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Trio Linguae - Kevin Woods / John Stowell / Miles Black - Signals
by Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist
Lots of jazz combos engage in group improvisation; very few, in my experience, do so in a way that's worth spending much time listening to-outside the confines of trad jazz, anyway. Trio Linguae (trumpeter/flugelhornist Kevin Woods, guitarist John Stowell, pianist Miles Black) is one of those very few combos. Their musical communication is such that you'll often hear them improvising in counterpoint, which is a pretty amazing feat when you... read more
Mike Pope - The Parts You Keep
by Rudolf Radnai, avxforum.hu (Budapest)
Bassist, composer and sound engineer Mike Pope mixed and mastered his new album himself, the title of which was inspired by the title of a Tom Waits song "The Parts You Throw Away" in the opposite sense, of course. The album also features his own songs and arrangements, and as a touching ending, Pope inserts a recording of his 85-year-old mother, an excellent classical pianist, performing a solo performance of Ernst von Dohnányi's... read more
Mark Colby - Reflections
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Reflections, the eighth CD as leader or co-leader by one of the Chicago area's most undervalued treasures, tenor saxophonist Mark Colby, is a tribute, he writes, to "the things that shaped and moved me when I was just a kid," as well as to friends, family and artists who nourished his growth and served as a catalyst for his becoming a musician. The studio date is dedicated to Colby's father, "who started me on my journey at age eight," and to... read more
Bobby Broom - The Way I Play: Live In Chicago
by Josef Woodard, Jazziz
Count Bobby Broom as one of those jazz greats hiding in very plain sight. The nimble and continually inventive guitarist has, for years, played regularly on the uppermost echelon of jazz stages, as part of Sonny Rollins' band. On his own, though, Broom remains relatively low-key. While Rollins' audience tend to patiently await each sax solo, his bandmates are well worth hearing themselves, from the innately tasteful trombonist Clifton Anderson... read more
Joel Miller - Swim
by Alain Brunet, La Presse - Quebec
Not only is Joel Miller indeed among the most formidable tenormen of Montreal but he proves one of our best composers and more open minded leaders. That at least is what is observed since the late 90s : Find A Way (1996), Playgrounds (1998) , Sky Beneath My Feet (1999) , And Then Everything Started to Look Different (2001) , Mandala ( 2004) , Tantramar (2008) and the new Swim which will be played... read more
Affinity Trio - Hindsight
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
You get more with less with the drummerless Affinity Trio consisting of Eric Jacobson/tp, Pamela York/p and Clay Schaub/b on this mix of boppers and originals. York and Schaub take turns supplying the feel, with bluesy beauty for Jacobson's sweet horn on "Open Windows" and bringing an easy peppy feel to Cedar Walton's "Hindsight". York is elegant and soft for Jacobson's horn on "Theme For Ernie" with Schaub supplying nimble fingers on "Tin Tin... read more
Scott Reeves Quintet - The Alchemist
by Thierry Docmac, Paris Move
This is an album that could be described as a "document", reflecting a brilliant performance produced in 2005 by the masterful Scott Reeves Quintet, with Russ Spiegel, Mike Holober, Howard Britz, Andy Watson, and Scott Reeves on Alto Bugle, Piston Alto Trombone and Electronics. This is a new concert by the Scott Reeves Quintet, particularly sophisticated, in which we find a particularly cozy atmosphere, that of the City College of New York.... read more
Michael Dease - City Life: Music of Gregg Hill
by George Kanzler, The New York City Jazz Record
The double-album City Life: Music of Gregg Hill is the third recording of Hill compositions that trombonist Michael Dease has released; and although 7 of the 18 compositions are by others, Hill is also a co-producer of the set. For this project, Dease goes way beyond his and fellow Michigander Hill's usual reliance on Mid-American musicians. Instead, Dease surrounds himself with bonafide A-list jazz musicians on these New York sessions,... read more
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