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John Stowell | Michael Zilber - Live Beauty
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
4-STARS - Part of the appeal of the teaming of guitarist John Stowell with various "post Coltrane" saxophonists is the cool/hot dynamic. Stowell is the guy with a Zen restraint, the cool guy, his chords sometimes sounding as if they are ringing from frozen stalactite filaments in ice caves. Saxophonists? Some blow cool - those of the Lester Young/Stan Getz/Paul Desmond school. And then there's sax guys like Dave Liebman, who teamed... read more
Kelly Brand Nextet - The Door
by Tim Gault, Chicago Jazz.com
Ding Dong. The ring of a doorbell starts the latest offering from Chicago pianist Kelly Brand. This noted Chicago mainstay here provides an invitation for us to hear a set of mostly new compositions from her pen. A couple of other cuts on the CD also employ some sort of sound effects to briefly frame the mood of these tunes. So we are offered a clever (but thankfully not kitschy) concept to draw us initially across the threshold. Once you enter,... read more
Bobby Broom - Song And Dance
by Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Bobby Broom had recently turned 44 when he recorded Song and Dance in February and March 2005. In youth-obsessed markets like hip-hop, teen pop, or dance-pop, any artist who is 44 and successful probably became established 20 or 25 years earlier. But jazz is a different ball game. In jazz, age is a plus; it means more years developing your skills, improving your chops, and discovering who you are as an artist. Jazz is full of people who had more... read more
Dave Hanson - Blues Sky
by Stephen Graham, Marlbank (UK)
Good looking cover artwork for a change - so many albums (just take a peek in the direction of Bandcamp and you'll see what I mean) look like a dog's dinner. Not this. And the sound matches the quality look.
Recorded in a Denver studio last year newly out from US pianist Dave Hanson and his small combo fronted by sax it's an album of the pianist's originals dedicated scattergun fashion to a range of icons from Chick Corea and Bill Evans to... read more
Jessica Williams - The Art of the Piano
by Doug Ramsey, Rifftides
Williams' 2800-word liner essay declares renewed and deepened love for the piano and rededicated independence from the strictures and orthodoxies of the music establishment. She cites an internet video clip of Glenn Gould playing Bach as "...a life-altering event" that took her back to "...a music founded on the purity and clarity and infinite tonal colorations of the piano itself." Those are qualities I have never found missing from her work,... read more
Affinity Trio - New Outlook
by Russ & Mike, Adult Music Podcast
It's obvious that these three musicians have an "affinity" for each other and the music they make together. The drumless trio format makes the presentation more intimate, and the extra space in the soundscape makes the performance of familiar material unique. There's no lack of rhythmic drive, though, due to Clay Schaub's propulsive bass and intuitive locking in with Pamela York's piano backing. The program is enjoyable with a distinctive... read more
Scott Neumann Neu3 Trio - Blessed
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Not your typical drummer led jazz trio, this drum/bass/sax outfit sounds more smoky, hipster club than church basement as they push their free jazz agenda that pushes the envelope but not to the point having a flashing, neon signing blinking on and off saying "ART HERE!." Tasty stuff that has a canny way of pulling you in without making you claustrophobic, Neumann and his pals could have easily been 50s hipsters blazing new trails. Solid... read more
Hugo Fernandez - Cosmogram
by Editor, La Habitación del Jazz (Madrid)
Hugo Fernandez presents his second album as a leader. If the first we liked (See CD review "ORIGINS") This brings us to like a lot. All topics are his compositions and production as well. As he did in his previous album, Ariel Bringuez accompanies him that Antonio Sanchez and Antonio Miguel add.
Hugo Fernandez continues to demonstrate its great compositional maturity, imbuing the eight tracks on the album with a particular, recognizable and... read more
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