Vocalist Melinda Rose teams up with long time partner and pianist Frenchy Romero, and with Vince Dupont/b, Matt Wilson/dr and Summer Camargo/tp mix clever originals with some fun standards. Together, the two ladies get cozy and intimate on Stevie Wonder’s…
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Walter Smith III: three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not
With as warm a tenor as legally possible, Walter Smith teams up with fellow Houston natives Jason Moran/p and Eric Harland/dr, and Virgin Island born Reuben Roger/dr joining in for the originals. The songs are all in medium to medium…
Alex LoRe: Motivity
Playing alto and the turn of the century C Melody sax, Alex LeRoe gives a tribute to the great Lee Konitz on this album teamed with Thomas Morgan/b and Johnathan Blake/dr. Having played the C melody, I can honestly not…
Mauricio Morales: Seven Days
LA-based bassist Mauricio Morales delivers a weeks worth of music with songs related to each day. Joined by Horace Bray/g, Luca Mendoza/p, Ido Mushulam/tb, Edmar Colon/ts and JK Kim/dr, Morales starts the week with an easy and lyrical swing of…
Mick Kolassa: All Kinds of Blues
Original blues hues are delivered by singer/guitarist Mick Kolassa and a rotating team of Joey Robinson-Tom Lonardo-James Cunningham/key-dr, Jeff Jensen-Doug Macleod-Leo Goff-Dexter Allen/g-b, Bill Ruffino-b, Ric Steff/key, eric Hughes/g-harp, Kirk Smothers/sax and Marc Franklin/tp. The horns bring in an earthy…
Zachary Bartholomew: Balancing Act
Classic hard bop quintet ideas a la Horace Silver and Art Blakey are moderned up by pianist and composer Zachary Bartholomew and his hard hitting team of Marty Quinn/b, Rodolfo Zuniga/b, Benny Benack III?tp and David Fernandez/ts-ss. The threesome shows…
Andy Wheelock Whee 3 Trio: In The Wheelhouse
Drummer and percussionist Andy Wheelock brings his trio of Walter Gorra/p and Gonzalo Teppa/b together with guest guitarist Gilad Heksleman for a collection of fervent originals. Wheelock likes to play with tricky groves, opening things up with a snappy intro…
William Cepeda: The Sound of Puerto Rican Jazz
If you’re looking for some new, fresh and exciting sounds, this big band album led by trombonist William Cepeda is going to knock your socks off. He leads a team that boasts fives saxes, four each of trombones and trumpets,…
Carsten Dahl Golden Ratio Trio: Interpretations-The Norway Sessions
Pianist Carsten Dahl teams up with Daniel Franck/b and Jakob Hoyer/dr for a collection of recoding from January 2023 and March 2024 in this Baker’s Dozen of originals. There is a difference of feel between the two sessions, as Dahl…
Jimmy Carpenter: Just Got Started
Singing and playing sax, Jimmy Carpenter sounds like he was weaned on STAX records on this stomping session with a core of Christopher Anderson/g, Jim Pugh/key, Derrick D’mar Martin/dr and a dry rubbed rib collection of guests There’s plenty of…