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Diego Barber & Hugo Cipres - 411
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Here's one the moldy figs won't be able to handle. A jazzbo guitarist gets together with an electronic dj and rounds out his sound with some first call downtown cats. You call almost hear listeners kvetching the way they did when Eric Dolphy first started being out there. Not really jazz, not really King Crimson or Kraftwerk, it's a trip into the next wave that has to be taken on its own terms. Feeling closer to Bernie Krause without the... read more
Chad McCullough | Michal Vanoucek - The Sky Cries
by Ken Watkins, Greatest Jazz Blog
As in last year's excellent 'Dark Wood, Dark Water', Chad McCullough teams up with saxophonist Mark Taylor ? also featured on Randy Halberstadt's recent 'Flash Point' - and two other mainstays of the North West jazz scene, Dave Captein (bass) and Matt Jorgensen (drums). The added dimension on 'The Sky Cries' is Slovakian pianist Michal Vanoucek.
It is probably too easy to say that Michal Vanoucek brings a classical European sensibility (the... read more
Michael Waldrop - Origin Suite
by Kabir Sehgal, Grammy-winning Producer
Acclaimed percussionist, composer, and bandleader Michael Waldrop delivers a magnificent, eclectic, and intrepid album with Origin Suite. This union of timbres and textures, solos and styles has become the hallmark sound of Waldrop, whose music has come to define modern jazz, both honoring traditions and forging new ones. He is that rare triple threat: master composer, thoughtful arranger, and virtuosic performer. He belongs in the pantheon of... read more
Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
"Blessed & Bewitched": Maja Jaku finds her voice between tradition and self-discovery.
In many ways, Blessed & Bewitched feels like the kind of album that might have arrived in the late 1980s or early '90s, a period when jazz singers often sought a delicate balance between reverence for tradition and a hunger for personal reinvention. To be clear, this is not a revolutionary record, nor does it pretend to be. Instead, it is a... read more
Hal Galper - E Pluribus Unum - Live in Seattle
by Bob Weinberg, Jazziz, Summer 2010
There's nothing delicate about this robust trio led by pianist Hal Galper. Negotiating tangled, knotty skeins of melody, harmony and rhythm, Galper, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop vigorously comb through Galper-penned dazzlers such as "Rapunzel's Luncheonette," and apply the same spirited precision to Ellington's "Take the Coltrane." Even playing it cool, as they do on Galper's lovely "Soliloquy," the trio never sounds... read more
Hal Galper Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi - Cubist
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
How do you make this trio better? Add Jerry Bergonzi and record them live and in the moment. You think it's going to be sitting down jazz but once the percolator starts perking, you just can't turn it off. A tease and a surprise, this is jazz that engages you and keeps you on board to hear what's coming next. Pros that deliver the goods, this is the hot stuff you are seeking that doesn't play fair and doesn't play by the... read more
Thomas Marriott - Both Sides Of The Fence
by Dick Crockett, Bopndick's 10 Picks
What can you say about Thomas Marriott that says fabulous. This CD will more than make that claim. Marriott has a strong tone, great command and swings like...fabulously. Listen to his forceful attack right off on "Both Sides Of The Fence."
He's clear, precise, strictly down to business, the essence of hard bop swinging. The band of Marc Seales, piano, Jeff Johnson, bass and John Bishop, drums lend ample support to this exciting re-occurrence... read more
Gregg Keplinger / Reuben Radding / Daniel Carter - Language
by Aaron Steinberg, Jazz Times
Though it was on his mind for some time, it wasn't until he quit New York City (temporarily) and moved out West that bassist Reuben Radding finally got a chance to form a project around just himself and his longtime associate, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. The self-effacing Carter, known mostly for his work with Test and Other Dimensions in Music, had to leave most of his instruments at home in NYC due to the post 9/11 airline luggage... read more
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