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Gloria Cooper - Dedicated To You
by Marcia Hillman, All About Jazz/New York
This is a very pleasing offering that came as a result of Gloria Cooper's editing of the Second Floor Music publication Sing Jazz. Many of the songs covered in the publication she was not familiar with, prompting her to record a new CD featuring some of this material. A large number these songs started out their lives as instrumentals with lyrics added much later. Because of this, it seems quite appropriate that Cooper's voice is treated as an... read more
José Luiz Martins - Odyssey Mixtape
by Editor, Modern Drummer
Brazilian pianist, keyboardist, synthesist, composer, and producer Jose Luiz Martins went through a battle with Focal Dystonia that led him back to his past of graffiti, skate culture, and rock music. This battle was reflected in his newest project called Odyssey Mixtape. On it, Martins combines funkier grooves and sound design into his music. Lesser-known drummer, Dana Hawkins (a veteran of Meshell Ndegeocello and Stanley Clarke's bands) was... read more
David Weiss Sextet - Auteur
by Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail
Trumpeter and composer David Weiss assembles a dynamic sextet for his latest album, Auteur, featuring both longtime collaborators—alto saxophonist Myron Walden and drummer EJ Strickland—and fresh voices like pianist David Bryant, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, and bassist Eric Wheeler. The album showcases seven passionate tracks, including five original compositions by Weiss and two previously unrecorded pieces by jazz greats Freddie... read more
New York Voices - Reminiscing in Tempo
by Allen Morrison, DownBeat
The title track of New York Voices' new album, Reminiscing In Tempo (Origin), was one of Duke Ellington's first long-form compositions in the 1930s. (Mel Tormé added the poignant lyrics in 1962.) It's an apt tune for a group now celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Founded at Ithaca College, New York Voices remains one of the world's foremost vocal jazz groups. The original quintet became a quartet with its current lineup in 1994: tenor... read more
George Colligan - The Endless Mysteries
by Travis Rogers, Jr., JazzTimes
This is one of those albums where you look at the line-up and know that you are in for something extraordinary. George Colligan has been enjoying an increasingly visible profile and continually takes giant leaps forward. This album sees him with Larry Granadier on bass and the incomparable Jack DeJohnette on drums.
George?s relationship with DeJohnette began years ago when George was subbing in a rehearsal session for him. The way George... read more
Josh Nelson - The Sky Remains
by Lynn Rene Bayley, The Art Music Lounge
Pianist and composer Josh Nelson's new album, The Sky Remains, due for release September 15, is a mosaic of his impressions of his home town, Los Angeles. Live performances of the music from this album feature multimedia film footage to enhance the audience's experience.
More often than not, programmatic music designed to depict a specific location or event fall flat for those whose experience does not include those places or images. In... read more
Dawn Clement - Delight
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The inimitable pianist Dawn Clement is joined by Buster Williams and Matt Wilson for these soulful 8 tracks of originals and covers.
"Outstretch", by Clement, starts and radiates dynamic interplay between thumping drums and lively bass, and "Monk's Dream", by Thelonious Monk, follows with the bright keys amid frisky drumming and bouncy bass lines.
Deeper into the listen, "Tokudo" uses Williams' animated bass alongside the colorful keys,... read more
Jim Gailloreto Jazz String Quintet - The Pythiad
by Daniel Kepl, Performing Arts Review
Gailloreto's refreshingly original jazz suite imagines gods and heroes getting their beads read by the Oracle of Delphi
Chicago-based composer and jazz saxophonist Jim Gailloreto hit on the idea for his latest CD during a gig at the Getty Villa in Santa Monica a few years back. The Villa is itself a replica of an ancient Roman country house. Statues of gods, emperors, statesmen and heroes haunt the place, conjuring a time of... read more
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