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Nanami Haruta - The Vibe
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Here's a debut album from a trombonist with a lot of warmth and promise. Nanami Haruta hits the ground running on this al bum with Michael Dease/tb-bars, Xavier Davis/p, Rodney Whitaker/b, Ulysses Owens Jr/dr and guest Chris Minami/g on a mix of originals and coves. Haruta shows off her glowing tone on a gloriously Spartan take of "Unchained Melody" as well as dressing up in velvet on her own "Toshi". She flows with Dease's baritone on "Girlie's... read more
Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Editor, Jazz Journal (London)
Blessed & Bewitched is Maja Jaku's most personal and ambitious project, recorded at Bunker Studio, NYC. This all-original album fearlessly explores jazz emotional and spiritual depths raw, transcendent, and poetic. Leading a powerhouse ensemble featuring Johnathan Blake, Adrian Varady, Michael Rodriguez, Alan Bartus and Dezron Douglas, Maja brings her vision vividly to life. The album is a bold statement of authenticity, vulnerability, and... read more
Jessica Williams - Songs of Earth
by David S., A Jazz Listener's Thoughts Blog
A pianist you need to hear - Jessica Williams
I was amazed that Jessica Williams is still a player whose music is very much under the radar. With her long list of accomplished CDs, both on her own labels and now for the sixth time on Origin with the latest, "Songs of Earth" (Origin 2012) I can only surmise that her location in the Northwest, touring schedule, and the fact that she has not been associated with other leaders as... read more
Dawn Clement - Dear Ms. Dearie
by Editor, Bman's Blues Report
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Dear Ms. Dearie, from Dawn Clement, and its really quite good. Opening with The Gentleman Is A Dope, Dawn Clement on piano and vocal leads the way, supported by John Clayton on bass and Jeff Hamilton on drums. Steve Kovalcheck on guitar really gives the track a workout with bright guitar soloing. Super opener. With it's waltz feel, Dance Only With Me is one of my favorite tracks on... read more
Michael Waldrop Big Band - Time Within Itself
by Andrzej Fikus, MULTIKULTI PROJECT (Poland)
4 1/2 STARS American drummer and vibraphonist (Michael Waldrop) debuts in the role of bandleader. And, what a debut! Musically having to his credit a doctorate at the University of North Texas, where he was a member of the famed One O'Clock Lab Band. Another 10 years spent at a sideman for Jack Cooper in his Jazz Orchestra of the Delta in Memphis. The last decade he has also worked on the faculty for Eastern Washington University. Well... read more
Bill Anschell - More To The Ear Than Meets The Eye
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise, Thursday Oct. 4
It's clear that the Pacific Northwest - and Seattle in particular - have become a serious and thriving jazz center.
Pianist Bill Anschell makes his home in that area. This CD features his basic trio - piano, bass and drums - on nine of the 11 tracks; he adds a sax on three cuts, and a trumpet on two others. Five of the tunes are familiar standards, while the other six are Anschell originals.
The standards may be familiar, but the... read more
Jon Hamar - Hymn
by Hrayr Attarian, All About Jazz
Seattle bassist Jon Hamar's third release as a leader is an intimate and collaborative effort. The textured harmonies with hints of western Classical influences that are heard on his prior CDs have further matured on Hymn, thanks, in no small part, to his choice of sidemen.
Reed multi-instrumentalist Todd DelGiudice (a past collaborator who sticks to alto throughout this record) takes an approach inspired by saxophonist Charlie Parker on the... read more
Milan Verbist Trio - Time Change
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
5 STARS Milan Verbist: A Debut from Belgium's Crossroads of Culture.
Milan Verbist, pianist and composer, arrives from the small but culturally layered kingdom of Belgium with a debut album that feels less like a beginning and more like the confident statement of an artist whose voice has been maturing for years. Belgium, after all, is not one culture but three: a Francophone community, a small German-speaking enclave, and the... read more
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