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Anthony Branker & Ascent - Blessings
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
While spending time in Estonia on a Fullbright scholarship, composer Anthony Branker put together a long series of contemporary jazz compositions. Returning to the states, the group Ascent was put together largely around him and his work, and began releasing albums (beginning with 2006's Spirit Songs). On Blessings, the group works their way through a pleasing mix of layered jazz. There are always melodic lines playing here ? even in the quieter... read more
Chuck Deardorf - Perception
by Dave Rogers, WTJU
Bassist Chuck Deardorf decided to focus on songs and artists who had influenced him earlier in his career. "Grain Waves" was a song he had composed with Matthew Wilson who plays drums on most of this set. Others include Kenny Barron, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Swallow, Steve Winwood and two by Thelonious Monk. In addition to Deardorf, the main players are Dawn Clement (piano, Wurlitzer, electric piano, synthesizer) and Hans Teuber... read more
Jack Mouse - Range of Motion
by Rotcod Zzaj, Improvijazzation Nation
If the opening track, ?LaPorta? is any indicator, you?re in for one wonderful jazz ride ? Jack?s drums will transport you to movements you never knew existed on this one! Just the kind of jazz you hardcore jazzers will fall in love with in only moments? Jack is joined by Scott Robinson on tenor/soprano sax & flute, Art Davis doing trumpet & flugelhorn, John McLean on guitar, Bob Bowman on bass & Kelly Sill doing some spots on bass as well.... read more
Joe Locke - Force of Four
by Ken Dryden, All About Jazz - New York
Joe Locke has emerged as one of the dominant jazz vibraphonists in recent years, releasing several
outstanding CDs with various musical partners. Force of Four is no exception, a tight postbop session with a
new quartet: pianist Robert Rodriguez, bassist Ricardo Rodriguez and drummer Johnathan Blake.
The pianist contributed "Like Joe", a tribute to Joe Henderson, which incorporates rapid-fire lines with a
Latin undercurrent reminiscent of... read more
Dominic J. Marshall - Spirit Speech
by Peter Bacon, The Jazz Breakfast
Remember when the references you most commonly picked up from a piano trio were to the oblique harmonies and subtle rhythms of Bill Evans. Now it's the hip-hop groove and the sliding Robert Glasper phrases that most often stand out.
Of course there is nothing wrong with either form of sincere flattery and I haven't heard many pianists not use such influences to good effect. Dominic Marshall, originally from the UK but now working out of... read more
Florian Hoefner - Coldwater Stories
by Mel Mintner, Musically Speaking
German-born pianist Florian Hoefner enjoys challenging himself, and the evidence indicates that he is up to a good challenge. On Luminosity, his excellent quartet recording, for example, he required one composition to operate within the space of an octave. On Coldwater (Origin Records) - his latest and first solo release - he has set himself quite a different obstacle, as he explains in the liner notes: "Many of the pieces on this album consist... read more
Chuck Deardorf - Transparence
by George Fendel, Jazz Society of Oregon
A veteran of countless recording dates, Deardord has been a Rock of Gibralter on the Seattle jazz map for decades. On this intriguing recording, he "mixes and matches" various tunes with different combinations of piano, guitar, drums, tenor and alto sax, percussionists and other participants. A few of the best known names, none of which appear on all tunes, are Bill Mays, piano, Bruce Forman, guitar, and Gary Hobbs, drums. Mays is always a... read more
Carl Schultz - The Road to Trantor
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Playing tenor sax and flute, Carl Schultz creates a kind of soundtrack to an as yet unwritten science fiction move on this creative and evocative album with Tim Wendel/g, Adam Benjamin/p-key, Zack Teran/b and Alwyn Robinson/dr. As expected, the intergalactic themes are, well, spacey, as Wendel and Benjamin go where no man has gone before on "Journey" and "Psychohistory", and the electric noodles veer around the machinations of "Caves Of Steel".... read more
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