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Jared Hall - Influences
by Russ Hubert, Adult Music Podcast
A fine collection of original compositions that are challenging, but captivating with catchy melodies and different structures and grooves. All the tunes give nods to great modern trumpeters who influenced Hall's trumpet style. Hall's trumpet chops are strong, with a well-developed modern harmonic sense and really well-structured solos. Cohen's solos are really exciting with a lot of surprises at every turn. Glynn has fine bass solos, too, and... read more
Florian Hoefner - Luminosity
by Mike Greenblatt, Classicalite Magazine
Luminosity is when acrylic colors retain their freshness. Luminosity by the Florian Hoefner Group on Origin Records does just that as well, for it is here that the German-born pianist Hoefner, on his third all-original quartet CD, puts the Masters Degree he earned at the Manhattan School of Music to good use.
Hoefner, 33, must be as intense as his music. He composed all eight tracks while in solitude on and off the beautiful beaches of St.... read more
Clay Giberson - Upper Road
by Paul West, All About Jazz
Like a lot of seasoned, contemporary jazz pianists, Clay Giberson creates music that just about always works, but always works its most magic when it takes chances and breaks free from tradition. It's not so much a problem in contemporary jazz as it is an ever-so-slightly unfulfilled promise: it's music that is fine, damn fine even, for what it is, but always hints at going somewhere a little more special.
With Upper Road, Giberson and an... read more
Karrin Allyson - A Kiss for Brazil
by Sylvannia Garutch, The Jazz Word
Karrin Allyson returns to navigate the musical landscapes of multiple languages and styles with her latest album, A Kiss for Brazil, released on May 17, 2024, under Origin Records. Allyson's graceful voice can simultaneously convey the intimacy of a small club performance and the grandeur of a concert hall. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, Allyson's album is built upon her enduring love affair with Brazilian music—a relationship she has... read more
Scenes - Along the Way
by Bill Bennett, All About Jazz
The scenes along the way here are generally bucolic ones, awash with that distinctive just after the sundown light celebrated by photographers. It's a contemplative journey?"no hurry, no worry," as the clich� goes. The tempos are relaxed, the timbres unfailingly warm. Subtlety is the key word. This amiable, polished music never clamors for your attention; however, a little deep listening will yield many aural delights.
Guitarist John... read more
Bill Anschell - Shifting Standards
by Robert Rusch, Cadence
BILL ANSCHELL, plays 9 standards [61:25] which could be boring but Anschell brings to them a nuance beyond the theme that may or may not play off the changes. Jeff Johnson [b] and D'Vonne Lewis fill out the trio.
I'm not sure how old Anschell is, he has been around jazz for about 25 years, but his fullness reminds me of pianists active from the 1950s. Perhaps they were his mentors.... read more
Bruce Williamson - Standard Transmission
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz.com
One of the early genius elements of small ensemble jazz manifested November 26, 1945, when Charlie Parker entered the studio with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, and, using the harmonic foundation of Ray Noble's "Cherokee," recorded a new melody, call "Ko-Ko." He went on to do the same with the Hamilton/Lewis composition "How High The Moon," which became "Ornithology," and Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose," which became "Scrapple from the... read more
David Weiss Sextet - Auteur
by Icrom Bigrad, Jazz Sensibilities
David Weiss' Auteur, the latest release with his sextet, hits with the force of a well-honed ensemble ten years in the making. This album, crafted by musicians rooted in the evolution of modern jazz, highlights Weiss' original composition and an ensemble that speaks in a language of the jazz lineage. The seven-track collection, released on September 20, 2024, through Origin, shines with Weiss' signature blend of unrecorded historical gems and... read more
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