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Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra - Refractions
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
The twenty-four piece Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra boasts a full roster of instrumentation, including double reeds and French horns, for a sound that is somewhat rare in the professional jazz world, but familiar to anyone guiding a child through a high school music program with a "concert band." Lush and multi-layered, Refractions contains a full range of color and emotion.
The word "symphonic" comes to mind with so many deftly-woven... read more
Jordan VanHemert - Deep in the Soil
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The alto-sax extraordinaire Jordan VanHemert is in some fine company here, where 8 swingin' tunes that take influence from the almighty Charlie Parker don't disappoint.
The bright sax and frisky drums from Lewis Nash guide the opener, "Call To Order", and "Sounds For Sore Ears" follows with Terrell Stafford's glowing trumpet and Helen Sung's intricate keys helping cultivate plenty of melodic, rich song craft.
Halfway through, the intimacy... read more
Brad Goode - Chicago Red
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
One thing about electric/world Miles---you either had to be stoned or have high blood pressure to get the most out of Davis in that period. In that light, calling Goode?s latest Miles lite is no insult or disrespect. With echoes of the Miles/Holland/deJohnette interplay, shadings of funk, world beat players all fueled by nascent steam punk energy, this could easily be a fine companion to the recent Miles authorized bootleg of said period.... read more
Ron Di Salvio - Essence of Green, A Tribute to Kind Of Blue
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
A fine group of musicians from the Michigan area gather for what appears at first glance to be a song-by-song response to Miles' classic. The album opens with "Six Shades of Green," following the structure and feel of "All Blues" relatively closely. "Crossing Lines" follows the tone of "Freddie Freeloader" similarly. The chord progressions continue to follow the course set by Kind of Blue as the album progresses, with interplay between Ron di... read more
John Bishop - Antwerp
by Joe Ross, Roots Music Report
5-STARS John Bishop, Seattle-based drummer, educator and owner of the Origin record label, has over four decades of performance and recording experience with appearances on more than 100 albums. He was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2008. Antwerp is Bishop's first album under his own name in 15 years.
He first met pianist Bram Weijters and bassist Piet Verbist in Belgium about 2008. The three friends played Europe and... read more
Hal Galper Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi - Cubist
by Doug Ramsey, Rifftides
In his album notes, pianist Galper writes that he was unaware of what "an interesting and unique composer" his longtime bass-playing associate Jeff Johnson is. The three pieces that Johnson contributed to Cubist leave no doubt about his writing ability. The title tune plus "Kiwi," "Artists" and "Scene West" give Galper, Johnson and drummer John Bishop plenty of challenging material. They make the most of it. Galper's post-bop credentials with... read more
Tom Collier - Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and others
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
Tom Collier is a bit of a character as, can be attested by the YouTube videos below. He has served as Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Washington since 1980. In 2011, he was appointed Chair of Jazz Studies at the school, and was awarded the Adelaide D. Currie Cole Endowed Professorship in the School of Music for the academic years 2011-2014. He is, indeed, having a good year. His last recording, Mallett Fantasique (Origin... read more
Darrell Grant - Truth And Reconciliation
by John Henry, Audiophile Audition
Another jazz project with a strong message, the sixth album with the noted pianist/composer leading concentrates on honoring the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa. Grant - who has worked with Betty Carter, Tony Williams and Roy Haynes - calls this double disc his dream project. He has assembled some top sidemen and varies the 16 tracks among piano trio, quartet, quintet and settings for his vocals on some of the tracks. In addition, he... read more
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