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Marlene Rosenberg - Bassprint
by Neil Tesser, Chicago Examiner
(Marlene Rosenberg's "Bassprint")is a splendid effort, showcasing a band with a breezy esthetic, and it boasts plenty of technique and taste from her collaborators: saxist Geof Bradfield, guitarist Scott Hesse, and the rapidly evolving young drummer Makaya McCraven.
But from the very first track, even those unfamiliar with Rosenberg might guess that the leader is in fact the bassist (and not just because she takes the album's initial solo).... read more
John Stowell - Solitary Tales
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise
Guitarist John Stowell lives and works in and around Portland, Ore. He may not be well known to the general public, but he's a "musician's musician" to name guitarists and those who know the music world well. Stowell also is a famous clinician who conducts classes throughout the United States and Canada.
This solo guitar album is his newest release on Origin; it's true gem for those who enjoy the instrument.
As it happens, Mike Doolin, one of... read more
Dave Slonaker Big Band - Convergency
by Richard J Salvucci, All About Jazz
In December 1910, Virginia Woolf once observed, human character changed and, along with it, so did everything else. Politics, society, religion, sex, all of it, she thought, would leave the ancien regime behind. And, to a point, she was correct. Within a few years, the old world was gone, swept away by war and revolution. It was not coming back. Ever.
Somehow, listening to the marvelous musical products of modern big bands, Woolf seems oddly... read more
Jeff Johnson - Suitcase
by Tim Willcox, Jazz Society of Oregon
A stalwart of the Pacific Northwest jazz scene, Johnson is a veteran bassist who seems comfortable in just about any surrounding. With this newest effort, Johnson surrounds himself with like-minded musicians in an effort to record songs he had written over the course of the past 20 years while traveling around the world playing music. In an effort to keep the session "accidental," the musicians didn't rehearse prior to recording, instead letting... read more
Scenes - Variable Clouds: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival
by Thomas Conrad, Stereophile Magazine
4-STARS If these four guys are not the best players in the Pacific Northwest on their respective instruments, they are all on very short lists. Scenes has made eight albums in the last 20 years. It was reduced to a trio, and remained so for most of its history, when one charter member, Rick Mandyck, had to take a 15-year break from playing the tenor saxophone due to health issues.
The news about Variable Clouds is that Mandyck is back... read more
David Friesen and Glen Moore - Bactrian
by William Minor, Bill's Blog
Walt Whitman was not the first person to claim to contain multitudes. In Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha were instructed by Themis to replace the loss of mankind (after the end of an Iron Age flood) by casting stones of the earth (reinstating men and women) behind them. The couple claimed, "Nos duo turba sumus" ("We two form a multitude."). In our era, Larry Constantine, an American software engineer considered one of the pioneers of... read more
Lynn Bush with New Stories - Still Life
by George W. Carroll, ejazznews
Well......I can make the following statement with a certain conviction: Lynn Bush is an inveterate romantic! Her choices of cover tunes, the evidence. Her 'Dreamsville,' 'Like A Lover,' & 'A Time For Love,' were stunning. It still amazes me in all my years as a veteran composer of original songs (some 3000 now), how symbiotic the relationship is between a vocalist who is willing to take musical chances, and a strong presentation jazz... read more
Sam Yahel - Truth And Beauty
by Birney K. Brown, Audiophile Auditiion
Organ trios have never been my thing. I think my entire jazz collection includes only one by Jimmy Smith and a Larry Young disc. But many people love this stuff. I strongly suggest that enthusiasts of this genre quickly check out this release. The three band members have substantial experience playing with each other and it really shows. Both tenorman Redman and drummer Blade are magnificent at conceptualizing and implementing Yahel's... read more
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