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Piet Verbist - Zygomatik
by Staff, All About Jazz
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With an energized mix of jazz, soul, rock & funk, Antwerp, Belgian bassist Piet Verbist's Zygomatik takes the classic, mostly acoustic jazz quartet instrumentation to new places on the band's debut recording. The core trio of Verbist, drummer Herman Pardon, and Bram Weijters on Fender Rhodes, is joined by three saxophonists - Matt Renzi and Fred Delplancq on tenor, Vinicent Brijs on baritone- as they slip and... read more
Greg Germann - Tales of Time
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Tales of Time is the sort of album musicians are most apt to dissect and appreciate. New York-based drummer Greg Germann uses various time signatures to subdivide eleven of his original compositions, building a strong rhythmic platform from which to launch his assorted themes. Germann supervises a quartet whose other members are tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin, pianist Luis Perdomo and bassist Yasushi Nakamura (singer Chelsea Forgenie is front... read more
Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble - The Atwood Suites
by Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest
Canadian-born poet, essayist, and novelist Margaret Atwood (born Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) 1939) is currently enjoying renewed popularity these days thanks to HULU's production of "The Handmaid's Tale" and NETFLIX's production of "Alias Grace." Her depictions of dystopian societies hits home in this time of Boko Haram and ISIS. Before her novels became popular, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry and that's where composer and saxophonist Andrew... read more
Martin Budde - Back Burner
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The esteemed guitartist Martin Budde is aligned with Ben Feldman and Xavier Lecouturier for this first effort as leader on the Origin label, where mostly covers unfold with both uplifting bouts and melancholy present.
"Red" opens and makes an immediate impression thanks to Budde's sparkling guitar lines and Lecouturier's meticulous drumming that cultivates many grooves, and the title track follows with a hint of intimacy, where Feldman's... read more
John Stowell | Michael Zilber - Live Beauty
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Cool toned guitarist John Stowell teams up with saxist Michael Zilber and fronts a quartet along with John Shifflett/b and Jason Lewis/dr for a sophisticated set caught at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA back in 2012. Except for the free form and flighty duet between the two on the take of "My Funny Valentine" the band sticks to sophisticated originals which stretch out between 7-12 minutes.
The band has a fragrance similar... read more
Amit Friedman - Sunrise
by Dave Sumner, Bird is the Worm Best of 2012
Number Two:
Friedman's blend of Jazz and Middle-East music has had me enthusiastic all year long. An album that often soars, but doesn't forget to swing. This is the kind of joyful music that defines Jazz as something special. Many Jazz albums have a joyful sound, but rarely one as inspiring as Sunrise. It still hits me right square in the heart. I originally wrote that it was an album I wanted to shout from the rooftops and... read more
Dan Cray - Outside In
by Quentin Coaxum, Chicago Jazz Magazine
Outside In marks Dan Cray's second release on Origin Records. Once based in Chicago, Cray now resides in Brooklyn and has returned to the studio to record music inspired by his travels throughout Big Sure and the Sierra Mountains. Recorded in New York, Cray has set out to create music inspired by nature's natural ambiance and inner peace.
The album opens with an original composition by Cray, "Small Sir," and is initiated by a... read more
Jordan VanHemert - Deep in the Soil
by Paul Abella, WDCB, Chicago
When I looked at the lineup for saxophonist Jordan VanHemert's Deep in the Soil, I mumbled to myself, "Wow...somebody's got themselves a BAND here!" Terell Stafford plays trumpet, Michael Dease is the trombonist, Helen Sung is sitting at the piano bench, Rodney Whittaker is holding down the bass duties, and Lewis Nash is behind the drums. This sextet lets you know it, too, from the first note. Sharel Cassity's composition, "Call To Order" gets... read more
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