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Bobby Broom - Song And Dance
by John Frederick Moore, Jazziz
Bobby Broom has been a featured sideman for several jazz legends, including Miles Davis and Stanley Turrentine, and he's come into the spotlight recently as a member of Sonny Rollins' band. But the guitarist has also periodically recorded as a leader for more than 25 years. For his sixth disc, Broom shows why his subtle, articulate approach has long been in demand among jazz's heaviest hitters.
Broom's pure tone and fluid style are squarely... read more
Matija Dedic - MD in NYC
by Dustin Garlitz, Jazz Talent.com
Zagreb, Croatia?s Matija Dedic is emerging as one of the most important rising stars on Continental Europe?s jazz scene. His modern piano trio performances with sidemen Vincente Archer and Kendrick Scott certainly qualify him as a significant up-and-coming jazz artist hailing from this particular region of Europe, if not the continent as a whole. It is a real pleasure getting to hear Dedic in action with Archer and Scott in New York City in... read more
Cathy Segal-Garcia & Phillip Strange - Live in Japan
by Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs
This is a project recorded nearly thirty years ago, (1992) but it's still fresh and exciting. The 'live' performance shows off the very best of Cathy Segal-Garcia's range and style. It also features the wonderful and inventive piano playing of Phillip Strange. It's a 2-CD set, opening with "I'm In the Mood for Love" where Cathy sings the original melody, with quite a few of her own twists and complimentary turns, then stretches out to sing... read more
Eric Jacobson - Heading Home
by Kevin Lynch, Milwaukee Shepherd Express
The album title suggests the cumulative memory of a journey that, once you hear this album, may have been epic. There's nothing grandiose about the Milwaukee trumpeter Jacobson's new album but his journey has inspired a whole album of original material and its strong stuff, one through eight. It opens with a burner that asserts not just the ability to play at a ridiculous speed, but as if they need to, given the title, "Survival."
By... read more
Dave Liebman | John Stowell - Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet
by Mac Randall, JazzTimes
Jazz innovator, early soprano saxophone pioneer, gifted improviser with a tone so distinctive it can be recognized within microseconds--this is what musically knowledgeable folks tend to think of when Sidney Bechet's name comes up. Composer? Not so much. But the New Orleans legend's catalog of originals was sizable, and fellow soprano master Dave Liebman has done us all a service by researching and interpreting a few highlights, with the expert... read more
Chris Walden Big Band - No Bounds
by Edward Blanco, ejazznews
No Bounds is an enchanting and absolutely riveting big band release from German composer/arranger, Chris Walden, a two-time Grammy Award nominee for his previous album, Home of My Heart. This recording has a decidedly Disney musical theme as Walden includes three big band orchestrations of the Disney songs, "When You Wish Upon A Star," "Some Day My Prince Will Come," and the familiar "It's A Small World After All."
When listening to this... read more
Dmitri Matheny - Cascadia
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny takes the company of Charles McNeal (tenor, soprano sax), Bill Anschell (piano), Phil Sparks (bass) and Mark Ivester (drums) for this timeless and exciting jazz affair.
The title track opens the listen with warm keys and soothing brass, as a very warm spirit enters the graceful climate, and "On A Misty Night" follows with playful bass and bright flugelhorn making for a crisp and dynamic album... read more
Mark Zaleski - OUR TIME: REIMAGINING DAVE BRUBECK
by Editor, La Habitación del Jazz (Madrid)
Mark Zaleski (Boylston, MA), was born into a family that loved music. His parents were fans of rock and pop music from the 1960s and '70s, such as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Temptations, and Stevie Wonder. His friends were fans of 1990s punk and metal bands like Nirvana, Metallica, and Pearl Jam. His brother, Glenn Zaleski, and his music teachers listened to jazz artists such as Dave Brubeck, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson,... read more
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