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Chris Walden Big Band - No Bounds
by Brenton Plourde, Jazz Review
Hailing from Germany, Chris Walden has combined the two elements of European big band with classic American big band to release a great album.
What really stands out here are the two tracks "People Will Say We're In Love" and "Smile." Both are sung by vocalist Tierney Sutton, the Milwaukee born, Los Angeles transplant who really brings those two songs to life. The album starts off with Walden's version of the David Foster 2006 Winter Olympic... read more
Allison Adams Tucker - WANDERlust
by Editor, Drumhead Magazine
Allison Adams Tucker offers a travel memoir in song on her third album, WANDERlust. Tucker sings in isx languages on the album, which vividly captures the yearning of the inveterate travel for the romance and adventure of experiencing far-flung corners of the globe. Recorded in New York City under the direction of award-winning producer Matt Pierson, WANDERlust features an all-star ensemble that not only bridges west and east... read more
Tim Jensen - A Mind For The Scenery
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide
From Tim Jensen, a sax player roving between the two areas of influence of Detroit and the Northwest (Portland to be exact), comes this, his second album. It's an interesting set, largely of original compositions. The range covered on the album makes it rather difficult to categorize, specifically as one style or another, but the bulk could be placed into a post-bop section, or the catch-all term of modern jazz. The album starts out with a nice... read more
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - SRJO Live
by John Killoch, Mainly Big Bands
A constant source of amazement to me (non-American), is just how many towns, large and small can present one or more outstanding big bands. Naively I used to assume that LA, NY, Chicago etc., would absorb all the hundreds of excellent who used to populate yesterday's great bands: Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton etc. It does not take much thought to realise that these centres only have so much work available and there is usually a cotirie... read more
Barry Greene - Giants
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris-Move
Barry Greene's Giants: A Modern Jazz Tribute That Bridges Tradition and Innovation
Barry Greene's Giants poses its central question before a single note has fully settled: to whom, exactly, does this title refer? The answer, as the album gradually reveals, is less a declaration of stature than an act of reverence. Greene, an accomplished guitarist and composer, has neither the inclination nor the ego to cast himself... read more
Dave Slonaker Big Band - Intrada
by Jack Garner, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Big band, that rare and especially challenging and wonderfully rewarding form of jazz, gets a grand shot in the arm with this outing from noted jazz and film composer and arranger Dave Slonaker. Intrada features nine original tracks, and a sprightly take on "It's Only a Paper Moon." All 10 songs are given invigorating and creative arrangements and performances. And Rochesterians can be proud, because training at the Eastman School of Music... read more
Thomas Marriott - Romance Language
by Paul Rauch, All About Jazz
4 1/2 STARS Trumpeter Thomas Marriott has established his jazz credentials over the years through a collection of beautifully inspired and well received albums on the Origin Records label. His formidable chops, extensive vocabulary, respect for tradition and penchant for musical adventurism has put him into the conversation concerning the top practitioners of his instrument in modern times. Marriott has the rare ability to look deeply into the... read more
Kim Richmond / Clay Jenkins Ensemble - CrossWeave
by Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Altoist Kim Richmond and his co-leader, trumpeter Clay Jenkins, contributed six of the nine songs to this sextet session. The originals and the improvisations are very harmonically advanced and thick with chords, while still swinging. The underrated tenor saxophonist Rich Perry takes many creative solos, as does Richmond, Jenkins, and pianist Harold Danko. While none of the originals are destined to become standards in the future, the music is... read more
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