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Hal Galper Trio - Airegin Revisited
by Philip Booth, Jazziz
Hal Galper, the well-traveled pianist, educator and author, is best-known for his decade-long residency with the Phil Woods Quintet. In 1990, he began earnestly focusing on the art of the trio, heading a touring group with bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer Steve Ellington. With John Bishop replacing Ellington in recent years, Galper has worked on refining a rubato style of collective performance, an approach that's about nothing if not the... read more
Michael Dease - Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Paul Rauch, All About Jazz
4-STARS Leaving a legacy in this life is a subject that holds different meanings for people. For some, it involves building a structure of permanence that will stand up to the test of time after one's entrance into eternity. For others, it is more fleeting, something that can be shaped and reshaped, and if desired, completely torn down. For some it is a function of building a monument to oneself. For others, like Central Michigan... read more
John Moulder - Trinity
by Jim Santella, Cadence, December 2006
John Moulder fills "Trinity" with a program of originals that blend contemporary grooves with tradition. His guitar lights fires along the way, as he shares solo space with various guests. Moulder enjoys Smooth Jazz as much as Free Jazz and other creative pursuits. While his focus leans towards ballad interpretation, the session includes implied Blues and surging Rock elements that coax the spirit toward higher ground. Currently serving on the... read more
Bobby Rozario - Healer
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Guitarist/vocalist Bobby Rozario comes across like a musical metaphysician on this album of sonic spiritual themes. The music would be described as "world", but the message is "spirit" as Rozario seems to have imbibed the guitar style and passion of Carlos Santana and melded it with his own street preaching. He brings in a roster of vocalists to convey his message, including Carlton Jumel Smith, Keith Fluitt, John James with a rotating team of... read more
Jared Hall - Influences
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
This album by trumpeter Jared Hall is a fun one in that you get to guess by the tone and styles (not to mention the titles) of each song which fellow horn man he's giving tribute to. Along with Tal Cohen/p, Michael Glynn/b and John Bishop/p, he composes pieces with a tip of the cap to artists like Brian Lynch ("Professor B.L.) and Wallace Roney ("One For Wallace") with ideas of blue and lyricism respectively. The clever stop start of "Song For... read more
John McLean - Better Angels
by Dick Crockett, Bop 'n Dicks 10 Picks
A breeze of avant sophisticated hip full of voices, reeds and guitarist John McLean arranging this unique new cd, fresh from the Chicago new jazz scene. Greatness looms in Chicago's young writers, musicians and post bop innovators as they appear on this new cd with leader John Mclean reaches in and lifts up with other the fledgling, the promising and accomplished including himself. Therein lies a greatness in young Chicago. Mclean implores... read more
Manzanita Quintet - Osmosis
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The assembly of Josh D. Reed, Peter Epstein, Adam Benjamin, Hans Halt and Andrew Heglund, as Manzanita Quintet the members bring much skill and experience to these creative, unpredictable and modern 10 tracks.
"Hansepts" opens the listen with Heglund's precise drums meshing with Epstein's lively sax prowess in the animated jazz climate, and "Pajaro Dunes" follows with Reed's bright trumpet alongside the animated drums and swift sax that's not... read more
Sam Yahel - Truth And Beauty
by Rachel Swan, East Bay Express
The tawdry cover art on Sam Yahel Trio's new album � which echoes that of New Jack Swing albums of the '90s with its reflected glamour shots of the trench-coated Yahel on a New York City rooftop � might clue you into which direction the Hammond B3 organist is heading on his groove-driven fourth effort. Despite his platitudes about world-music influences, and the infectious tukkah-tukkah-tukkah drum beat on his title track, Yahel appears to be... read more
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