Author: George W. Harris

Nick Adema: Urban Chaos

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”…

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…