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Bob Sneider & Joe Locke - Nocturne for Ava
by George Kanzler, All About Jazz New York
The versatility of vibraphonist Joe Locke comes to the fore here, one album moody with intricately arranged, programmatic/impressionistic music, the other a loose quartet date emphasizing solos as much as tunes.
There's a mid-20th Century feel to Nocturne for Ava, evoking that time when melodic jazz found its way into TV show themes and movie soundtracks. It also uses instrumentation - augmented in places by horns - made popular by the... read more
Mitch Paliga - Fall Night
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Relatively few jazz musicians take up soprano sax compared to the rest of the reed family, but Mitch Paliga is one who has mastered his instrument. These 2006 sessions focus exclusively on his originals, with Jo Ann Daugherty on Fender Rhodes, guitarist John McLean bassist Patrick Williams and drummer Ryan Bennett interpreting his demanding charts. Paliga's fluid approach never gets carried away, while the sensitive rhythm section complements... read more
Lucas Pino - No Net Nonet
by Travis Rogers, Jr., The Jazz Owl
Lucas Pino is just getting started and we are fortunate to catch him early in his career and watch what he becomes. He is already an excellent composer—in fact, he was already composing great pieces in high school. His talents were sharpened at the Brubeck Institute, The New School and at Julliard.
Nothing hones skills finer, however, than playing with exemplary artists and Pino has played, and recorded, with some of the best. This nonet is... read more
Michael Waldrop - Origin Suite
by Kabir Sehgal, Grammy-winning Producer
Acclaimed percussionist, composer, and bandleader Michael Waldrop delivers a magnificent, eclectic, and intrepid album with Origin Suite. This union of timbres and textures, solos and styles has become the hallmark sound of Waldrop, whose music has come to define modern jazz, both honoring traditions and forging new ones. He is that rare triple threat: master composer, thoughtful arranger, and virtuosic performer. He belongs in the pantheon of... read more
Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra - Groove Junkies
by Michael van Gee, Jazz'N'More (Switzerland)
5-STARS "Big Bands Never Die" - this is the motto of this album with outstanding music. Ben Patterson has written and arranged great compositions that will make the heart of every big band fan beat faster. The album opens with the Chris Potter composition "Exclamation" with the 17-piece Jazz Orchestra in top form and a brilliant piano solo by Chris Ziemba. This is followed by a rather rocky number "Interesting Times", in which Ben... read more
John Stowell / Dave Glenn & The Hawčaptak Quartet - Violin Memory
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
RINGER OF THE WEEK
Usually, if something is "new" or original, it actually means cacophonic. Here is an album that is creative, original and wonderfully melodic.
John Stowell plays nylon string and fretless baritone guitars along with trombonist Dave Glenn. OK, a bit unorthodox, but then the mix of the Hawcaptak String Quartet comes in to really mix and match some wonderful ideas. Consisting of Maria Sampen/v1, Steve Miahky/v2,... read more
Affinity Trio - New Outlook
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
5-STARS Eric Jacobson's "New Outlook": A Trumpeter's Dialogue Between Past and Present.
When the playing of a trumpeter truly speaks, it awakens an instinct. For me, that means stopping the record at hand and reaching for the early Miles Davis albums, a private ritual that has nothing ceremonial about it, but everything to do with necessity. It's a way of measuring not imitation, but spirit: does the horn carry that urgency, that... read more
Brad Goode - The Unknown
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The trumpet extraordinaire Brad Goode brings along Jeff Jenkins, Seth Lewis and Paa Kow for this technically proficient and grove filled 19th solo album that's as intense as it is exciting.
"Decathexis" starts the listen with no lack of energy, as Lewis' funky bass lines and Kow's acrobatic drumming make for a lively jazz spirit, and "Pain" continues the fluid instrumentation with Goode's radiant brass alongside Jenkins' playful keys that... read more
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