Modern trumpet sounds are delivered by Daoud and his groove based team of Etienne Manchon/key, Guillaume Prevost/dr, Felix Robin/vib, Louis Navarro/b and guests Alexanre Glinie/sax, Jeanne Le Goff/vi, Estelle Besingrand/cel and Timosha/g,. Daoud has a bright and splashy sound to…
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Michael O’Neill @ The Grape Ventura 06.06.24
It only took 40 years for guitarist Michael O’Neill to take time off from his stints with the likes of George Benson, Ronnie Foster and Barbara Streisand to release his own solo album and put together a few gigs to…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Stephane Wrembel featuring Jean-Michel Pilc: Triptych Phase I, II, III
Just when you think you’ve pegged Stephane Wrembel, here he puts out three albums that are going to surprise you. He links up with pianist Jean-Michel P ilc, which make seem incongruous until you remember that all the French love…
Taylor Eigsti: Plot Armor
Playing piano and Rhodes, Taylor Eigsti shows his impressive composing skills on this wide ranging album with an Agatha Christie rotation of guests. The core team of Kendrick Scott/dr and Harish Raghavan/dr are supplemented by Maya Kronfeld’s keyboards on the…
TRIOS! Mike Clement: Hittin’ It!, Spike Wilner Trio: Contrafactus, Wolff-Clark-Dorsey: A Letter To Bill Evans, Dave Bass: Trio Nuevo
A cord of three strands is not easily broken, especially in jazz… Pencil toned guitarist Mike Clement forms a humming Hammond trio with John Lee and drummer Herman Riley for a collection of cruising originals. There are few things as…
Nick Finzer: Legacy
Trombonist Nick Finzer brings in some of the heaviest hitters in town to give a tribute to trombone master JJ Johnson in Rudy Van Gelder’s legendary studio. The cast of Renee Rosnes/p, Rufus Reid/b and Lewis Nash/dr thrive on this…
Slow the Band: Live In Dresden
Led by Polish guitarist Tomascz Kaczmarczyk, Slow The Bandmakes modern jazz fun and accessible again with a team of Krzysztof Werminksi/p-synth, Leszek Szcerba/ts-ss, Lukasz Sobalak/dr, Slawomir Berny/perc and Tomasz Grabowsky/b showing up at a 2023 gig in Dresden, Germany and…
Atlas Major: Hadal Deluxe Edition
Mixing sounds and like flavors of a Moroccan tagine stew, the Austin, Texas based but world focused band Atlas Major creates exotic moods, harmonies and melodies that change directions like a whirling dervish. The core team of composers Josh Peters…
Aaron Irwin Trio: (after)
Playing alto sax and bass clarinet, Aaron Irwin forms a poetic trio with guitarist Mike Baggetta and drummer Jeff Hirshfield, even adding to the poetry bring bringing in readers Bonita Oliver, Joshua Mehigan and Emily Wong for recitations on a …
FEMALE CHARMS…Jacqui Naylor: Treasures of the Heart
Jacqui Naylor displays a strong and husky voice on this mix of standards and originals with Art Khu/key-g, Richie Goods/b, Ele Howell/dr and Erik Jekabson/tp-fh. She shows eleasticity with Jekabson on “Happy Adventure” and smooth sailing on “All That We…