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Bobby Broom - Upper West Side Story
by Dave Sumner, Bird Is The Worm Jazz Blog
Guitarist Bobby Broom, who has played with a Hall of Fame roster of musicians that includes Sonny Rollins, Stanley Turrentine, and Art Blakey, and who has led his own groups, including the Deep Blue Organ Trio and the Bobby Broom Trio, has a new album out. This time, it?s all original compositions, and based on the results, it?s obvious he?s been holding out on us. This music brings the blues and finds time to swing, but, strangely, there?s... read more
John Bishop - Nothing If Not Something
by Dick Crockett, Sacramento Radio
This formative, saxophone, bass and drums is always the most intriguing, giving ample space to all three contributors. Drummer John Bishop is the leader and it's his kinetic underscoring that keeps this music together. Other capables, as Rick Mandyck on saxophone and Jeff Johnson on bass add inventive vectors throughout, especially on "All Day Pass." Then "Orange Blossom" blends an aphrodisiac blend of Paul Desmond and an Oscar Pettiford ver... read more
Bobby Broom - The Way I Play: Live In Chicago
by Mark F. Turner, All About Jazz.com
Guitarist Bobby Broom could have easily taken a different musical direction when he released the popular contemporary/funk jazz album, Clean Sweep (GRP) in 1981. But with his early influences, guitarists Wes Montgomery, early George Benson and mentor/saxophonist Sonny Rollins, he has developed his own unique style on recordings such as Song and Dance (Origin, 2007). This voice is heard in a live setting on The Way I Play , an uncut, as it went... read more
Affinity Trio - Hindsight
by Carmel DeSoto, Jazz Music Archives
Gather around, class! Take a seat, maybe even recline a little. Today, we're not just talking theory or history; we're exploring the here and now of jazz with Affinity Trio's debut album "Hindsight." Let me put on my reviewer's hat—or should I say, my reviewer's shades? Let's dig into this.
The Affinity Trio, comprised of Eric Jacobson on trumpet, Pamela York on piano, and Clay Schaub on bass, has embarked on a journey less... read more
Doug Miller - Regeneration
by Peter Monaghan, Earshot Jazz
Here's what I'd do: Get your family members, relatives, and friends to write up and send you their lists of What I Want for the Holidays.Tear the lists up; delete the text messages or emails; buy each person one of these new or recent Northwest jazz albums instead.
In this era of fiscal restraint, one CD per person is gift enough. Let's get real.
Fortunately outstanding disks abound this year, thanks to the combined talents of some of the... read more
Les DeMerle - Cookin' At The Corner, Volume 1
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
Recorded at a club in Hilton Head, Les DeMerle puts together an extensive set of standards for a jumping instrumental trio with the inclusion, from time to time, of singer Bonnie Eisele. Though there is a pair of original compositions from pianist Michael Levine, the vast majority of the album hails from the American songbook and slightly later jazz and bossa classics. The songs are largely nothing you haven't heard before (of course, that's why... read more
Tim Horner - The Head of the Circle
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Sure it might be sitting down jazz and art jazz, but it ain't like that. With a clear vision and some wonderful players along for the ride to bring that vision to the fore, this is a drummer led session where the drummer knows about more than the use of white space. One of those great creative dates that isn't creative for the mere sake of it, Horner has the chops and the flying time to pilot the plane anyway he wants and you can be assured... read more
Rodney Whitaker - Oasis: The Music of Gregg Hill
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Detroit native Rodney Whitaker creates another songbook album of fellow Michigan man Gregg Hill on this enthusiastic album with Terell Stafford/tp-fh, Tim Warfield/ts-ss, Bruce Barth/p, Dana Hall/dr and vocalist Rockelle Fortin. Fortin holds her own on the rapid charge of "Betty's Tune" as Stafford blows out Butanes, and is fragrant with Warfield's soprano on "Interlude". Hall is big and bold as he rides the whip on "S'cool Days" and creates... read more
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