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Danny Green - Altered Narratives
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Pianist Danny Green's trio has been a solid team, backing up artists such as vocalist Roberta Donnay. Here, Green shows his composing and arranging skills match his tactile talents with Justin Grinnell/b and Julien Cantelm/dr as his pieces such as "Serious Fun" and "October Ballad" show a range from Crescent City stomps to late night candelabra. Cantelm and Grinnell form an attractive restlessness underneath the lyrical ivories on "The Merge"... read more
Chris Parker - Full Circle
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
The multi talented piano man does it again. With a totally different sound and feel than his last trio date, Parker has a bunch of different pals and sounds lending a helping hand on this date. Swinging his way around the room in high octane fashion throughout, this crew is having a good time. They make sure you will too. Whatever ports of call they check in at, Parker and company give you a great ride getting there. A tonic for ears in... read more
Kronomorfic - Entangled
by Dave Sumner, Wondering Sound
Fascinating release from the tentet led by drummer Paul Pellegrin and David Borgo... Strangely alluring music, where melodic fragments flourish in the soil of odd meters and cross-currents of rhythms. This is music that seems like it should keep people out of reach, but it's so terrifically compelling that it makes friends with great ease... This is like a late-sixties Inside/Out construction, but where the traditional "Inside" is replaced by... read more
Daniel Barry - Walk All Ways
by Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Jazz and other forms of instrumental music first started exploring Latin, African, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms and melodies in earnest in the 1940s and '50s, first as a novelty, then as the kitschy style now known as exotica. By the '60s, as black and Latino communities started exploring their cultural heritages, the music got more serious, and by the advent of "world music" as its own section in the record store in the 1970s, these musical... read more
Jay Lawrence - Thermal Strut
by George Fendel, Jazzscene, Nov 06
No, this is not another "drum record". It's a piano trio date for Tamir Hendelman, a polished pianist who has worked extensively with the Clayton Brothers. And Tamir has his bop chops in gear with Topsy, Love For Sale and Opus De Funk. And just to prove he can play the pretty stuff, try his composition, Almost Summer, or that by Lawrence, Eulogy. The two very pleasant surprises here were Jobim's Agua De Beber and Jimmy Rowles' miracle tune,... read more
Ted Piltzecker - Peace Vibes
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
4-STARS It has become increasingly difficult for me to listen to vibraphonists since first hearing Sasha Berliner, whose artistry redefined my sense of the instrument's possibilities. Yet one must admit that this album, steeped in bebop accents and marked by an exceptional attention to detail in its compositions, cannot leave any listener indifferent. The New York vibraphonists perfectly measured playing heightens the beauty of the... read more
Mike Steinel Quintet - Song and Dance
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Mike Steinel mixes his trumpet and flugelhorn in a velvety way as he blends it with Rosana Eckert's vocals in both wordless and lyric form. The remaining team of Pat Coil/B3-p, Carl Hillman/b and Steve Barnes/dr show flexibility and rich pulses throughout, particularly with Coil at the Hammond. With the Leslies, voic e and horn prance over the lovely "Haitian Banana Run" and the soulful "Basement Waltz #12."
With everyone on the acoustic... read more
Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington - Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Six
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
Paul Tynan brings his trumpet and flugelhorn skills to Aaron Lington's baritone sax prowess for these 6 involved pieces that are quite diverse and welcome Trifon Dimitrov and Joe Abba to the formula.
"By Iron And Fire" opens the listen with frisky drums and bright brass populating the rhythmic and fluid landscape, and "Traveler From An Antique Land" follows with much attention to mood and softer dynamics that benefit from Abba's gentle drums... read more
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