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Rodney Whitaker - Oasis: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Steven Miller, Sound in Review
Bassist Rodney Whitaker has assembled a refined quintet to present the music of composer Gregg Hill. The ensemble is Terell Stafford on trumpet and flugelhorn, Tim Warfield on tenor and soprano saxophones, Bruce Barth on piano, and Dana Hall on drums. Vocalist Rockelle Fortin also appears in four songs. Hill is a composer that has published over 145 original jazz compositions across various albums. Oasis: The Music of Gregg Hill presents ten... read more
Benjamin Boone - Confluence: The Ireland Sessions
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Alto saxist Benjamin Boone creates an album of originals that mix instrumentals and vocals in artistic fashion. Usually, when a vocalist is brought in, the mood of an album changes, but JaYne is included here on three pieces that are like parts of a musical mosaic, fitting in perfectly. She glides around Joe O'Callaghan's tasty guitar work on "Your Eyes Meeting Mine", is languid with pianist James Miley during "In The Twilight" and floats... read more
Brian Gephart - Standing On Two Feet
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
A Chicago jazz set all the way, this is what happens when a Chicago sax man shows his New York counterparts that we know how to honk it here as well. A set of originals played with the verve and bluster of a proud creator, we might not have a Brooklyn Bridge to practice under but we ain't no second city when it comes to some honking sax. Hot... read more
Bobby Broom - The Way I Play: Live In Chicago
by Josef Woodard, Jazziz
Count Bobby Broom as one of those jazz greats hiding in very plain sight. The nimble and continually inventive guitarist has, for years, played regularly on the uppermost echelon of jazz stages, as part of Sonny Rollins' band. On his own, though, Broom remains relatively low-key. While Rollins' audience tend to patiently await each sax solo, his bandmates are well worth hearing themselves, from the innately tasteful trombonist Clifton Anderson... read more
Chris Walden Big Band - Full-On!
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
It's been a while since the jazz world has seen a release from this group. The first three albums credited to the Chris Walden Big Band - the Grammy-nominated Home Of My Heart (Origin Records, 2005), No Bounds (Origin Records, 2006), and Kurt Marti Suite (Origin Records, 2007) - came in quick succession. And then there was silence from Walden. Well, that's not exactly true. Walden's actually been quite busy in the... read more
2x2: Galvao/Santiago/Landais/Enouf - 2x2
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
The co-op team of Sergio Galvao/ts-ss, Lupa Santiago/g, Clement Landais/b and Franck Enouf/dr deliver 9 fresh originals. The feel is fluid and lithe, with Galvao's serene soprano on the tensile "Sans Gluten," or dancing along Landais' bass line on the lively "Rouen Donato." His warm tenor flows with Santiago's #2 pencil tone on the flowing "Traffic D'Affluence" or chomping and comping together on the mix of Memphis and Brazil during "Nao... read more
Dan Cray - Meridies
by Jayson Greene, emusic Review
Nice straight-ahead set of tunes featuring former Chicagoan Dan Cray on piano leading a quartet that includes new sax wunderkind Noah Preminger. Nothing groundbreaking, just decent jazz. Album ender ?March of the Archetypes? not only sends the album off on a terrifically addictive note, but has me intrigued to see where Cray goes with his next recording. I love an album that ends on a strong... read more
Aaron Immanuel Wright - Eleven Daughters
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
Wander into the parking lot of a high school marching band field tournament, through a labyrinth school buses and picnic tables, into throngs of young musicians?teenagers in small packs cruising on foot, gossiping, flirting, maybe throwing a football around as a cold November dusk settles in?and there always seems to be a backdrop of percussion, impromptu practice sessions, the marimbas and the vibraphones ringing out. It's a sound that carries... read more
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