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Allison Adams Tucker - WANDERlust
by John Watson, London Jazz News
The international scene is currently blessed with a huge number of exceptionally talented female singers. There are so many strikingly individual voices among them, ranging from the deep, dark chocolate timbre of Patricia Barber to the almost fly-away high range of the brilliant Youn Sun Nah, and all shades of tonal colours in between.
San Diego-born Allison Adams Tucker's voice can be placed towards the lighter end of the tonal spectrum, and... read more
Jared Hall - Influences
by Michael van Gee, Jazz 'N' More (Switzerland)
5-STARS Trumpeter Jared Hall is one of the notable musicians who recorded "Influences", a tribute album for some of the most important trumpeters in jazz history, including Woody Shaw, Roy Hargrove, Brian Lynch, Wallace Roney, Tom Harrell, Clifford Brown and Nicholas Payton. With his well-rehearsed quartet, which includes Tal Cohen, Michael Glynn and John Bishop, Jared Hall impresses with imaginative improvisations and a total of eight... read more
Triocity - I Believe In You
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
4-STARS Here's a formula we've all seen before: take three musicians and let them loose on a program of standards and Great American Songbook chestnuts. It sounds all too simple and pedestrian, right? Guess again. When you're talking about the combined creative forces of multi-reedist Charles Pillow, bassist Jeff Campbell, and drummer Rich Thompson, the potential of said endeavor changes drastically. The whole is most certainly greater... read more
Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group - Live In Seattle
by Tad Hendrickson, JazzWeek
THOSE WHO MADE it to Rochester in June know what a potent combination vibesman Joe Locke and pianist Geoffrey Keezer are. The duo is backed by drummer Terreon Gully and bassist Mike Pope here for a live set that seems to take pains to show the versatility of the group. This might be because Locke and Keezer share the
composition duties equally, but it likely comes from the fact that the band was hitting on all cylinders � the sound ranges from... read more
Matija Dedic - MD in NYC
by Thomas R. Erdmann, Jazz Review
"***** 5-Stars"
Zagreb Croatia native, pianist and composer Matija Dedic earned a collegiate degree from the Jazz Academy in Graz, Austria. Dedic comes from a musical family; his father received musical awards and his mom sang with Louis Armstrong and Phil Woods. Some of Dedic's piano teachers have included jazz stalwarts Hal Galper and Barry Harris. Among the musicians Dedic has played with are Benny Golson, Kenny Burrell, Roy Haynes, Alvin... read more
Geof Bradfield - melba!
by Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
You'd think that any jazz musician who wrote for Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, Billy Eckstine and Randy Weston -- and also played trombone for Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Gerald Wilson -- would be known to all the world. But outside of connoisseurs, few are familiar with the pioneering work of Melba Liston, who arranged two of pianist's Weston's most ambitious compositions, "Uhuru Afrika" and "Highlife," and enjoyed a long-lasting... read more
Nnenna Freelon - Time Traveler
by Alex Henderson, The New York City Jazz Record
Nnenna Freelon was in the middle of recording Time Traveler, her first new album in over a decade, when her husband of 40 years died from Lou Gehrig's disease in 2019 and it ended up becoming a tribute both to her partner and the R&B and pop of the '60s and '70s. The album gets off to an R&B-drenched start with
the Burt Bacharach-Hal David favorite "I Say a Little Prayer". Freelon's "Marvin Medley" is billed as a tribute to soul icon... read more
David Friesen Circle 3 Trio - Where the Light Falls
by Don Lerman, Cadence
Bassist/composer David Friesen's recent 2-CD volume contains almost two hours of consistently excellent music. The music is taken from three sources, a studio session (in Germany) and two live performances (in Tempe and Portland). Ten of the nineteen total selections were done by Friesen's "Circle 3 Trio" from the studio session and the Portland concert, while special guest Larry Koonse joined the trio on guitar for the nine selections... read more
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