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Tom Collier - Across the Bridge
by Chris Lunn, Ancient Victorys
Collier and his over-four-decades partner, Dan Dean, first surfaced for us in the 70s and have been major contributors musically and technically to the jazz music field. Here, Collier, performing his own tunes, collaborates with two major guitarists out of the Seattle music scene, Larry Coryell and Bill Frisell. Bot are on electric guitars and play on separate cuts. Either John Bishop from Origin Records (with Coryell) or Ted Poor is on drums.... read more
Barry Greene - Giants
by Robert Silverstein, Roots Music Report
5-STARS The name Barry Greene might not be immediately recognizable by a majority of guitar fans yet he's just released one of the finest instrumental jazz albums of the year. Backed by an alternating quintet and organ trio, Giants finds the Northern Florida based musician and guitar educator stretching out on a well-tempered, 10-track 68 minute album.
Having already released several albums and a range of jazz-guitar study books,... read more
John Stowell | Michael Zilber - Live Beauty
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Cool toned guitarist John Stowell teams up with saxist Michael Zilber and fronts a quartet along with John Shifflett/b and Jason Lewis/dr for a sophisticated set caught at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA back in 2012. Except for the free form and flighty duet between the two on the take of "My Funny Valentine" the band sticks to sophisticated originals which stretch out between 7-12 minutes.
The band has a fragrance similar... read more
Thomas Marriott - Romance Language
by George Harris, Jazz Weekly
Rich ballads and romantic moods are produced by Thomas Marriott, who plays tender trumpet and fluid flugelhorn as he's supported by the orchestrations and programming by keyboardist Ryan Cohen, vibe master Joe Lock, bassist Jeff Johnson and deft drummer John Bishop. The pastoral strings serve as rich drapery as Locke adds thoughtful vibes to Marriott's reflective musings on the elegiac "Dexter's Tune" and lyrical "Forgiveness." Glassy piano and... read more
Tom Collier - Alone in the Studio
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Tom Collier plays vibes, marimba, piano, drums and bass synthesizer all by his lonesome on this mix of standards and originals. He's a one man band on the bouncy take of "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" and the deftly swinging "Five Brothers" and can create a full bodied funk on his own "Orbital Dance." His vibes can glow and chime on "Little Green Thing" and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" while on marimba he sets a nice mood on the... read more
John McLean / Clark Sommers Band - Parts Unknown
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
4 1/2 STARS It's amazing what can happen when you take a tight-knit, deep-dish duo reflective of Chicago's jazz riches, add one of the world's most dexterous and expressive vibraphonists, and sweeten the deal with a grooving up-and-comer. Charts are mapped over uncharted territories, musical assuredness carries the day in uncertain realms, and surprises await around every well-constructed corner. This is not-so-simply a beautiful case of... read more
Xavier Lecouturier - Carrier
by Tom McCarter, KZSU - Stanford
On drummer Lecouturier's debut disc as a leader, the tunes allude to a variety of influences both compositionally and spatially, while displaying a deep connection to jazz tradition. While Lecouturier is the primary force on the record both as a musician and composer, there is a definite collective feel to the effort.
If You Like: Art Blakey, Miles Okazaki, Geri Allen, Wayne... read more
Thomas Marriott - Flexicon
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz.com
If Seattle, Washington-based Origin Records can be said to have a signature sound, trumpeter Thomas Marriott's Flexicon could be picked as an example. The music is mainstream, with two horns and a rhythm section, polished up and modernized with a nice edge, some luminous Fender Rhodes, a solid-yet-adventurous bassist, and a top notch, push-the-tradition-forward drummer. And everything small and large that the drummer does can be heard.... read more
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