“Getaway” Deepens the Mystery of Lisa Hilton
Tracks: Getaway; Just For Fun; Stormy Monday Blues; Stepping Into Paradise; Evening Song; City Streets; Lost & Found; Emergency; Turning Tables; Unforgotten; Stop & Go; Slow Down; Huckleberry Moon.
Personnel: Lisa Hilton: piano; Larry Grenadier: bass; Nasheet Waits: drums
There comes a tim [...]
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CD Review: Lisa Hilton ‘Getaway...
“Getaway” Deepens the Mystery of Lisa Hilton
Tracks: Getaway; Just For Fun; Stormy Monday Blues; Stepping Into Paradise; Evening Song; City Streets; Lost & Found; Emergency; Turning Tables; Unforgotten; Stop & Go; Slow Down; Huckleberry Moon.
Personnel: Lisa Hilton: piano; Larry Grenadier: bass; Nasheet Waits: drums
There comes a tim [...]
CD Release: Christian Howes Quartet w...
Christian Howes is, and has always been, not just a jazz violinist, but also a jazz innovator who searches for inventive means of expression as he expands the potential for his instrument. Because that’s the nature of his intellect and his personality, Howes would be exploring new musical pathways even without recognition for his discoveries. [...]
CD Release: Sherri Roberts – Lo...
Sherri Roberts too has decided that she wants to present her voice accompanied solely by piano. Not only does this opportunity provide her with the freedom to delve into the songs she favors as deeply and at such lengths as she desires. It also allows her bravely to present herself to the listener without a rhythm section or accompanying horn [...]
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CD Review: Jackie Ryan, Listen Here
By Bill Donaldson
Several traits about Jackie Ryan are true.
She always works with top-shelf jazz musicians, no matter where she records. She has wide-ranging musical intelligence and curiosity, and thus her choices for her albums remain unpredictable and delectable. She has mastered voice control so that she can extend her range over three [...]
“One Mind, “from Native Soul – ...
By: Edward Blanco
Tenor saxophonist Peter Brainin, pianist Noah Haidu, bassist Marcus McLaurine and drummer Steve Johns are all veteran musicians and stars in their own right. Together, they form one of the most dynamic jazz quartets around. Calling themselves Native Soul, the group follows their most impressive Soul Step (ASM, 2011) release [...]
Book Review: African Rhythms: The A...
BOOK REVIEW:
AFRICAN RHYTHMS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RANDY WESTON. By Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins. 319 pp. Duke University Press.
Pianist, composer, bandleader, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, Randy Weston’s long-anticipated, much-talked-about, consciousness-raising, African-centered autobiography, African Rhythms, i [...]
Motif – “Art Transplant” –...
Glenn Astarita
This Scandinavian trio featuring eminent German trumpeter and cunning improviser Axel Dörner strikes a golden chord via a diverse outlook, containing ferocious free-bop jaunts, vivid expressionism, and a treasure trove of guileful deviations.
Dorner’s throaty air current manipulations offer a bizarre and unassuming launch to t [...]
The Tim Gill All-Stars, “Bon Appetit!...
By: Edward Blanco
Tim Gill is a Los Angeles-based Downbeat award-winning vocalist/trumpeter who leads a power-infused ten-piece ensemble (the All-Stars) on their debut recording entitled Bon Appetit, featuring fourteen selections blending music from the Great American Songbook with jazz cover tunes and four originals. This is good old fashio [...]
Berne, Black & Cline “The Veil” 2...
Glenn Astarita
Many progressive-jazz enthusiasts anticipate releases when iconic crusaders converge for a musical summit. The artists have collaborated over the years, such as drummer Jim Black’s historic vital cog-in-the-wheel presence in alto saxophonist Tim Berne’s Bloodcount band. And rounding out the trio is Nels Cline, who may be th [...]
Samuel Blaser “Consort in Motion” CD-...
Glenn Astarita
German trombonist Samuel Blaser merges his classical and jazz skills with similes and progressive-jazz arrangements of Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi. It’s a manifold sequence of works sans any contrived implications or evolvements. Blaser’s evocative phrasings are alternated with variances in tone and a hig [...]
Larry Vuckovich, “Somethin’ Special”
By: Edward Blanco
Legendary Bop pianist Barry Harris once cited Larry Vuckovich as “one of the premier West Coast pianist” in the jazz world today. On this new release, Vuckovich pays tribute to the classic Blue Note label bringing back the soulful swing jazz that made its recordings so historic. Somethin’ Special is an appropriate title for [...]
