Author: George W. Harris

Nesrine: Kan Ya Makan

Cellist Nesrine creates bohemian mixes of France and North Africa on this richly earth toned released. She mixes and matches with a wide variety of talents, including Vincent Huma/g, Gregoire Musso/b-key, Anissa Nehari/perc, Rhani Krija/perc and Paco Soler/tb for some…

Rich Willey: Boptism Christmas

Trumpeter Rich Willey brings swing to Christmas on this upbeat album with Dylan  Hannan/as, Ashley  Pritchard/ts, Bill Reichenbach/tb-btp, Alex Taub/p-org, Andy Page/g, Zack Page/b and Justin Watt-Russ Wilson/dr. The horns are hip around a medley of “Merry Gentleman Kings” with…

Laila Biali: Wintersongs

Playing piano and singing, Laila Biali creates a Christmas Suite of sorts on this album, not rehashing classic Christmas tunes independently, but composing her own to create a stocking stuffer of songs that bring in a string quartet, chamber orchestra…

David Haney: Exotic Materials In Development-New Directions in Piano Volumes 1 & 2, David Haney with Dave Storrs Iteration: Exotic Materials, David Haney with Cheryl Pyle, Kirk Knuffke & Dave Sewelson: Exotic Materials Part One & Two

Pianist and composer David Haney releases a surfeit of albums, playing in various combinations ranging from solo to small group. The unifying factor is spontaneity and inquisitiveness, the only question is what size portions you want to ingest The two…

THE REASONS FOR THE SEASON!

Yes, it can be commercialized, but SO WHAT?!? Yes, the world sometimes seems like it’s spinning out of control. World protests, world wars, cultural wars on what even constitutes a man and a woman. But you know what? It’s ALWAYS…