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Ben Paterson - For Once In My Life
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
B3 player Ben Patterson keeps the keys warm and supple here, forming a nifty trio with Peter Bernstein/g and George Fludas/dr. He has a soft touch on the keys, preferring to let the speakers hum instead of cry, and it works well on this mix of originals and soulful covers. The team percolates on Ray Bryant's "Cubano Chant" and shows its blues hues on the rarely explored read of Sonny Rollins' "Decision." Bernstein is his usual adroit self on the... 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
Michael Dease - City Life: Music of Gregg Hill
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
4 1/2 STARS Jazz trios featuring a horn, bass and drums get right to the core of musical expression. With, most commonly, a saxophone—see Sonny Rollins' blueprint for the horn and trio setting, the 1957 Contemporary Records album Way Out West—the music flows freely. The player do not need to chase chords around. The result is a stretching of the melodies with freewheeling rhythmic finesse.
Trombone, bass and drums outings are... read more
Phil Kelly & The SW Santa Ana Winds - My Museum
by Robert Robbins, BBI Review
Three years ago, former Tonight Show Band arranger and BBI Elite subscriber Phil Kelly released his Grammy-nominated CD Convergence Zone, which featured his Seattle-based NW Prevailing Winds along with guest musicians from New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville. On My Museum, Kelly leads mostly the cream of LA musician, including four (trumpeter Jay Thomas, trombonist Andy Martin, tenor saxist and TSB alumnus Pete Christlieb, and baritonist Bill... read more
Charlie Ballantine - East by Midwest
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
4 STARS
A bracing guitar/bass/drums trio outing from guitarist Charlie Ballantine, East by Midwest, sounds as if it was recorded in a large, high-ceilinged warehouse with a cement floor, that floor buffed into the next dimension to a high polish, this giving the music a beautiful resonance. Retro? Think Link Wray or Dick Dale and The Deltones. Modernistic? Think John Abercrombie on some of his early ECM Records efforts. Or... read more
Hadley Caliman | Pete Christlieb - Reunion
by Editor, Dusty Groove
A sweet reunion from the LA scene - and a great meeting of tenor talents Pete Christlieb and Hadley Caliman! Hadley's recent records have all been pretty darn great - filled with the soul and sensitivity of his classic 70s sides - and this time around, Pete's presence brings in a bit more of a hardbop feel - a tight, straight ahead groove based around tunes penned by both members, plus a few classic standards too! The group features Bill... read more
José Luiz Martins - Odyssey Mixtape
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The Brazil native and piano, keys and synth player José Luiz Martins recruits plenty of ideas from his heritage for these 7 tracks that embrace jazz, classical and popular music sensibilities.
"Incerteza" opens with a dreamy presence, where John Lee's radiant guitar flows alongside Martins' fluid keys and Dana Hawkins' skilled drumming, and "Don't Act Like" follows with Nakama's expressive voice that suits the funk stabs and Tyrone Allen... read more
Giacomo Gates - Centerpiece
by Elliott Simon, All About Jazz/New York
A product of vocally imitating complex bop solos, vocalese grew into a respectable singular art form under its most famous practitioners, King Pleasure and Eddie Jefferson. On the swinging Centerpiece, Giacomo Gates uses these two giants as touchstones and makes the genre his own.
In addition to his deep, rich tonal quality, Gates' impressive vocal arsenal includes whistling, scat and mood-inducing intros. He uses these talents to lead us... read more
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