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Anthony Branker & Imagine - Songs My Mom Liked
by Matthew Matyak, MultiKulti Project (Poland)
4 1/2 STARS
Branker has written for Kenny Barron, Benny Carter, Eddie Henderson, John Hicks, Stanley Jordan, Talib Kibwe, Ben Allison, Jane Ira Bloom, Dave Douglas and John Beasley. He is a conductor who is willingly invited to collaborate with musicians of this degree such as Wynton Marsalis (during the recording of "Abyssinian 200: A Gospel Celebration") and Terence Blanchard's "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).
After... read more
Greg Yasinitsky - YAZZ Band: New Normal
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
4-STARS As one good album clearly deserves another, Greg Yasinitsky, who wears many hats—composer, arranger, woodwind specialist and educator among them—has released New Normal, the second impressive outing by his admirable Washington state-based ensemble, the YAZZ Band, which varies in size from septet to tentet. Unlike Yasinitsky's earlier album, YAZZ Band, which was recorded basically in one session with fixed personnel, the... read more
Kiki Valera - Vivencias en Clave Cubana
by Tom Orr, World Music Central
While not getting the same sort of spotlight as many traditionally-rooted Cuban music masters, Kiki Valera works the cuatro and guitar with an expertise born out of many years playing with a renowned family band. He also lent a close ear to jazz players like Pat Metheny, which accounts for the free flowing edge in many of his riffs and solos.
Vivencias en Clave Cubana (Origin Records, 2019) has got Cuban son and campesino rhythms locked up... read more
Dudley Owens | Aaron Immanuel Wright - People Calling
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
Saxophonist Dudley Owens and bassist Aaron Wright bring together (in classic quintet format) a band intent on expanding the language of Miles Davis's second great quintet from within. On People Calling the band does exactly this: they create a late '60s sonic image stamped in 21st Century digital. The writing is firmly post bop, with Atlantic period Ornette Coleman fighting its way out. These influences are governed by a firm compositional... read more
Bob Sneider & Joe Locke - Nocturne for Ava
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Bob Sneider and Joe Locke's follow-up to Fallen Angel, their first Film Noir Project, follows the same formula, blending creative arrangements of music written for movies with enticing originals that are worthy of being utilized in soundtracks. Joining the guitarist and vibraphonist once more are trumpeter John Sneider, tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart, and pianist Paul Hofmann, with newcomers including bassist Martin Wind, drummer Tim Horner,... read more
Bobby Broom - The Way I Play: Live In Chicago
by Owen Cordle, JazzTimes, July / August 2008
If you want a jazz definition of "stretching out," listen to this live album, in which we find Bobby Broom's long-time trio elongating and compressing familiar melodies and the beat in exploratory fashion. Without trying to pin jazz down, it's tempting to say this is the way jazz should be, at least in terms of inventiveness. The music and the modus operandi are fascinating.
The album originated when one of Broom's former students presented... read more
Meridian Odyssey - Earthshine
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Post bop jazz bordering on Weather Report-styled fusion is delivered by the adroit team of Santosh Sharma/ts, Noah Halpern/tp, Dylan Hayes/p, Martin Budde/g, Ben Feldman/b and Xavier LEcouturier/dr on this collection of band-composed originals. The instrumentation is traditional, but the feel is quite eclectic, with some clever tones by Budde that is reminiscent of vintage Yes on "Searchlight" while there are some misty soundscapes produced by... read more
Chad McCullough - Dark Wood, Dark Water
by Ken Watkins, 100 Greatest Jazz Albums Blog
Debut albums as leader don't come more accomplished or more highly recommendable than "Dark Wood, Dark Water".
Trumpeter Chad McCullough has assembled a three horn front-line backed by an accomplished rhythm trio that allows the full range of his writing and arrangement talents to emerge.
The sextet - Chad McCullough (trumpet, flugelhorn), Mark Taylor (alto sax, soprano sax), Geof Bradfield (tenor sax, soprano sax), Bill Anschell (piano),... read more
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