig   Young/b, Bobby Blazier/dr, DeMarco Johnson-Gabe Klein/key and guest horns and vocals. The songs have a Memphis STAX…

The Joymakers: Where The Bluebonnets Grow

Pre-swing hotcha jazz is delivered by the team of Colin Hancock/ct-bs-as-tb-voc, David JEllema/cl-cmsax-ct-voc, Lauryn Gould/as-ts-ss-voc, Dylan Blackhorn/acc-p, Wesien Borghesi/bj, Shane Dickens/p, Ryan Gould/b and Ryan Neubauer/dr through a collection of classics. TJellema’s C melody sax puffs well on “Wolverine Blues”…

Rich Halley 4: Dusk and Dawn

Tenor saxist Rich Halley forms a freebop team with Michael Vlatkovich/tb, Clyde Reed/b and Carson Halley/dr for some herky jerky originals. Hints of Charles Mingus are felt throughout, with sowm fun pre-swingish festivities on the traditional “Retrogade” while the horns…

Peter Somuah: Highlife

Ghanian bred trumpeter Peter Somuah mixes cultures and sounds on this album joined with Jesse Schilderink/ts, Antonde Bruin/key, Jens Meijer/dr, Danny Rombout/perc, Marijn van de Ven/b, Lamisi Akuka/voc, Thomas Botchway/perc, Pat Thomas-GyeduBlay Ambolley/voc and Bright Osei Baffour/g. After a spoken…