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Anthony Branker - Beauty Within
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
The "Rising Star" status isn't confined to fresh music school graduates. Dr. Anthony Branker, Educator - who, for twenty-seven years, was engaged in a big way with Princeton University's jazz program - has achieved a recent "rising star" tag as a composer. This after releasing seven top notch CDs for Origin Records, including the masterful Uppity (2013).
"Composer/Musical Director" is Branker's title on his recordings. He doesn't... read more
Bobby Rozario - Spellbound
by Michael van Gee, Jazz'n'More (Switzerland)
Bobby Rozario, who lives in New York, is a guitar virtuoso with Indian and Brazilian-Portuguese origins and a musician who--familiar with Indian classical music--grew up primarily with jazz and blues. His guitar playing, reminiscent of Carlos Santana, combines Indian raga melodies with Afro-Latin and fusion sounds. On Spellbound, Bobby Rozario delves deep into Latin and Afro-Latin rhythms, with the eleven tracks firmly grounded by the... read more
Walt Blanton / Tony Branco / John Nasshan - Monuments
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
"Las Vegas isn't known for its jazz scene. That doesn't mean there aren't jazz players though. Origin dug up an excellent trumpeter at UNLV, and he brought a couple of musical comrades along. The trio plays through an entirely improvised session, covering a lot of musical ground. The album opens with a building trumpet line moving into a thumping piano/drum combination before the title track is over. The album develops in complexity as the trio... read more
Laurie Antonioli - Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light
by Marc Myers, JazzWax
Singer Laurie Antonioli avoids the mistake of trying to duplicate Joni's originals and instead gives the material a big jazz twist. Backed by a highly sensitive and carefully arranged quintet that includes jazz pianist Matt Clark, Antonioli delivers a fascinating Both Sides Now that turns the original inside out. All of the tracks here convert Joni's work into jazz standards. A coiled, innovative approach from a sensitive... read more
Karrin Allyson - A Kiss for Brazil
by Marc Myers, JazzWax
Karrin Allyson has been singing professionally since the late 1980s. She has recorded more than 15 albums and has been nominated for a Grammy five times. Her new album, A Kiss for Brazil, is a breezy swing through bossa nova and samba with a sterling group of musicians.
In addition to singing songs in English and Portuguese, Karrin plays piano along with Vitor Gonçalves, who also plays the Fender Rhodes electric piano and accordion, Harvie S... read more
Geof Bradfield - melba!
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Armed with some arts council money, curiosity and a good attitude, Bradfield set about digging into the works of Melba Liston, an arranger from back in the day who has generally been overlooked because she was a girl despite her contributions to jazz, Motown and island music. Bradfield composed all the sitting down jazz on board here trying to serve as a tour guide into the spirit of her sounds. Clearly one of those records that demanded to be... read more
Cathy Segal-Garcia - SOCIAL ANTHEMS, VOLUME 1
by Dorothea Gangel, Jazz 'N' More (Germany)
For her 14th album, the Los Angeles-born jazz singer Cathy Segal-Garcia took a look back at the past and rearranged and interpreted unforgettable songs with social content. With Anthony Wilson on guitar, Josh Nelson on piano, Lorca Hart on drums, Edwin Livingston on bass and the two singers Paul Jost and Mon David, Segal-Garcia has brought in selected top musicians. Stephen Stills' protest anthem from the 1960s "For What It's Worth" opens the... read more
James Moody - 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note, March 26, 2005
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
The first half of the party is all Moody, and it's a hoot, as he sings and plays through the humorous "Benny's From Heaven", vocaleses on 'Moody's Mood For Love/The Television Rap" and floats with his flute on the bopper "Cherokee". With the invited hitting the stage, Faddis and Hampton are in to form on "Birk's Works", Walton joins in the jam with Brecker and D'Rivera on "Ow" and the horns are a-plenty on the V8 cruise of "Bebop". This is why... read more
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