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Barney McClure Trio, featuring Mike Denny - Spot
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
Organist (also pianist, but not on this album) Barney McClure pumps out an excellent set in combination with guitarist Mike Denny, with some reference to the great Jimmy Smith/Wes Montgomery combinations of the past (though more in spirit than in composition). This is Northwest jazz with an added kick from the small Alaskan contingent of the scene. McClure plugs along with some excellent Hammond chops throughout, working off the simple riffs of... read more
Ben Winkelman Trio - Balance
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
Jazz, much like life, is an art of balance, a forever dance on the scales which keep our sanity and existence in check. Form must always reckon with freedom, scripts and spontaneity are bound by mutual understanding, and intellect blossoms truest as it holds the heart in high regard. Only in a state of relative equilibrium can the music find its real footing, its foundation, a place to grow.
On his fifth album to date, pianist Ben Winkelman... read more
Marco de Carvalho - For The Moment
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide
For the Moment is an album of light Brazilian jazz from Rio-based composer/guitarist Marco de Carvalho, now living in Seattle. The mood is thoroughly laid-back (as the third track will confirm), with de Carvalho's light guitar work dominating the proceedings, and some soft drumming from Tad Britton, and Daniel de Carvalho laying the rhythm at the base of the compositions. The backing musicians are a collection of Seattle-ites and Brazilians,... read more
The Taylor / Fidyk Big Band - Live At Blues Alley
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise
You probably aren't familiar with either Mark Taylor or Steve, Fidyk, but you'll want to be after listening to this wonderful release.
Taylor is a composer/ arranger who got his start doing charts for the Stan Kenton orchestra; Fidyk is a percussionist who has played in many of the great jazz groups and in back-up bands for innumerable vocal artists. They met while both were members of the Army Blues, a well known millitary band.
This... read more
George Cotsirilos - Past Present
by John Heidt, Vintage Guitar Magazine
THE POWER OF THREE
The intent behind George Cotsirilos' new record was simple - capture the chemistry of a seasoned jazz band and mix it with the right bunch of original tunes and a few standards. The versatile guitarist, along with bassist Robb Fisher and drummer Ron Marabuto, refined the tunes during gigs. "The hope was we'd capture ensemble playing that was interactive and communicative," said Cotsirilos, whose listenable style developed... read more
Liam Sillery Quintet - Minor Changes
by Pedro Caesar Beas, Dijazz
After to have created Origin Records, the original musicians of Seattle, John Bishop and Matt Jorgensen they gave form him to seal OA2. A company interested in producing, distruibuir and to promote to independent jazzistas.
One of the musicians who are part of OA2 is the trompetista of New York Liam Sillery who with his quinteto has published the disc Minor Changes . A work that transports us to the best time of the Messengers Jazz and that... read more
Chamber 3 - Grassroots
by , Jazz Society of Oregon
The Seattle/German collective Chamber 3 seems to burst with urgency. Propelled by the Emerald City's Matt Jorgensen on drums, Grassroots is an explosive exercise in stormy postbop, with fine playing from all involved. Particularly inspired is German saxophonist Steffen Weber, who spins an inspiring blend of bebop and angular lines with a smooth, smoky tone. Though he's less eager to hog the spotlight, guitarist Christian Eckert brings an... read more
George Cotsirilos - Mostly in Blue
by Miles Jordan, Chico News & Review
After three acclaimed trio albums since 2006 with bassist Robb Fisher and drummer Ron Marabuto, they hooked up with pianist Keith Saunders to explore what Cotsirilos describes as "a little different sound connected to the tunes I was writing." The results are... read more
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