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Chris Walden Big Band - Full-On!
by Carol Banks Weber, AXS
Chris Walden's been so busy scoring and arranging other people's projects, he barely has time for his own music. The five-time-Grammy-nominated, German composer/arranger hasn't put out his own record in seven years, not since the wonderfully received Kurt Marti Suite. He's been too busy writing arrangements for stars like Diana Krall, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Christopher Cross,... read more
Inbar Fridman - Time Quartet Project
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
In a quartet that includes both guitar and piano, a certain symbiosis between the players is necessary for the success of the sound. Israeli guitarist Inbar Fridman has established that relationship of musical symbiosis with pianist Camelia Ben Naceur, part of a trio Fridman calls the "French mob" that also includes bassist Laurent Chavoit and drummer Stefano Lucchini, rounding out the quartet of the guitarist's Time Quartet... read more
Benjamin Boone - Caught in the Rhythm
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Most of the times, when you listen to an album, you compare it to something that you've heard before that might be similar to it. That doesn't work with this album, as it is quite unique in its concept and delivery. Carry on...
An ambitious project by composer and saxist Benjamin Boone is recorded here, as a mix of not only poems, but poets, and not only poets but musicians in various conglomerations juxtapose a both a wide range of... read more
Lorin Cohen - Home
by Yoshi Kato, Downbeat
Double bassist Cohen plays regularly with pianist Monty Alexander and vibraphonists Joe Locke and Stefon Harris, and those gigs are reflected on Home, the bassist's debut album. By bringing aboard steel pan player and U.S. Virgin Islands native Victor Provost, Cohen, a Chicago native, revisits the reggae and Caribbean sounds he heard as a child while vacationing in South Florida Cohen presents his deep, mahogany tone early into the opening cut,... read more
Dawn Clement - Tandem
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
It only takes one listen to Tandem to understand that pianist-vocalist Dawn Clement is a people person with a penchant for trying different things. That openness to various individuals and action points shows itself to be the heart of this collection of duo performances.
Despite being a prominent presence on the Seattle scene, working with high profile leaders like soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, and having a handful of highly praised... read more
Tim Davies Big Band - The Expensive Train Set
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
So much action coming from the back of the riser! The big band ace relocated from Austrialia to LA and this set finds him giving star time to aggregations he's led in the past in both places. There might be an easy familiarity to his work since he's one of the top hot shot TV and movie orchesrators these days and you've probably heard his work without knowing it. This set is the perfect place to start knowing him by name. An old soul... read more
Manzanita Quintet - Osmosis
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The assembly of Josh D. Reed, Peter Epstein, Adam Benjamin, Hans Halt and Andrew Heglund, as Manzanita Quintet the members bring much skill and experience to these creative, unpredictable and modern 10 tracks.
"Hansepts" opens the listen with Heglund's precise drums meshing with Epstein's lively sax prowess in the animated jazz climate, and "Pajaro Dunes" follows with Reed's bright trumpet alongside the animated drums and swift sax that's not... read more
Matt Jorgensen +451 - The Road Begins Here
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide
This, the debut album from Matt Jorgensen as a bandleader is something to be heard. Within, he sets out with a trio of Seattleite players (Marc Seales off of his usual piano, Phil Sparks on bass, and Rob Davis on sax) to run through works from the greats of post-bop jazz (Miles, Trane) and a number of their own compositions, as well as a stray Zeppelin number that works incredibly well converted into a space-filled jazz piece. Each of the... read more
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