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Jared Hall - Seen on the Scene
by Paul Rauch, All About Jazz
4-STARS In many ways the title Seen on the Scene encapsulates trumpeter Jared Hall's story leading up to the studio session in 2018 which resulted in this, his sophomore release. The native of Spokane, Washington, arrived in Seattle in 2017 after completing studies with mercurial trumpet ace Brian Lynch and, almost immediately, scored a residency at Tula's, the city's legendary jazz spot. Sporting new compositions and a new recording on... read more
Hal Galper - Ivory Forest Redux
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Someone has been holding out on us...
This album with leader Hal Galper on piano includes guitarist John Scofield, bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer Adam Nussbaum, and has finally been reissued after being out of circulation not long after its original 1979 release. It's an impressive yet understated affair, combining quartet efforts with duets and solos. Of the latter, Scofield creates a rich aria of effects on a wondrous read of "Monk's... read more
Rodney Whitaker - All Too Soon: The Music of Duke Ellington
by Ken Micallef, JazzTimes
This spirited romp by top-tier jazz professionals through the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn is long overdue. Though many pay lip service to their twin genius, the pair seem almost forgotten in popular culture. No massive vinyl reissue campaigns by major labels, no racy docudramas, no Record Store Day limited editions.
Bassist and educator Rodney Whitaker has studied the classic work of Ellington and Strayhorn since he was a... read more
Brad Goode - Chicago Red
by Steve Greenlee, Jazz Times Magazine
Brad Goode, an accomplished trumpeter and jazz studies professor at the University of Colorado, has spent most of his career steeped in bop. But on Chicago Red he continues his more modern explorations, begun in 2008 with Polytonal Dance Party and the introduction of his so-called "polytonal system," which involves "improvising over streams of simultaneous chord sequences," to use his words. Chicago Red takes him into... read more
Joe Locke - Subtle Disguise
by Matthew Kassel, Downbeat
On his latest release, veteran vibraphonist Joe Locke opts mostly for his own compositions, with the exception of Bob Dylan's "Who Killed Davey Moore?" and Blind Willie Johnson's "Motherless Children," both of which feature ace singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón in fine form.
Subtle Disguise is, for the most part, a satisfying collection of tightly arranged post-bop numbers, with elements of rock, funk and swing. Stylistically, it's... read more
Geof Bradfield - Urban Nomad
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise
Much time has passed since a tasty, swinging, straight-ahead jazz quartet has come my way; this release by Chicago-based saxophonist Geof Bradfield fills the bill.
Originally from Texas, where he began his schooling, Bradfield moved to Chicago and entered DePaul University. He then went on to Los Angeles, where he received a master's degree from CalArts; moved to, and worked in New York area for three years; then returned to Chicago for a short... read more
Sarah Partridge - I Never Thought I'd Be Here
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
What an appropriate album title for a gal whose career got started because of a dare in a karaoke bar where an agent was in the audience (in Hollywood, natch). With a bunch of solid New York players bringing the highlights to her originals, this set rides the range where jazz meets art in a lounge where the drinks are just right. A high water mark of a sitting down jazz vocal... read more
John Gross / Billy Mintz - Beautiful You
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide
Beautiful You is a surprising work of modern free jazz from Portland's John Gross on the tenor sax and LA transplant Billy Mintz on drums. The sound is a little sparse for the majority of the album, due largely to the fact that there are only two instruments involved, but also to the style of composition embraced here, with heavy use of empty space and quiet accompaniment. The album opens with the energetic Shmear, giving Mintz plenty of room to... read more
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