Category: Ringer of the Week

If you’re not familiar with the voice of folk singer June Tabor, you’re in for the treat of the week. She’s been a major factor in the traditional folk scene in Britain since the 70s, winning me over with her…

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This is the kind of disc that just makes you glad that there is a God and that He created music. 88 year old Carline Ray, who just recently left this earth for her heavenly reward,  had a career that…

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Wanna try something adventurous that will still appeal to your jazz sensibilities? How about ROMANIAN CABARET MUSIC?!? Did I get your attention yet? GOOD! Singer Oana Catalina Chitu delves into a songbook that I can guarantee NO ONE in the…

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Besides being the co-leader of the Famed Jones-Lewis Orchestra, the director of The Count Basie Orchestra and the producer of countless cooking small group sessions, trumpeter/composer/arranger Thad Jones had a career in Denmark as the head of The Danish Radio…

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Here’s a guy that over 3 score years has been involved in some of the most fantastic music in jazz. As this disc proves, the truly great ones get better and better like a fine wine. About 6 years ago,…

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Hidden away for almost thirty years, this home recorded session by Shearing with his long time friend/bassist Don Thompson has the two playing music in an intimate and relaxed manner that displays everything that’s right about modern jazz, and like…

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Storyville Records is better known for releasing vintage jazz material ranging from Louis Armstrong to Ben Webster, but they are still able to put out some new material by Danish jazz artists (that’s not an oxymoron is it?). This one…

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One of my guilty pleasures in music is listening to Bob Wilber on either soprano sax or clarinet. Taught by Sidney Bechet, Wilber’s sound and even his look have an old soul on an appeal. His music is always swinging,…

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Here’s some music from a guy that sounds like he’s going places. Joshua Kwassman plays woodwinds and leads a rotating format of a band that includes wordless voice (Arielle Feinman), guitar (Jeff Miles/Gilad Hekselman), piano (Angelo Di Loreto/Adam Kromelow), bass…

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Here’s a real find! She just won the Theolonious Monk Jazz Competition with judges no less impressive than Patti Austin, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling. Interested yet? The liner notes have Wynton Marsalis lauding her for her “poise, elegance,…

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