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Jessica Williams - Billy's Theme: A Tribute to Dr. Billy Taylor
by Tony Augarde, MusicWeb International
Billy Taylor is best known -- at least in Britain -- for his trio's recording of his composition I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free, which has been popularized as the signature tune for BBC Television's long-running "Film" programme. But, of course, Billy Taylor has done much more than that, as Jessica Williams's sleeve-note reminds us: playing with the likes of Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker; acting as house pianist at... read more
Dmitri Matheny - Cascadia
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Rare is the artist these days that plays only the flugelhorn, but for this album Dmitri Matheny makes it work and work elegantly with his team of Charles McNeal/ts-ss, Bill Anschell/p, Phil Sparks/b and Mark Ivester/dr on this collection of originals and covers. Of the former, Anschell is rich and easy with Matheny and McNeal's tenor on the pulsating read of the rarely interpreted "On A Misty Night" while Jimmy Webb's "Witchita Lineman"... read more
John La Barbera Big Band - Grooveyard
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The conductor and arranger John La Barbera steers this New York City Big Band into hard-swinging territory, where the 4 arranged tunes and 6 originals are fleshed out with plenty of brass, winds and a stunning rhythm section.
The title track opens the listen with plenty of energy from the bright brass, before calmer bouts of grooves and Brandon Coleman's precise drums that make an impression, and "My New Summer Samba" follows with a... read more
Kelly Sill / Jim McNeely / Joel Spencer - Boneyard
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
I'd take the bet that a good percentage of jazz fans�those of my generation, at least�got their start in jazz via Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Blakey and Dave Brubeck, mainly piano/bass/drum rhythm sections behind one or more horns. And I can remember wondering why Miles, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane sat out on "Billy Boy" on Miles' classic album, Milestones, (Columbia, 1958), letting pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and... read more
George Colligan - The Endless Mysteries
by Ben Turner, Jazz Reviews
George Colligan's been busy gigging, teaching ingrates like myself at Portland State, raising a son, and he had time to record a great trio album with Jack DeJohnette and Larry Grenadier. Man, what am I doing with my life?
George is a long-time friend of and collaborator with Jack DeJohnette, touring worldwide and appearing with him at last year's Portland Jazz Fest. He holds degree in trumpet from Peabody, mostly taught himself piano, and... read more
John Moulder - The Eleventh Hour
by Bill Donaldson, Cadence
Though John Moulder has been recording and performing for twenty years now, his name recognition hasn?t risen to that of the top ranks of jazz guitarists. It really should. No exaggeration. His most recent album, The Eleventh Hour: Live at the Green Mill, is proof of that. Apparently the result of serendipity, the album exists because recording engineer Ken Christianson suggested recording Moulder?s quintet at Chicago?s Green Mill during a... read more
Dominic J. Marshall - Spirit Speech
by Luc van Gaans, HiFi - Netherlands
Jazz pianists are like red wine, they should mature to taste mature and fuller. But Dominic J Marshall proves that rule does not always apply. Living in the Netherlands, the pianist came from Scotland in 2012, yielding a promising second CD with Icaros. Now he again makes a particularly strong CD, and while he is a young 24 years, at that young age he is already a very mature wine. To which grand cru does this lead?
Just like... read more
Mimi Fox - Standards, Old & New
by Lee Hildebrand, East Bay Express
Playing solo jazz guitar ain't easy. Unlike piano, on which an unaccompanied musician can do bass lines and/or chords with the left hand and melodies with the right, solo guitar affords few such possibilities, unless the picker uses the tapping technique associated with Mimi Fox's friend Stanley Jordan. On her third solo album out of nine releases, Fox employs the traditional method of fretting with her left and picking with her right as she... read more
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