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Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra - Mad Scientist Music
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
Barely has the coffee settled on the desk, the CD slipped into the player, my eyes still heavy with sleep, rain drumming against the window, silence enveloping the room—when the first notes of "We're Back, Baby!" explode into the air. Wow! It's a blast! Rarely have I heard a group so electrifying, especially within such a complex musical architecture. This album is nothing short of staggering—one of the most astonishing things I've ever... read more
Chris Walden Big Band - Home Of My Heart
by Jack Behrens, Bi Band Days
I've already selected my Large Ensemble Jazz winner for the 2006 Grammys. My ears and mind tell me the sound is better than some winners of recent years. He's that good, I think.
I'm talking about the rich, full-section sound of newcomer Chris Walden and his big band and a just released CD entitled "Love Of My Heart" (Origin Records/2005). This 16 chart, 74-minute tour de force offers a diversity of melodic sounds. Regardless your loyalties... read more
Dave Liebman | John Stowell - Petite Fleur: The Music of Sidney Bechet
by Mac Randall, JazzTimes
Jazz innovator, early soprano saxophone pioneer, gifted improviser with a tone so distinctive it can be recognized within microseconds--this is what musically knowledgeable folks tend to think of when Sidney Bechet's name comes up. Composer? Not so much. But the New Orleans legend's catalog of originals was sizable, and fellow soprano master Dave Liebman has done us all a service by researching and interpreting a few highlights, with the expert... read more
Jessica Williams - Touch
by Doug Ramsey, Rifftides
It would have been difficult to imagine that Williams might exceed what she achieved in her 2009 solo concert recording The Art of the Piano. Yet, less than a year later she returned to Seattle's Triple Door and gave this recital glowing with her customary pianistic dazzle and a nearly Brahmsian gravity leavened with wit. The album's title implies more than the exquisite way she addresses the instrument's keyboard and pedals?the pianist's... read more
Dana Hall - Into the Light
by Charles Latimer, http://idigjazz.blogspot.com/
Dana, you've logged many man-hours as a sideman, working for jazz greats such as the late tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, vocalist Maria Schneider, and pianist Kenny Barron. With the soon to be released, "Into the Light", your debut album, you'll show a wider audience what you're made of. Your resume' is too enormous too talk about so I'll just comment on "Into the Light", which will be on my favorite album of 2009 list.
Do you value jazz... read more
Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Joseph Ross, Amazon
5-STARS Recorded in Brooklyn, NY, and released on the Washington state-based Origin Records label in 2025, Blessed & Bewitched is a fine introduction to the music of Austria-based singer Maja Jaku. With her intriguing-sounding name and colorful background in her native Kosovo, Maja is sure to stir up interest with her Origin debut. Ostensibly free form jazz filled with a variety of jazz and pop influences, Blessed & Bewitched is... read more
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
by Marc Myers, JazzWax
I usually don't care much for 82534 Thelonious Monk tributes, but Bobby Broom Plays for Monk is an exception. Rather than try to mimic Monk's falling upstairs playing technique, Broom applies his smooth guitar to the barbed compositions without compromising Monk's genius. The results are fresh and surprisingly warm.... read more
David Sills - Green
by Grego Applegate Edwards, Cadence, Oct-Nov 2007
West Coast tenor David Sills presents an interesting mix of Hard Bop and Tristano-Konitz-Getz Cool on his latest CD. The presence of Alex Foster is most welcome?he brings his style remarkably in tune with Sills' vision and still sounds great in the process. In the arrangements the two saxes often play in tandem with the guitar on the head melodies, like on "Melon Head" and "Fontok." It adds a dimension and gives good contrast with the rhythm... read more
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