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Alon Farber Hagiga - Reflecting On Freedom
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Israeli saxophonist Alon Farber's Hagiga (in Yiddish, "celebration") is exactly that—a warm tribute to contemporary jazz from the Middle East to South America and beyond, ably performed on the group's fourth album, Reflecting on Freedom, by half a dozen well-schooled Israeli musicians and—on several of the album's nine tracks—special guest percussionist Rony Iwyrn and vocalist Sarai Zak-Levi. Hagiga has been in the forefront of Israel's... read more
Phil Kelly & The SW Santa Ana Winds - My Museum
by Jack Bowers, Cadence, March 2007
While the wind type and direction have changed on "My Museum", almost everything else, thankfully, remains unimpaired on Phil Kelly's second album in a span of three years. in 2003, Kelly and the NW Prevailing Winds recorded Convergence Zone, a prelude to this admirable new release by the SW Santa Ana Winds. Wheras the NW Winds blew from in and around Kelly's home base in Seattle, Washington, the SW Winds have sprung forth, with a few... read more
The Spin Quartet - In Circles
by Paul Abella, Music Lounge - WDCB, Chicago
First up, Chicago's own Spin Quartet. They've got a new album out called In Circles (Origin Records). Led by Seattle transplant Chad McCullough, this is an all-star group, featuring Geof Bradfield on tenor sax, Clark Sommers on bass and Kobie Watkins on drums. This piano-less quartet can kick up a storm when it wants to (as on "You Will Look for Yours On Earth") but it can also be nice and mellow (as on "Simple Song"). Considering the lack... read more
Dominic J. Marshall - Spirit Speech
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
Did you hear the one about the English pianist, living in Amsterdam, blending a cornucopia of popular music styles under the banner of jazz. Well, that would be Dominic J Marshall, leading his trio of bassist Tobias Nijboer and drummer Jamie Peet through his sequel to 2012's Icaros (F-ire Records), Spirit Speech. Nijboer is a holdover from Icaros, providing Marshall with a rhythmic continuity present in both recordings.... read more
Jessica Williams - Freedom Trane
by Doug Ramsey, Rifftides
The pianist has concentrated on solo performance lately but returns to the trio format by way of this paean to John Coltrane. Accompanied by bassist Dave Captein and drummer Mel Brown, Williams explores four pieces by Coltrane and four of her own that pay tribute to the man she has long acknowledged as a major musical and spiritual inspiration. In her notes, she calls him "my light through the darkness." There is no darkness in the title tune,... read more
Steve Korn - Points in Time
by Jason West, All About Jazz.com
Good things come in threes, the saying goes, and so it is with the third release from Seattle drummer Steve Korn. While his first and second CD projects contained a total of six original compositions, Points in Time features seven Korn originals, providing us with the clearest glimpse into his musical psyche.
Recorded at Studio X in June of this year, Points in Time features an all-city cast with Korn on drums, Paul Gabrielson on double... read more
Ben Thomas Tango Project - The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
by Paul Rauch, Seattle Jazz Beat
Dr. Ben Thomas is an impossible musician to forget, once he makes a first impression. This is the case whether you are witnessing his virtuosity on the vibraphone in a jazz or Brazilian music setting or performing in a tango ensemble on bandoneon. There is the music of course, with melody and harmony seemingly exiting his instrument in free flight, pushing aside time and space and settling in as something as natural as the air that fills the... read more
David Friesen Circle 3 Trio - Where the Light Falls
by Chris Lunn, Ancient Victorys
Friesen's talent only grows and widens the jazz idiom. I was lucky enough to hear the trio appearing on this CD at the Jerry Heldmand CD release and life celebration last year. "Playground" is a live shot with with the guitarist Larry Koonse added, and they are just having fun, dancing light joyful. Pianist Goebel has lyrical explosions, and the counterpoint of David Friesen's bass and the percussion of Charlie Doggett are never in the way,... read more
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