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David Friesen Circle 3 Trio - Triple Exposure
by Carlo Wolff, Downbeat
****
The stamp of protean bassist David Friesen is all over this resonant album which ends too soon despite a length of nearly an hour. From the striking cover art to Friesen's 11 originals, Triple Exposure exemplifies individuality. At the same time, it's profoundly collaborative, a celebration of interplay rather than ego.
On tunes such as the rolling "Rainbow Song" and the wistful "Another Time, Another Place," Friesen,... read more
Ben Thomas - Triskaidekaphobia
by John Henry, Audiophile Audition
Ten tracks here are originals by Thomas and several of them have to do with animals. Eric Likkel is credited with the 11th track. Don't let the album title throw you - it's not indicative of a far-out loft jazz trip but simply the medical term for fear of the number 13. The title track is indeed in 13/4 time - shades of Don Ellis and Dave Brubeck. The tunes are fun and varied with sometimes only two or three members of the sextet playing on a... read more
Dave Glenn - National Pastime
by George Fendel, Jazz Society of Oregon
One month of watching 18 baseball games in six cities created the inspiration for Dave Glenn to write eight pieces for this sextet. The title tune depicts the feeling of anticipation on entering a stadium: the smell of beer and hot dogs, etc. Other tunes pay tribute to baseball heroes like Roberto Clemente or Hank Aaron, while still others express, as ABC used to say, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Dave Scott's trumpet and Rich... read more
Jack Mouse - Range of Motion
by Brent Black, Critical Jazz
Origin Records is an often overlooked label when in reality they have a stable of artists that are as technically proficient and artistically gifted as most any other label one can think of. The Jack Mouse Group is certainly no exception and with a distinguished musical resume including work with such luminaries as Kenny Burrell, Bob Mintzer, and Sheila Jordon it is easy to see this is not Mouse's first rodeo.
Jack Mouse has assembled what... read more
Anthony Branker & Imagine - What Place Can Be for Us?
by Josef Woodard, DownBeat Magazine
WHILE THE TRAJECTORY OF A JAZZ MUSICIAN'S career often follows a somewhat logical arc, others take more complex and evolving paths. The latter has been the fate — mostly self-designed — of Dr. Anthony Branker, whose latest album is one of his most ambitious projects. What Place Can Be For Us? A Suite In Ten Movements is a sweeping opus with sociopolitical and poetic content woven into a musical tapestry — with his band Imagine — which... read more
Tito Carrillo - Urbanessence
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The seasoned trumpeter and composer Tito Carrillo returns with a sophomore album, where he explores the distinct energy of city life along with Troy Roberts (sax), Ben Lewis (piano), Clark Sommers (bass), Jay Sawyer (drums) and Victor Gonzalez (congas).
"Momentum" starts the listen with a lively energy, where bright brass and frisky drumming help make for a very flowing climate, and "Fire & Ice" follows with a calmer pace of warm keys and... read more
Greta Matassa | Clipper Anderson - And to All a Good Night
by Thomas R. Erdmann, Jazz Review.com
Probably the last thing anyone would ever expect to come from cutting edge jazz label Origin Records, would be a traditionally oriented jazz Christmas album, but that is exactly what we get in this release from vocalist Greta Matassa, and bassist and vocalist Clipper Anderson. If there is anything cutting edge about this release, it's in the fact so many of these Christmas songs are rarities. For example, "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" comes... read more
Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group - Live In Seattle
by Harvey Siders, Jazz Times, November 2006
Constantly flirting with atonality but never surrendering to it, this quartet made a lasting impression at the 2005 Ballard Jazz Festival, where the hip folks at Origin made a live, studio-quality recording. So much is happening at any given moment that careful, repeat listening is required to separate the various strands that combine to create the sheets of sound (or as Locke prefers, "cascade").
Co-leaders vibist Locke and pianist Keezer... read more
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