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LP and the Vinyl - Heard and Seen
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Pianist Danny Green has done creative things in trio settings, and this one with vocalist Leonard Patton takes the next journey forward. His team of bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm create ripples on a slowly undulating opus with Patton on "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" with Patton supplying wanderlust with the flowing trio during a David Bowie's "Life On Mars". Patton's rich tenor makes for show tune moods with Green's... read more
Daria - Strawberry Fields Forever
by Paul Freeman, Pop Culture Classics
Daria has reimagined Lennon/McCartney songs, giving them jazz twists and often utilizing bossa nova or Afro-Cuban rhythms. Approach the project with open minds and ears and the results will be rewarding. The tunes take on an entirely different feel. The vibrant, inventive vocalist gives "Can't Buy Me Love" a very cool sound. "The Fool On The Hill" is impeccably arranged. "Helter Skelter" really cooks. "She's Going Home" is a moving ballad, as is... read more
Mark Quint - The Principle of Uncertainty
by Dick Crockett, Sacramento Radio
Vocalist, lyricist MARK QUINT is next with his new THE PRINCIPLE OF UNCERTAINTY. Quint reflects with beauty and melodrama, a Lord Byron of modern music, his voice resembling Michael Franks. These are the poets that strike the right chord in a woman's heart, Certainly a very laid back Gino Vannelli. This CD violates much of corporate radio protocol. (You'll have to stay with it and the feminine side of your audience will certainly enjoy it. I... read more
Fred Forney - Chasing Horizons
by Jeremy Brekke, International Trumpet Guild, January 2011
Fred Forney's second release as a leader, Chasing Horizons features a set of original compositions that keep with the traditions of jazz while making it all sound new and interesting. A long-time Arizona resident, Forney is the Director of Jazz Studies at Mesa Community College and has been involved with numerous recording projects in Phoenix metropolitan area. Forney leads a quartet of top-notch musicians through his compositions and... read more
George Cotsirilos - Past Present
by R.A., CD Hot List
Bay Area guitarist George Cotsirilos has the kind of soft touch and effortlessly artful phrasing that other guitarists would kill for, and he also has a near-magical ability to improvise melodies that are simultaneously surprising and inevitable. This is unapologetically old-fashioned, straight-ahead jazz that nevertheless feels fresh and new, whether he's playing one of his fine originals or interpreting a standard like "The Way You Look... read more
Unhinged Sextet - Don't Blink
by Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz
4-STARS When the members of the collective Unhinged Sextet gathered to record their first album Clarity (OA2 Records, 2015) it was the first time they had played together, despite long-standing mutual associations. Don't Blink continues to demonstrate the chemistry that characterized their first meeting. Once again the music is all original, with contributions from five of the six group members - and the compositions inspire consistently... read more
Todd DelGiudice - Pencil Sketches
by Ric Bang, Jazz Scan
Back when jazz was in its prime, most artists were lucky if they finished high school before entering the profession. If college even entered their scene, it was after dues had been paid on the road and, if talented enough, they had become a star with a big band.
The opposite often is the case with today's musicians; they earn multiple degrees in universities that usually offer both jazz- and classical-oriented courses, and then become teachers... read more
Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra - The Planets: Reimagined
by Georges Tonla Briquet, Jazz'halo (Belgium)
"The Planets, OP. 32' by the English composer Gustav Holst continues to inspire. Progrockers like Yes and King Crimson, for example, liked to quote from this work. The American composer Jeremy Levy has now made a big band version of it with the cream of studio musicians from Los Angeles.
Seven compositions for as many planets that were known when Holst wrote 'The Planets, OP. 32' between 1914 and 1916 (there was no question of Pluto yet).... read more
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