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Lorin Cohen - Home
by Matthias Kirsch, Gina Loves Jazz (Berlin)
Bassist Lorin Cohen, born and raised in Chicago and currently living in New York, has toured extensively with the great Monty Alexander. And so it is only natural that the Caribbean also finds its way onto this diverse and exciting album.
Lorin wanted to use mallet instruments for his eight compositions and he got an ace team of people surrounding him here: master vibraphonist Joe Locke is featured throughout the album and leads, together... read more
Dana Hall - Into the Light
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Chicago drummer Dana Hall has had his share of cherry gigs as a sideman in his Windy City home or New York City over the last two decades. This debut CD as a leader shows not only his extreme talent rivaling contemporaries like Brian Blade, Kendrick Scott, Eric Harland, or Jeff Watts, but gives the listener a taste of his past and present influences as a composer. You heard direct references to Herbie Hancock tacked on to stylistic similarities... read more
Geof Bradfield - Urban Nomad
by Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
A noted Chicago tenor saxophonist, Bradfield has had a great deal to celebrate of late. He recently won a prestigious Chamber Music America grant to create a suite of pieces, inspired by a tour of Africa. And he has been performing prolifically in support of his second CD, "Urban Nomad" (Origin Records), and its repertoire is sure to be featured in his performances this... read more
David Friesen Circle 3 Trio - Where the Light Falls
by Ric Bang, Jazz Scan
In the beginning, the acoustic bass was a key instrument in the rhythm section: one that set, and helped maintain, a steady "beat" in the orchestra or combo in which it was used. It rarely was used to play a melodic line, unless a bow was involved. But that changed as time passed; the instrument evolved, and the artists' skills improved. Today, you're just as likely to hear complex melodic lines and solos featuring that "horn," as on brass or... read more
Tim Davies Big Band - The Expensive Train Set
by Dave Rogers, WTJU - Richmond
Imagine being the leader of and composer/arranger for two big bands and you'll get the idea of this release. Both have identical instrumentation, though the only player common to both is Tim Davies (drums) himself. One band is in Melbourne and the other in Los Angeles and one song combines the two together. The sound is large and powerful and often "sharp" like the James Bond movie orchestras. All but two of the compositions are by Davies.... read more
Lorin Cohen - Home
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
4-STARS What's "home?" Is it where somebody's born and raised? Is it where a person resides at a given time? Or is it any place where an individual finds a high level of comfort, joy, and possibility? For Lorin Cohen, it's all three. This talented bassist-composer makes that fact plainly apparent on this, his leader debut.
With Home, Cohen pays tribute to the city that fostered his musical growth and development through... read more
Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra - Without a Trace
by Brian Zimmerman, Jazziz
In addition to being an in-demand trombonist and professor at the City College of New York, Scott Reeves is an abundantly skilled composer and arranger, with a reputation for merging edgy, non-traditional harmonies with timeless grooves and forms. Without a Trace, his sophomore album for Seattle-based Origin Records, provides a glimpse into Reeve's compositional style. Featuring some of New York's top-flight jazz artists — including... read more
Darrell Grant - Truth And Reconciliation
by Bill Barton, Coda
Pianist-composer Darrell Grant has assembled an impressive group here. The core trio has John Patitucci on bass and Brian Blade on drums. Also appearing are guitarists Bill Frisell and Adam Rogers, vibraphonist Joe Locke and saxophonist Steve Wilson. Grant's Truth and Reconciliation Project "was inspired by my own search for artistic truth, the struggle for justice and healing in South Africa, and the birth of my son," as he states on his... read more
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