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The Jazz Police - The Music of Daniel Barry
by Bill Falconer, Jazz Review
You might expect a breath of fresh air out of the Pacific Northwest, but Latin jazz? The innovative Seattle-based Jazz Police orchestra provides both with charts composed and arranged by Daniel Barry. Barry has been associated with the band as a writer and trumpet player since 1987. The hallmarks of the Jazz Police and Daniel Barry are creativity and contrast. They are well matched.
Barry has an extensive grounding in Afro-Cuban and... read more
Karrin Allyson - A Kiss for Brazil
by Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News
No matter where you find Karrin Allyson, it's a sure bet that she's keeping the best company.
One of jazz's great polyglot vocalists — she's honed an extensive repertoire of songs in French and Portuguese — the New York City-based singer plunges back into the Brazilian songbook on her new album "A Kiss for Brazil" (Origin Records). It's a musical journey she's made before, most conspicuously on 1999's alluring "From Paris to Rio" and... read more
Scott Burns - Passages
by George Fendel, Jazzscene, Nov 06
A new name to me; one could indeed say that Scott Burns, in a jazz parlance, burns. His eight original tunes played here run the gamut from dreamy ballads to hard bop burners (there's that word again). With a rhythm section of Ron Perrillo, piano; Dennis Carroll, bass and George Fludas, drums, Burns, sounding a bit like Eric Alexander, hits the bullseye.... read more
Marlene Rosenberg - MLK Convergence
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
4-STARS There's MLK, and then there's MLK. In this particular context we're talking about a three-letter acronym referencing the musical union of bassist Marlene Rosenberg, drummer Lewis Nash, and pianist Kenny Barron. And in broader terms those initials obviously point to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. With MLK Convergence the sounds of the former meet up with the outlook and philosophies of the latter, shedding light on societal woes... read more
Chad McCullough - Dark Wood, Dark Water
by Kurt Zemaitaitis, International Trumpet Guild, January 2011
Dark Wood, Dark Water is the first release for Seattle-based trumpet/composer Chad McCulough. The liner notes contain brief descriptionsw of all the compositions, seven of which are penned by McCullough. His sound is sweet and mellow, and he performs his flowing improvisations in a neat linear fashion making his more complex ideas sound easy and simple. Most of the selections for this talented sextet have a laid-back feel that has touches... read more
Don Lanphere with New Stories - Home At Last
by Harvey Siders, JazzTimes
No matter what Thomas Wolfe predicted: you can go home again.
Saxophonist Don Lanphere managed to get back there. From "the apple" to the Apple, and a final return to "the apple"-"the apple" being rural Wenatchee, aka "the apple capital of Washington." The moves correspond with the parameters of Lanphere's career: from a promising jazz launch in the 1950s, through a higher trajectory into the self-destructive orbit of bebop, to a safe,... read more
Affinity Trio - Hindsight
by Dick Metcalf, Contemporary Fusion Reviews
Harmonic trio jazz Eric Jacobson Pamela York Clay Schaub - HINDSIGHT: This recent release (it hit the street officially on 20 October, 2023) is some of the most harmonic trio jazz I've ever listened to... I have little doubt you will fall in love with Eric's trumpet, Pamela's piano and Clay's bass as quickly as I did. Though this performance is from over a year ago, it will give you an intimate look at the trio's total talent style...
The... read more
Scenes - Trapeze
by Frank Kohl, Cadence Magazine
Interplay is the name of the game with Scenes new release "Trapeze". Saxophonist Rick Mandyck's tune, "All Day Pass", opens the set. It's a medium tempo, well crafted original with lots of open space. All players participate, carefully listening to each other, bending twisting and creating a dark and mysterious canvas. Rick's strong tone and his ability to carefully pace his notes allows the players time to absorb and react to what he is saying.... read more
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