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Joe Locke - Force of Four
by Ken Dryden, All About Jazz - New York
Joe Locke has emerged as one of the dominant jazz vibraphonists in recent years, releasing several
outstanding CDs with various musical partners. Force of Four is no exception, a tight postbop session with a
new quartet: pianist Robert Rodriguez, bassist Ricardo Rodriguez and drummer Johnathan Blake.
The pianist contributed "Like Joe", a tribute to Joe Henderson, which incorporates rapid-fire lines with a
Latin undercurrent reminiscent of... read more
Tom Collier - Across the Bridge
by Matt Weiman, KJHK, Lawrence, KS
Tom Collier is a very impressive vibraphone player and holds nothing back on his album, Across The Bridge. Accompanied by Bill Frisell on guitar, Larry Coryell on guitar, Dan Dean on bass, John Bishop on drums, and Ted Poor on drums, Tom weaves his way magically through nine original compositions. It feels like elevator jazz at times with the vibraphone but it is so much more than that. Collier gets complex with melody lines and grooves.
"The... read more
Rodney Whitaker - Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Nolan DeBuke, The Jazz Word
Rodney Whitaker's latest release, Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill, is a set of ten well-written and arranged compositions reflecting jazz's past while forging into fresh directions. At the heart of the album lies Whitaker's deep connection to Hill's compositions, which serve as a canvas for exploring jazz's rich lineage and its potential mix with modern classical and elements of popular music from the seventies. This fourth collaboration between... read more
Richard Cole - The Forgotten
by Dave Nathan, All Music Guide
This is tenor saxophonist Richard Cole's second album for the Origin label. Compared with the first outing, The Forgotten sports additional standards plus visits by outstanding artists such as Randy Brecker , Adam Nussbaum, and Joey Calderazzo. Cole is from the school of modern, progressive jazz. On such cuts as "Free Time," one hears the influence of Sonny Rollins with his hard bop and unique thematic improvisations, as well as the hard-driving... read more
Corey Christiansen - Dusk
by Fritz Balwit, Audiophile Audition
4-STARS I don't typically incline towards funky R&B/ fusion music. See-sawing major chords, repeated licks, and hypnotic vamps are associated with long-road trips and exercise classes, neither optimal for serene aesthetic contemplation. All the more surprising that this over-the-top boisterous funk outing swept away my misgivings about the genre on the strength of its freshness and musical candor.
The tunes are all written by Corey... read more
Josh Nelson - Exploring Mars
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
4-STARS - Exploring Mars is fueled by a love of science fiction, intellectual inquisitiveness, and musical inventiveness of the highest order. Pianist Josh Nelson, initially inspired by the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars in the summer of 2012, put together a project that's musically expansive and wholly unique: It's safe to say that he's the first person to tie together author Ray Bradbury's writings, original music that... read more
Jeff Johnson - Suitcase
by Tom Hull, Tom Hull on the Web
Jeff Johnson: Suitcase (2011 [2012], Origin): Seattle bassist, one of the label's mainstays, generally a mainstream player but here he not only moves into postbop, he gives us a practicum in how much of the avant-garde has been incorporated into the postbop paradigm. Hans Teuber plays bass clarinet, alto flute, and various saxes, with Steve Moore on piano and Eric Eagle on... read more
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
by Jon Regen, Billboard
Veteran guitar ace Bobby Broom has worked with an illustrious list of jazz luminaries, from the late organist Charles Earland to the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. On Broom's latest release as a leader, he tackles the nearly sacrosanct works of renowned pianist/composer Thelonious Monk with an artful mix of grit and grace. Backed by the sympathetic rhythm section of Dennis Carroll on bass and Kobie Watkins on drums, Broom bluesifies Monk's... read more
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