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Jessica Williams - The Art of the Piano
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
In spite of an extensive discography, veteran pianist Jessica Williams seems to elude the world-wide attention that she deserves. This live solo recording at the Triple Door in Seattle in the spring of 2009 is one of her most impressive outings, beginning with her humorous, wide-ranging, improvised "Triple Door Blues," in which develops an infectious theme with many variations, while also working in hand-muting and strumming of the piano... read more
Clarence Penn - Monk: The Lost Files
by William F. Beran, Amazon
5 STARS Monk Reimagined There are lots of albums out there of Monk's music interpreted by other musicians, but there is none like this one. Clarence Penn brings his own sense of rhythm to Monk's lines and the music comes out like something totally new and fresh. A reminder, if we needed one, of just how great and timeless the music of Monk is. Plus a nice liner note by Clarence of how he thought he lost the entire... read more
Greta Matassa - Portrait
by Paul de Barros, Seattle Times
Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game
Two artists indelibly linked to Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club, which is closing at the end of this month, are Seattle's best female jazz singers — Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson — who both celebrated the release of new albums at the club this summer. Where they will debut their next albums is an open question, but in... read more
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
by Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
How to play the compositions of Thelonious Monk is always a slightly awkward question, even -- maybe especially -- for those musicians who love and admire him the most. His apparently awkward piano style was so much a part of his strangely convoluted and rhythmically challenging compositions that to play his music in what seems like a faithful and respectful style is to run the risk of sounding like a parodic imitator. Guitarist Bobby Broom is... read more
Rich Thompson - Generations
by Tom Kohn, The Bop Shop - Rochester, NY
Drummer Rich Thompson has been in demand as a top call drummer in Rochester for the past 25 years. Besides serving as the drum set instructor at the Eastman School of Music since the fall of 1996, Rich has toured, performed, and recorded with the ?who?s who? of jazz greats including pianist James Williams (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers), The Count Basie Orchestra, Tito Puente, Frank Foster, The Byron Stripling quartet, saxophonist Rich... read more
Jessica Williams - Songs of Earth
by George Fendel, Jazz Society of Oregon
Over a period encompassing several engagements at Seattle's The Triple Door, pianist Williams compiled six original compositions (of the seven played here) which seemed to have a common thread. All were completely improvised on the spot, and in her effort to meld them into an artistic whole, she chose pieces which complement one another. While the term "jazz pianist" is an honorable title, I've always felt that Williams takes it a step further... read more
Jay Thomas with the Oliver Groenewald Newnet - I Always Knew
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Thomas is a throwback to the extent that he is an admirer of the art of the arranger, he gives Groenwald equal billing and room to do whatever it takes to make the trumpeter look good. An obvious fan of jazz's great instrumental balladeers, this set takes it back to the day in spirit and delivers the goods in unequaled fashion. Real jazz for real jazzbo... read more
Hal Galper - Live at the Berlin Philharmonic, 1977
by Mattie Poels, Music Frames (Netherlands)
Live at the Berlin Philharmonic is the double CD, recently released by the magical American pianist Hal Galper with his quintet.
It's fantastic that a label like Origin Records re-releases old recordings. Recordings that are timeless and sound unparalleled and contemporary even after more than 40 years. This is also the case with the 1977 concert Live at the Berlin Philharmonic by the Hal Galper Quintet . Galper started... read more
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