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Corey Christiansen - Factory Girl
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Guitarist Corey Christiansen gets rockin' with Zach Lapidus/key, Jeremy Allen/b, Matt Jorgensen/dr and Michael Spiro/perc on this mix of new and traditional Americana. The team flows on a relaxed and bluesy "Shenandoah" with graceful strums on the strings, while Christiansen picks and grins on "John Hardy" the team boogie's on "Old Joe Clark" and sounds swampy as they go deep in the delta with Christiansen's steel strings on "Beour." Where's... read more
Karrin Allyson - A Kiss for Brazil
by Editor, The Jazz Page
Karrin Allyson's A Kiss for Brazil is a lush, evocative journey into the rich rhythms and melodies of Brazilian music, delivered with Allyson's signature vocal grace and impeccable artistry. Her voice glides effortlessly over the bossa nova and samba grooves, capturing the essence of Jobim classics with her own unique flair. Allyson is joined by a stellar ensemble featuring Yotam Silberstein on guitar, Vitor Concalves on piano, Rhodes and... read more
Dan Heck - Compositionality
by George Fendel, Oregon Jazz Society
Some of you might remember Dan Heck as the talented guitarist in Seattle's Bebop And Destruction. Well, B&D went their separate ways (amiably), and Dan went the furthest; now he's based in Florida. However, on this CD he reacquaints with a couple of Seattle pals in Thomas Marriott on trumpet and Jose Martinez on drums. Rounding out the quintet are Stuart Shelton on piano and Rick Doll on bass. As the title suggests, the tunes are all Dan Heck... read more
Carlos Vega - Art of the Messenger
by Larry Hollis, Cadence
Here's a belated present for all us hard bop lovers. This Carlos Vega has a pair of previously issued discs for the Origin label and is not to be confused with the drummer of the same name. Those two platters were salutes to Bird but this time around its a nod to powerhouse drum-master Art Blakey Vega's bandmates are the same on all three discs so one has little trouble understanding how super tight this quintet is on this third album. Each of... read more
Thomas Marriott - Both Sides Of The Fence
by Joseph Blake, Times Colonist, Saturday April 28 2007
A fixture at the annual Port Townsend Jazz Festival the last weekend in July, Seattle-based Thomas Marriott leads an outstanding band of Emerald City contemporaries on this collection of standards, seldom-played gems by Freddie Hubbard and Chick Corea, a stunning reading of Ellington's New World A Comin', Marriott original, and a seductive reinvention of The Breeze and I.
Marriott is a brilliant player with chops to spare on... read more
Jack Mouse - Range of Motion
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Jack Mouse, a sure-handed, high-energy drummer who is best known as a dependable timekeeper for groups large and small on the Chicago scene and elsewhere, moves to the head of the class on Range of Motion, leading a quintet whose members share his expansive, something-for-everyone point of view. Apart from his role as rhythmic helmsman, Mouse also writes, and writes quite well, having composed all of the album's ten selections, themes whose... read more
Bobby Rozario - Spellbound
by Robert Silverstein, Roots Music Report
Seattle-based Origin Records is one of the most prolific jazz-centric recording labels in the world today and they keep the hits coming with the 2023 CD release of Spellbound, the second album to date by NYC-based guitarist Bobby Rozario. Drawing on the melting pot of incandescent sounds that is New York City, the 11-track album makes for an enthusiastic fusion romp that often sounds very influenced by guitar giants like Al DiMeola and... 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
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