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Shawn Purcell - Oblivity
by Dee Dee McNeil, Making a Scene
Dr. Shawn Purcell's music bursts onto the scene with hurricane force. The title tune, "Oblivity" is swirling with Straight-ahead energy and excitement. This is one of ten songs Purcell has composed for this outstanding jazz album.
"Oblivity" is the condition of being unknown or not remembering. The state of oblivion has always been a fascination to people of a creative mind. Jazz itself has shocked the world with its ability to merge... read more
Brent Jensen / Rob Walker Quintet - Art of the Groove
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
It seems fitting that Art of the Groove came out in mid-May, about a week before the late Miles Davis's birthday. The set spends some time -- and spends it well -- saluting the late trumpeter, most notably on the opener, with "Straight From Miles." Flugelhornist Rob Walker wrote the tune with phrases from the '58 recording of Davis's take on Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser." If this one doesn't have you thinking of Davis's '58 Milestones... read more
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
by Bob Weinberg, Miami Jazz and Blues Examiner
On the heels of a similar Peter Bernstein project, Sonny Rollins sideman Bobby Broom takes an imaginative stroll through the Thelonious Monk songbook with his trio of bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Kobie Watkins. Of course, there's the novelty of hearing a guitar trio play Monk (the pianist never recorded with guitar, although apparently bootlegs exist of a 1940s jam with Charlie Christian at Minton's), but beyond that, Broom is an extremely... read more
Shawn Purcell - 180
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Tensile toned guitarist Shawn Purcell creates a sophisticated organ combo with Pat Bianchi/B3, Jason Tiemann/dr and a couple guests that sounds like a summit meeting between the sophisticatedly bopping Pat Martino and explorative Larry Young. The advanced harmonics and pulses get intricate on the clever "Cat and Mouse" while Tiemann rumbles around in the magma on "180". There's fire in the frets on "Search and Destroy" and the team gets chunky... read more
Florian Hoefner - Coldwater Stories
by SERGE JULIEN, Maxazine (Netherlands)
Three years ago, the German jazz pianist and composer Florian Hoefner exchanged the vibrant city life of New York for the Canadian fishing town of St. John's in Newfoundland. The impact of that step, Hoefner, was splendidly translated into his new album 'Coldwater Stories'.
Although this is Hoefner's fourth CD, he debuts as soloist. In order to feel as comfortable as possible, he chose the Sendesaal in German Bremen for the recordings. For... read more
Hugo Fernandez - Cosmogram
by Gabriel Carvalho, Music on the Run (Portugal)
O guitarrista mexicano Hugo Fernandez iniciou a carreira no final dos anos 80, tocando com artistas da cena pop do pa's natal, como Thalia (sim, aquela que vocês conhecem). Em 1998 obteve a licenciatura em música na tradicional Berklee College of Music e em 2005 completou o mestrado em "Estudos de Jazz" na University of New Orleans. Apesar de toda a experiência, Fernandez só lançou o primeiro disco - o bom Origenes - no começo de... read more
Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra - Mad Scientist Music
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
4 STARS
Trombonist Ben Patterson's high-powered Jazz Orchestra from the Washington, D.C. area returns virtually intact from 2024's well-received Groove Junkies (Origin Records) with another bold and hard-hitting session that is all but guaranteed to please anyone whose musical antenna leans toward fresh and exciting big-band jazz. Its title, Mad Scientist Music, coined by Harry Schnipper, owner of the D.C. jazz club Blues... 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
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