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Chris Walden Big Band - No Bounds
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide
The follow-up to a particularly successful debut album, No Bounds brings more of what could potentially be referred to as "contemporary" big band. Big band as a major force disappeared decades ago, and those playing now are almost entirely nostalgia-based groups playing the old standards. Chris Walden is one of a very few that has adapted the genre to fit some more contemporary ideas, and takes new directions with the large-scale format. Here,... read more
David Weiss Sextet - Auteur
by Mark Griffith, Modern Drummer
The liner notes to David Weiss new record delve into a deep explanation of its title, Auteur, and I suggest reading the fascinating and educational essay. Weiss is a composer, a trumpet player, and bandleader of several groups. But I believe his sextet (heard on this recording) gets the closest to the core of the person and the musician. Auteur's music is rooted in Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, and Wayne... read more
Dominic J. Marshall - Spirit Speech
by Hessel Fluitman, JazzFlits - Holland
The label Origin from Seattle has its own sound. In many Origin recordings appear a slithering calm, intelligently played jazz. Spirit Speech of the trio of pianist Dominic J. Marshall seems at first hearing a typical Origin album. Yet Marshall is too much of a stubborn European to a preferred body to squeeze. His game has more emotion than you expect from Origin CDs. Marshall makes intensive music. He builds the music continuously. His... read more
Joel Miller - Swim
by Shirley Noel, Info-Culture Quebec
This very talented musician--who is now in his sixth album--is known for his explorations he did mostly out in his last two albums, Mandala and Tantramar. This time, he returned to more traditional jazz, but was fantastically creative. This saxophone virtuoso who first touched this instrument at the age of 10 and who started learning jazz from the age of 13 is completely in his element on this album. He takes exhilarating solos,... read more
Roy Assaf & Eddy Khaimovich Quartet - Andarta
by Birney K. Brown, Audiophile Audition
This release led by the Israeli-born, now New York-based pianist and bassist was much anticipated. They are masters of their instruments in addition to being talented arrangers and composers. One of the highlights of this disc is the superb engineering and mixing focusing on and highlighting their contributions, particularly the capturing of Khaimovich's Eddie Gomez-influenced bass. His multiple solos are magnificent, as is his driving... read more
Lynn Bush with New Stories - Still Life
by George W. Carroll, ejazznews
Well......I can make the following statement with a certain conviction: Lynn Bush is an inveterate romantic! Her choices of cover tunes, the evidence. Her 'Dreamsville,' 'Like A Lover,' & 'A Time For Love,' were stunning. It still amazes me in all my years as a veteran composer of original songs (some 3000 now), how symbiotic the relationship is between a vocalist who is willing to take musical chances, and a strong presentation jazz... read more
Bridge Quartet - Day
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise
The Bridge Quartet is another of the many fine groups to have started in the Pacific Northwest.
Drummer Alan Jones, a Portland, Ore., native, has been involved with several other excellent combos over the years, and he was the catalyst for this organization. He's joined by Canadian saxophonist Phil Dwyer; bassist Tom Wakeling; and pianist Darrell Grant, another Portland mainstay.
These guys hooked up over a weekend, planning to play a club... read more
Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Gabriel Rivera, Indie Boulevard
Chamber Jazz at Its Most Honest: MAJA JAKU's Blessed & Bewitched Earns Every Minute of Your Patience
Jazz criticism has long developed a convenient way of talking about vocal albums — and that way, for all its refinement, has become a trap. We know how to describe technique, school, influences. We know how to construct a genealogy — who studied under whom, who inherited whose intonations, in which city and in which year it all... read more
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