Bassist Lasse Morck has his compositions interpreted by the team of Jonas Due/tp, Ludvig Samuelsson/as-bs and Snome Kirk/dr on this collection of post bopping pleasures. The album has a vintage 50s and 60s feel with a Latin tine for Due’s…
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THE MUSIC THAT SAVED JAZZ…Sergio Mendes, Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, etc: Bossa Nova At Carnegie Hall
If we’re honest with ourselves, we’d admit that if it weren’t for jazz being discovered in the late 50s-early 60s by Stan Getz and Bud Shank, jazz would have descended into cacophonous navel gazing via the free jazz and avant…
VINYL JOYS…Lou Donaldson: Blues Walk (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)
Blue Note Records continues to release vintage jazz titles in vinyl format to remind people what it was like to actually sit down and listen to music. What a concept! The latest albums focus on hard bop, with Lou Donaldson’s…
Wolfgang Haffner Dream Band: Live In Concert
Drummer and bandleader Wofgang Haffner brings together a big band that includes allstars Randy Brecker/tp, Bill Evans/sax, Thomas Stieger/b, Simon Oslender/b, Nils Landgren/tb and Christopher Dell/p-perc-vib on this collection of rich delivers. Haffner s hows his wares on a hard…
21st CENTURY CRIMSON MEN…Stick Men: Tentacles
With King Crimson “officially” in retirement (until Robert Fripp changes his mind), the team of Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter serves as a more than suitable alternative, with the sound wonderfully similar to the Kingdom’s Red period. Levin…
LATIN LOVER…Sergio Pereira: Finesse
Beautiful moods are woven together by the strings of guitarist Sergo Pereira and a mix/match team that inccues Helio Alves/p, Mark Egan-Andre Vasconcellos-Paulo Paulelli, Emilio Martins/perc and Mauricio Zottarelli/dr.The melding of soft guitar tones and voices work seductively on the…
RECENT GUITAR WORKS…Quick Quartet: Low Rent Space, Paul Colombo Group: Rio Crystal, Ricardo Silveira: Solo
Guitar sounds from newer hands… Guitarist and composer Jason Quick uses his rich toned guitar to team up with Ben Wolkins/tp, J. Ronquillo/b, Zac Kreuz/dr and Ben Maloney/key for eight modern originals. He shows his ability to bop on the…
HUES OF BLUES…New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers: Volume 1, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters: Rise Up
Rockin’ the blues! With Charlie Musselwhite wailing on the harmonica, teamed with guitarists Alvin Youngblood Hart and Jimbo Mathus as well as a rhythm team of Jim Dickinson/p, Luther Dickinson/g-mand-b, Cody Dickinson/dr, Chris Chew/b and Paul Taylor/tb, the NMJRFR mix…
MUSICAL TAR PITS…Led Bib: It’s Morning, Keiji Haino, Merzbow, Balazs Pandi: Become The Discovered, Not the Discoverer
Sometimes albums contain songs, other times sounds. Here’s a pair of the latter. Ed Bib has a core team of Sharron Fortnam/voc, Chris Williams/as, Pete Grogan/as-ts, Elliot Galvin/key-p, Liran Donin/b and Mark Holub/dr, occasionally supplemented by some strings, bass clarinet…
The Ed Palermo Big Band: A Lousy Day In Harlem
Satire and jazz usually don’t go together, but bandleader Ed Palermo has made it a specialty during his career, with albums with themes ranging that have featured the sounds and songs of Frank Zappa. This time, he makes fun of…