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Piet Verbist - Suite Réunion
by Editor, France Musique - Jazz Trotter
Present on the European jazz scene for 25 years, Belgian bassist Piet Verbist is best known in recent years for his participation in Jef Neve triode. He has previously recorded and shot with his own bands such as Zygomatik or the Mamutrio collective.
Having many compositions that did not meet the needs of these groups, Piet Verbist created an acoustic quartet to explore other musical concepts, with plenty of room for improvisation. " Suite... read more
Corey Christiansen - Outlaw Tractor
by Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Warmth oozes out of the music on this CD created by guitarist Corey Christiansen and his quartet, a comfy blend of contemporary jazz, bop or post-bop, and soul-jazz. Organist Pat Bianchi and saxophonist David Halliday create that feeling, playing unison lines that, between the three instrumentalists, give the listener a comfort zone that is both refreshing and accessible, given the more complex music modern jazz usually offers up. To say it's... read more
May Okita - Art of Life
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Gentle toned vocalist May Okita creates gentle sonatas with the spartan support of guitarist Larry Koonse and pianist Josh Nelson on this delicate collection of standards. Her sandied tone is attractively intimate with Nelson on a alluring "Let's Face the Music and Dance" while Nelson provides streamlike ripples for a contemplative "Both Sides Now." A troubadour'd take of "Detour Ahead" has Okita in a breathy form as she floats over Koonses... read more
Alison Ruble - This Is A Bird
by Paul Abella, Chicago Jazz.com
Vocalist Alison Ruble adds her name to the list of great Chicago musicians making CDs for Seattle's Origin Records with her latest, This is a Bird. It's a beautiful disc with a phenomenal backing band that would likely make it nearly impossible to put out anything but a top-notch effort. So, put a great singer on top and play a bunch of great tunes, and you'll have a foolproof album. And that's exactly what we've got here.
This is a Bird's... read more
David Sills - Green
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz.com
With tenor saxophonist David Sills, three big "s" words come to mind: Swinging, soulful, and...surfing?"
Check out the cover photo on his Green CD. You might think it a re-release of a forgotten Chantays?of "Pipeline" fame?album from 1963. The guy on the surfboard?David Sills himself?is cutting into a bottom turn on a clean, overhead steel blue wave, with, it appears, a tube in his immediate future.
Surfing aside, Sills proves himself a... read more
Chad McCullough & Bram Weijters - Imaginary Sketches
by Annemarie Janus, Jazzenzo
Pianist Bram Weijters belongs to the new generation of promising jazz talents from Belgium. You could compare his playing to that of Brad Mehldau. The Co-leader of this project, the talented trumpeter Chad McCullough is from Seattle, where he along with drummer John Bishop, is the driving force behind Origin Records. This is an American label for contemporary jazz with more than three hundred titles and in 2009 was awarded "Label of the Year" by... read more
Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra - Mad Scientist Music
by Eddy Determeyer, Draaiomjeoren (Belgium)
The Jazz Orchestra of trombonist and composer Ben Patterson, based in Washington DC, recorded so much material in three days that two albums could be compiled from it. "Groove Junkies" contains the more fusion-oriented part of that, on "Mad Scientist Music" we hear the band in a kind of contemporary mainstream mode. But then, indeed, a bit crazy. To start with "Groove Junkies" (for the Telegraaf readers among us: Groove Junks): the opening... read more
Michael Waldrop - Origin Suite
by Robert Rusch, Cadence
MICHAEL WALDROP [drm/vib] is another artist with past ties to North Texas State and his big band is not traditional as displayed on ORIGIN SUITE. Recorded at various times from August 2010 though July 2017 presented here are a dozen originals mostly by Waldrop. There are also moments for small groupings. Purists will be set off by the lack of continuity in style and manner of the CD, that said, the various styles employed work well. The main... read more
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