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Anne Drummond - Revolving
by Robert Ratajczak, Long Play (Hungary)
The pianist, pianist, composer and music teacher Anne Drummond has been active in New York concert life since 1997. She also performed in North America and Europe.
In 2013, she released her album which is a mixture of various musical styles, referring equally to jazz and classical music. The album is lightweight and easy to assimilate, crafted by Drummond and perfectly arranged. In addition to her own compositions, the collection includes... read more
David Weiss Sextet - Auteur
by Dee Dee McNeil, Making a Scene
An "Auteur" is a filmmaker who exhibits so much influence and artistic control over a movie that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie. In this case, "Auteur" reflects the David Weiss artistic vision, as a bandleader, a trumpeter and composer. There are three key elements of an 'Auteur.' One is technical competence, two is distinguishable personality, and the most important principle is interior meaning; the intangible seat of... read more
Milan Verbist Trio - Time Change
by Patrick Auwelaert, Jazz & Mo (Belgium)
When you've played with musicians such as Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, and Jakob Bro, it's no surprise that you're welcomed with open arms by an American record label. I'm talking about Antwerp pianist-composer Milan Verbist (26), who recently made his debut with Time Change, a work on which he is accompanied by the rhythm duo Toon Rumen and Jens Meijer. After playing many concerts together, the trio decided in March 2025 to record an album with... read more
Les DeMerle Sound 67 - Once in a Lifetime
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Drummer Les DeMerle recorded his first album, Once in a Lifetime, when he was a twenty-year-old prodigy in 1967. However, as is sometimes true in the music business, the album was lost in the shuffle at Atlantic Records and sat gathering dust until someone had the good sense to retrieve and release it some fifty-six years later. As the saying goes, better late than never.
To share the front line on this dynamic (mostly) studio date, DeMerle... read more
Chad McCullough Bram Weijters - Urban Nightingale
by Dave Sumner, Bird Is The Worm Jazz Blog
Following on the success of their 2011 collaboration Imaginary Sketches, trumpeter Chad McCullough and pianist Bram Weijters display with their latest release Urban Nightingale that they are truly a perfect match creatively.
Despite originating from opposite ends of the globe, the two have a symbiotic connection from both a perspective of group interplay and also personal voicing. Illustrated right from the first notes of... read more
Cuong Vu - Leaps of Faith
by Peter Margasak, Downbeat Magazine
★★★★
Trumpeter Cuong Vu moved back to his native Seattle in 2006 to teach, but five years later he's still working with the members of his long-running New York trio, drummer Ted Poor and electric bassist Stomu Takeishi. But on Leaps Of Faith, a gorgeous live recording made in Seattle in April 2010, he brings in second electric bassist Luke Bergman?a former University of Washington student of his who's now a regular... read more
Bill Anschell - Figments
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
One of the more prolific exponents of the Northwest jazz sound, pianist Bill Anschell has figured in any number of excellent recordings, both as a bandleader and as an accompanist. In Figments, he takes a turn at solo piano, running through songs from pop, jazz, and the American songbook and reworking them into wandering (he describes it as stream of consciousness) arrangements that sometimes provide jazz underpinnings for classic pop, and... read more
Hal Galper - Live at the Berlin Philharmonic, 1977
by Paul Simpson, The Answer is in the Beat (WCBN)
Alright, so here's a previously unreleased live set performed by a bunch of artists I should probably be more familiar with. This concert was recorded after Galper had just finished a tour with Cannonball Adderley, and he's joined by Randy and Mike Brecker, Wayne Dockery, and Bob Moses. All six songs are around 10-25 minutes each, and all five musicians simply go off. Opener "Now Hear This" is just nonstop energy for 14 minutes. "Speak with a... read more
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