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Joachim Mencel - Brooklyn Eye
by Piotr SACHA, Gość Niedzielny (Poland)
Lyrically
How to make big dreams come true? Joachim Mencel found the answer. An outstanding jazz pianist, also known on the scene of Christians from the New Life formation, thought about recording his own material in a New York studio in the company of eminent American instrumentalists. Later he moved to words, and from words to deeds, that is, sounds that are beautiful and original in beauty. The originality of the "Brooklyn Eye"... read more
Dan McCarthy - Epoch
by Tom McCarter, KZSU (Stanford)
Veteran New York vibraphonist Dan McCarthy gathers with some of the most creative and interesting improvisors in jazz to craft an elegant program of impressionistic originals, McCarthy uses them to highlight the unique color and texture of the instrumentation, along with these master performer's eloquent use of mood, subtlety, timbre and... read more
Corey Christiansen - Factory Girl
by , JAZZIZ
While it's not exactly a new concept, jazz artists have been increasingly mining traditional blues and Americana for raw material. Following his 2013 release Lone Prairie, guitarist Corey Christiansen returns to this fertile soil for Factory Girl (Origin), updating songs that set the template for modern American pop and rock, as well as contributing original compositions that play with these conventions. Christiansen... read more
Dan McCarthy - Epoch
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Dan McCarthy leads a quartet with his vibes and compositions, bringing together a simpatico and sensitive band of Ben Monder/g, Mark Feldman/vi and Steve Swallow/b. The focus is on dreamy atmospheres, hovering on "A Dream, Awake" and floating with Big Sky spaces during "Fugitive Epoch." McCarthy's vibes have a gentle chime, sighing to Feldman's crying strings on the chamber mooded "Softly She Sings Her Song" and quietly bubbling on "Desert... read more
Josh Nelson - The Sky Remains
by Michael Doherty, Music Log
I've been residing in Los Angeles for approximately two decades, and there are things I've come to really love about this city. Certain places, certain buildings, even certain roads. There really is a special feel to this city, which when looked at in a certain light can be almost magical. Fellow Los Angeles resident Josh Nelson explores different areas of the city on his new album, The Sky Remains. He is interested in capturing and conveying... read more
James Moody - 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note, March 26, 2005
by Andrey Henkin, JazzWise (UK)
When saxophonist, flutist and sometimes-singer James Moody died in 2010 at 85, it closed an over-six decade career of dozens of albums, hundreds of credits and reputation for humor, grace and, most of all, musicality. But his impact lives on, not just through his music but also through the James Moody Jazz Scholarship (jamesmoody.com/scholarship), awarded annually since 2015 to an "outstanding high school senior who embodies the qualities... read more
Chris Walden Big Band & The St. John's Choir - Kurt Marti Suite
by Jack Bowers, Cadence, Jan-Mar 2008
Thanks to his enormous success over the past dozen years as a writer/arranger for film, television, and other media, Chris Walden is in a rather enviable position - able to assemble a big band comprised of blue-chip Hollywood studio musicians and couple it with the 100-member St. John's Choir from Hamburg, Germany, to present a musical rendition of sacred poems by Kurt Marti, an acclaimed lyricist who served as a priest in Switzerland until... read more
Clarence Penn - Behind the Voice
by Stephen Graham, Marlbank (UK)
We're not really fans of albums with more than one or two singers present so approached Behind The Voice, which has 5 featured singers plus vocodered effects from the leader the fine ex-Betty Carter drummer Clarence Penn, with a certain amount of caution. Recorded over a period of two years at a Brooklyn studio we expected the best vocal choice to come from Kurt Elling who is on a cover of Peter Gabriel's 'Come Talk to Me.'
Of... read more
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