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Andrea Brachfeld & Insight - Evolution
by Jane Kozhevnikova, All About Jazz
4-STARS Andrea Brachfeld is a critically acclaimed flutist, composer and educator. She has won multiple awards, including a grant from Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and was once recognized as the best jazz flutist by Hot House magazine. Evolution features Brachfeld's longtime collaborators Bill O'Connell (piano), Harvie S (bass) and Jason Tiemann (drums).
While Brachfeld's previous album, Brazilian... read more
Bobby Selvaggio - Short Stories
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Here's a sax man making his label debut and he makes a point of bringing it throughout. While you might hear the echoes of your fave greats of the past pouring out of his powerful ax, there's no mistaking that Selvaggio has learned his lessons well and learned how to craft them into his own voice as well. Hard hitting, tasty stuff loaded with infectious grooves and moves throughout, this is a winner from top to bottom that leaves no dregs in... read more
Andrea Brachfeld & Insight - Evolution
by Angela Ballhorn, Jazz'N'More (Switzerland)
4-STARS The American flautist Andrea Brachfeld has recorded an impressive new album with her quartet Insight. She uses a wide variety of flutes, from the normal C flute to the alto flute and various bamboo flutes, which add an exciting touch of world music. Her trio is spectacular, and pianist Bill O'Connell in particular impresses with his gripping up-tempo improvisations. Andrea Brachfeld has tailored eight pieces with different... read more
Bobby Broom - Upper West Side Story
by Darryl Daniels, The Jazz Page
Chicago-based guitarist Bobby Broom returns to his roots with his tenth and latest recording. Upper West Side Story finds the New York City native paying homage to the place of his physical and musical birth. The album has the feel of a big city guitar trio, with Broom and longtime bandmates, bassist Dennis Carroll and drummer Kobie Watkins, working together again quite nicely. There?s a rawness to the playing of Broom and company here that... read more
Richard Sussman - Live at Sweet Rhythm
by Larry Taylor, All About Jazz
In 1979, pianist Richard Sussman's recording Free Fall was released on Inner City to some acclaim. Now, over three decades later, Sussman brings back his band mates from the seventies to perform on Live at Sweet Rhythm. Chief among them is trumpeter Tom Harrell, who gives further evidence that he is a genius of improvisation.
Besides Harrell, Jerry Bergonzi contributes much with his powerful John Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophone. All are... read more
David Sills - Green
by Grego Applegate Edwards, Cadence, Oct-Nov 2007
West Coast tenor David Sills presents an interesting mix of Hard Bop and Tristano-Konitz-Getz Cool on his latest CD. The presence of Alex Foster is most welcome?he brings his style remarkably in tune with Sills' vision and still sounds great in the process. In the arrangements the two saxes often play in tandem with the guitar on the head melodies, like on "Melon Head" and "Fontok." It adds a dimension and gives good contrast with the rhythm... read more
Michael Orenstein - Aperture
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
California-based pianist Michael Orenstein's debut album, Aperture, consists almost entirely of his original compositions, performed by a core trio of Orenstein; bassist Logan Kane and drummer Myles Martin with guest artists on half of the studio session's ten numbers. Even though those visitors make a strong impact, it is Orenstein's eloquent voice which speaks loudest and most decisively, making each number a touch higher and more engaging... read more
Benjamin Boone - Confluence: The Ireland Sessions
by Paul Rauch, All About Jazz
Saxophonist/composer/educator Benjamin Boone is known as a project artist in the first degree. His collaboration with major modern poets has produced a foursome of albums on the Origin Records label, including two with US Poet Laureate, Philip Levine. His saxophone approach could be described as colorful melodicism, a quality accentuated by Boone's open ended compositions that lack the confinement of dense chordal harmony. His playing can then... read more
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