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Human Spirit - Dialogue
by George Colligan, Jazz Truth
Human Spirit is a Seattle based jazz group which I have had the pleasure of performing with a handful of times in the past year or so. Their new CD entitled "Dialogue" was recorded during a weekend gig at Tula's (one of the great jazz clubs of Seattle). The core members of the group- drummer Matt Jorgensen, trumpeter Thomas Marriott, and alto saxophonist Mark Taylor- invited two special guests from New York: pianist Orrin Evans and bassist... read more
ZurHub - Countryside Motorways
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
A Worldly Soundtrack: Mattan Klein and Ezequiel Hezi Jait's "Countryside Motorways" Offers a Panoramic Jazz Journey. 4-STARS
Composer and flutist Mattan Klein, a man of many cultures and wide musical reach, is the creative force behind ZurHub, a genre-defying collective of musicians that draws from far more than its Israeli roots. Co-founded in 2017 with guitarist Ezequiel Hezi Jait, the ensemble is the fruit of years of... read more
David Weiss Sextet - Auteur
by Phil Freeman, The New York City Jazz Record
Trumpeter David Weiss usually builds a band to accomplish a particular musical task. Point Of Departure, a brilliant early-2000s quintet interpreted the music of Andrew Hill, late '60s mostly pre-electric Miles Davis, and underappreciated Detroit keyboardist Kenny Cox. His long-running all-star septet, The Cookers, featuring titans such as Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper (more recently Craig Handy and Azar Lawrence), George Cables, Cecil McBee and... read more
Chris Walden Big Band - No Bounds
by Victor L. Schermer, All About Jazz
No Bounds is as tasteful a big band album as you're likely to hear today, at a time when large jazz ensembles compete in virtuosity, intensity, range and, unfortunately, volume. Every note on the disc is well-placed, in tune and, even when dissonant, pleasing to the ears. That's because Walden knows music from top to bottom, having been a trumpeter himself, and composed, arranged and conducted for big bands, the cinema, television and star... read more
Marcos Varela - San Ygnacio
by Britt Robson, JazzTimes
Houston keeps churning out stellar jazz artists. One of the latest, and brightest, is bassist Marcos Varela, who is talented enough to have been mentored by Ron Carter and employed by Billy Hart and Clifton Anderson during his dozen years in New York, smart enough to enlist drummer Hart, trombonist Anderson and pianist George Cables to play on San Ygnacio, and confident enough to forge his own identity on this remarkable debut.
Hart and... read more
Jared Hall - Influences
by Russ Hubert, Adult Music Podcast
A fine collection of original compositions that are challenging, but captivating with catchy melodies and different structures and grooves. All the tunes give nods to great modern trumpeters who influenced Hall's trumpet style. Hall's trumpet chops are strong, with a well-developed modern harmonic sense and really well-structured solos. Cohen's solos are really exciting with a lot of surprises at every turn. Glynn has fine bass solos, too, and... read more
Les DeMerle Sound 67 - Once in a Lifetime
by Editor, Dusty Grooves
Rare lost work from funky drummer Les DeMerle - a set of tracks that were recorded for Atlantic Records in 1967, two years before DeMerle's classic Spectrum album - yet which finally appear here for the first time ever! Les is rock-solid, right from the start - definitely one of those younger players really helping to shift the sound of the larger jazz group at the end of the 60s - with fresh arrangements that bring in plenty of currents... read more
Michael Dease - Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Trombonist came up with a brilliant idea on his last album in putting together material from the catalogue of composer Gregg Hill. He keeps playing the winning hand on this new release, but with a larger ensemble in Virginia MacDonald/cl, Sharel Cassity/fl-as, Rudresh Mahanthappa/as, Jason Hainsworth/ts, Matt White/tp, Nanami Haruta/tb, Bill Cunliffe/p-key, Katie Thiroux/b, Colleen Clark/dr and Gwendolyn Dease/perc.
Dease also doubles on... read more
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