Playing trombone and pedal board, composer Nick Adema brings a core of Joy Shechter/p, Azubike Onwuka/eg, Chen Har Even/dr, Noah Preminger/ts, Ante Medic/g together with some guests for some wide ranging post bop. There’s a hint of Miles Davis’ “Nefertiti”…
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Ittetsu Nasuda: Tailwind
Pianist and composer Ittetsu Nasuda forms a formidable team of Dan Neville/vib, Gabriel Vivas/b, Takafumi Nidaido/perc and Juan Chavassa/dr for a collection of his originals. Nasuda shows his lyricism on a solo “Sparkling Reflections” that is brimming over with ideas.…
Orchestre Incandescent: Rare Birds
Composer Sylvaine Helary sings and plays flute as she leads a small orchestra through some thrilling charts. The team of Antonin Rayon/key, Elodie Pasquier/cl-bcl, Christiane Bopp/tb-sckbt, Maelle Desbrosses/vi, Lynn Cassiers/voc-el, Chloe Lucas/vi, Guillaume Magne/g, Jim Hart/dr and Alexis Persigan/tb blend…
Eliot Zigmund Quartet: Golden
Drummer Eliot Zigmund brings together a sleek post bop team of Rick Savage/tp-fh,David Janeway/p-key and David Kingsnorth/b for a hip mix of originals and two covers. The drummer’s brushes are sleek on a graceful take of “The Touch Of Your…
Luke Sellick: Discovery
Canadian bassist and vocalist Luke Sellick creates an album with Jordan Pettay/ts, Andrew Renfroe/g, David Linard/p-org, Jimmy MacBride/dr and guest David Bixler/fl on this collection of originals. The strong charts include some pretty guitar work on “Discovery” , MacBride applying…
Eric Bibb: In The Real World
Today’s leading proponent of the rural blues, Eric Bibb, is becoming known also an impressive composer, penning everything here as he mixes and matches support from small group to Spartan duets. His voice is richly avuncular, telling stories as well…
WOULD SHE LIE TO YOU? Kristin Korb: Sweet Dreams
Bassist and singer Kristin Korb comes up with the brilliant idea of jazzing up the songbook from the 1980s rock band The Eurythmics. Joined by Magnus Hjorth/p, Snorre Kirk/dr, Mathias Heise/hrm, Karl-Martin Almquist/ts, Steen Nikolaj Hansen/tb and Yohan Ramon/perc, Korb…
CANDIDLY CLEAR…Donald Harrison: Indian Blues, Paquito D’Rivera: Who’s Smoking?!, Otis Spann: Walking The Blues
The latest reissues from Candid Records feature modern post bop and vintage blues… Best known for his work with the last edition of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, alto saxist Donald Harrison returns to his New Orleans roots with a swinging…
Younee: Improvisations Live In Germany
In the wake of Keith Jarrett, pianist Younee shows on these two discs that she may be the newest artist to specialize in concert improvisations. Taken from a series of shows in Germany, the 17 pieces (with vocal introduction) show…
ROCK’S ROOTS ARE SHOWING…Jimmy ‘Baby Face’ Lewis: Madman of the Guitar-The Singles Collection 1947-55, Varetta Dillard: Mercy Mr. Percy-The Singles Collection 1951-61
Before Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley created what became known as “rock and roll”, the juke boxes were jumping with the pre-cambrian mixture of jazz and blues, better known as R&B or “jump” blues. Here…