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Rodney Whitaker - Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Nolan DeBuke, The Jazz Word
Rodney Whitaker's latest release, Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill, is a set of ten well-written and arranged compositions reflecting jazz's past while forging into fresh directions. At the heart of the album lies Whitaker's deep connection to Hill's compositions, which serve as a canvas for exploring jazz's rich lineage and its potential mix with modern classical and elements of popular music from the seventies. This fourth collaboration between... read more
Tito Carrillo - Opening Statement
by Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
Friday was a big night for trumpeter Tito Carrillo.
Though he had played the Green Mill prolifically since 1996, when he moved to Chicago, and though he had commuted here regularly since joining the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006, Carrillo never had led his own group at the Mill.
Moreover, his belated Green Mill debut as bandleader celebrated the release of his first recording under his own name, "Opening... read more
Scenes - ...But Not Heard
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
Of their second recording, Along The Way (Origin, 2006), guitarist and All About Jazz contributor John Kelman said, "There's an airy, ECM-like feel to much of the album... more in its aesthetic than any direct stylistic reference." That immediately frames the music of guitarist John Stowell, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop, giving it a definition and location. The "ECM sound" at once defies accurate definition while... read more
Tad Britton - Black Hills
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise, Thursday Nov.1
This tasty trio is another part of the impressive jazz scene that has developed in the Pacific Northwest during the past several years.
Marc Seales is the pianist, Jeff Johnson plays bass and Tad Britton - identified as the leader - handles the drums. Seales and Johnson have been key artists on dozens of albums that have been released from this region during the past few years, and Britton is a perfect drummer for this kind of group.
Seales,... read more
John Stowell / Dave Glenn & The Hawčaptak Quartet - Violin Memory
by Georges Tonla Briquet, Jazz'halo
Guitarist John Stowell (David Friesen, Tom Harrell, Billy Hart) and trombonist Dave Glenn (Chuck Mangione, The Mel Lewis Orchestra, Blood, Sweat and Tears) formed a kind of alliance with The Hawcaptak Quartet, not to really play together but to to jointly release a CD.
A somewhat different method because the duo recorded their parts in a different studio and at a different time than the string quartet. The twenty-one (usually) short pieces... read more
Bill Anschell - Figments
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
One of the more prolific exponents of the Northwest jazz sound, pianist Bill Anschell has figured in any number of excellent recordings, both as a bandleader and as an accompanist. In Figments, he takes a turn at solo piano, running through songs from pop, jazz, and the American songbook and reworking them into wandering (he describes it as stream of consciousness) arrangements that sometimes provide jazz underpinnings for classic pop, and... read more
Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Editor, Women in Jazz Media
A deeply personal, fully original album exploring the emotional and spiritual dimensions of jazz — raw, poetic, and transcendent.
Blessed & Bewitched blends five original compositions with two reimagined jazz classics, recorded between New York City and Vienna with an international ensemble. The music bridges the intimacy and elegance of golden-era jazz with a modern, deeply personal sensibility.
The album is not just music—it... read more
Nick Finzer - The Chase
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
You have to love it when a cat can graduate from Julliard without letting it go to his head. Bone man Finzer takes his sweet time between releases and we are wise not to rush him. Charting some new courses that give us the opportunity to follow him without tripping, this fleet fingered, buoyant jazzbo makes his bone talk while supporting his composing and leading chops making the whole a real gasser. Inventive but keeping it's fun, spirited... read more
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