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Dan Dean - Songs Without Words
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
TOP TEN OF 2017 - And lastly - something not jazz: Bassist Dan Dean has created a set of sounds as innovative, in its way, as the 1968's Moog synthesizer-driven Switched on Bach (Columbia Masterworks, 1968), from the forward thinking Walter (Now Wendy) Carlos. Crafting a polar opposite of sorts of the legendary Carlos set, Dean - with just his bass and his overdubbed voice - shapes a gorgeous, soaring, ephemeral sound, drawing from Bach,... read more
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
by Josef Woodard, The Santa Barbara Independent
Bobby Broom: Bobby Broom Plays for Monk (Origin). An engaging and clich�-dodging "mainstream" jazz guitarist, Broom lately has been bursting forth more under his own name, after years in Sonny's sidelight. On Plays for Monk, Broom expertly addresses the dearth of thinking guitarists bringing lively voices to the classic, quirky Monk... read more
Scott Burns - Passages
by Rick Culver, www.jazzradio247.com
A schooled musician, graduating from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Scott Burns spent a good portion of his early career in the Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio area, learning his craft. In 1998, he moved to Chicago, a natural and ideal location for some of the best jazz artists in the world, who can be found in Chicago dating back to nearly the beginning of the jazz age.
Scott has done what all the best artists in jazz... read more
Geof Bradfield - Urban Nomad
by Thomas R. Erdmann, Jazz Review.com
Chicago based saxophonist and composer Geof Bradfield was originally born in Houston, Texas. Following high school, he moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University's famous jazz program before moving on to earning a master's degree at CalArts. From there, it was on to New York where he lived from 1994 to 1997. After teaching at Washington State University for three years, it was back to Chicago where he works as one of the areas more... read more
Hal Galper - O's Time
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
50 years in, Galper has done an enviable job of keeping jazz piano trio fresh, creative and insightful. Even when playing a chestnut, it's not about playing pretty for the people, it's about making them sit up and listen, and he does it without hitting you over the head. Successfully taking bop into the new century, Galper is on the money throughout with restless creativity that draws you in and keeps you there. Well done... read more
Chris Walden Big Band - Home Of My Heart
by John Killoch, Mainly Big Bands
This the debut CD of one of the most remarkable big bands I have had the pleasure of listening to for some time. One only has to check out the personnel to realise that this is a very special event in the big band world. A exciting assembly including the finest musicians available on the West Coast, see below. The imaginative writing allows the soloists and the ensemble to stretch and produce sounds that have an impact that leaves you in awe of... read more
Phil Kelly & The SW Santa Ana Winds - My Museum
by Jack Bowers, Cadence, March 2007
While the wind type and direction have changed on "My Museum", almost everything else, thankfully, remains unimpaired on Phil Kelly's second album in a span of three years. in 2003, Kelly and the NW Prevailing Winds recorded Convergence Zone, a prelude to this admirable new release by the SW Santa Ana Winds. Wheras the NW Winds blew from in and around Kelly's home base in Seattle, Washington, the SW Winds have sprung forth, with a few... read more
Clay Giberson - Pastures
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
A top flight piano man can do no wrong when he surrounds himself with Matt Wilson, Drew Gress and Donny McCaslin. The result is a straight ahead date with improv touches and lots of jazz that just plain dances in your hears and head. Not afraid of left turns and whimsy in the music, this crew takes the expected and twists it into the unexpected without the results rolling off the rails. If you like easygoing jazz with some pepper in the mix,... read more
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