Best known for his work with Ron Carter’s trio, pianist Donald Vega leads a formidable team of Lewis Nash/dr, John Patitucci/b and Luisitio Quintero/perc through a collection of originals. His signature classy style is in display well on “Alegria” and…
Author: George W. Harris
David Lopato & Global Coolant: Short Stories
Pianist David Lopato joins forces with Ed Neumeister/tb, Lucas Pino/sax, Anson/voc, Ratzo Harris/b,Michael Sarindr, Rogerio Boccato-Keita Ogawa-BobbySanabria/perc for a collection of originals. Jones joins in for a wild and frisky “Through The Veil” and the darker “Papagayo” while without a…
Drew Zaremba: Reunion
Playing sax and organ, composer/arranger Drew Zaremba puts together a muscular big band on this John Clayton-produced album that mixes originals with some wild reads of covers. Of the later, Zaremba lets guitarist Steve Kovalcheck dig in for a roller…
Phil Sargent: Sons
Guitarist Phil Sargent leads a core unit of Greg Loughman/b and Mike Connors/der-perc along with guests Jerry Sabatini/tp and Anastassiya Peterova/p on a collection of originals. With Peterova, Sargent and company drive propulsively through the prancing “Skyline” and the upbeat…
Sylvia Brooks: Live
Vocalist Sylvia Brooks works Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Club with Angelenos Christian Jacob/p, David Hughes/b, Kevin Kanner/dr, David Whithan/key-acc, Jeff Bunell/tp-fh and Brian Scanlon/ts-fl. The band shows its talents throughout, notable on the swinging The Red Pig flew Up The…
*****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10: A Beautiful Day, Revisited
This two disc set of previously unreleased material is special for a couple of reasons. One, it is rare glimpse of latter day sounds of piano giant Andrew Hill, and even better, it finds him in rare group forms, a…
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: The United States Air Force Band: The 2024 Jazz Heritage Series
You got to love a section of the armed forces that was created in honor of Major Glenn Miller. 75 years hence, the charts have been modernized here by Big Phat Band leader Gordon Goodwin, with his signature ideas prevalent…
NEW NO BUSINESS…The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue, Joel Futterman: Innervoice, William Parker-Hugo Costa-Philipp Ernsting: Pulsar, Arthur Blythe Quartet: Live From Studio Rivbea July 6, 1976
Frisky and free sounds from today and a past age delivered from No Business Records. Hold on tight! Consisting of Rodrigo Amado/ts, Goncalo Almeida/b, Onno Govaert/dr and Eve Risser/p, The Attic is recorded in Lisbon in 2023 for four songs…
Eric Bell: Vulnerability
Pianist Eric Bell brings together Cole Sainburg/b, Nico Vasquez-Dean Anbar-g and Eric Hirschhorn/ts for a collection of pastoral originals. Anbar creates an impressionistic atmosphere around the ivories on the Satie-esque “Start” and is nimble around the deep groove of “Fighting…
Oscar Peterson: City Lights
Oscar Peterson was a year in recovery from his 1993 stroke when this recording was made in Munich with his working team of Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen/b, Lorne Lofsky/g and Martin Drew/dr, but you sure wouldn’t suspect a thing, as the…