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Gabriel Guerrero & Quantum - Equilibrio
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Pianist Gabriel Guerrero leads a team of Seth Trachy/sax, Will Slater/b, Felix LEcaros/dr ad guests Fun Chern Hwei/str and Guillermo Barron/perc through a collection of well constructed originals. There is a rich elegance to much of the work, with "Present Moment" including creative work by Slater, while the bassist digs in deep for the leader on "Belong". Hwei's strings agonize on "Permanent Diversion Part II" and Barron percolates under... read more
Michael Orenstein - Aperture
by S Victor Aaron, Something Else!
The untold positive story in jazz today is that there are still so many young men and women who are incredibly talented jazz musicians and willing to keep this genre alive, and for no other reason than being passionate about this music. One of these who has only in the last few years who has entered the scene is pianist and composer Michael Orenstein.
Already, Orenstein comes as a 2021 graduate (masters) from University of Southern... read more
Bobby Broom - Upper West Side Story
by Dan Healy, Chicago Jazz Magazine
Although Bobby Broom has been a mainstay as one of the great modern guitarists in the Chicago scene for many years, he pays tribute to his upbringing in Harlem with his new disc, Upper West Side Story. The recording is Broom?s first that features all original compositions, as performed by some of the finest modern musicians in Chicago, including Dennis Carroll on bass, as well as Kobie Watkins and Makaya McCraven alternating on... read more
Greta Matassa | Clipper Anderson - And to All a Good Night
by Lee Mergner, JazzTimes
In this beautifully recorded and produced album from the underrated Origin label, holiday music is given a set of exquisite and precise arrangements. The Seattle-based Matassa is the chief lead singer, although co-leader and bassist Anderson takes a turn in the spotlight on a few songs. The music could perhaps be described as West Coast cool jazz, but they mix up the rhythms pretty well. Matassa's voice has a purity something like June Christy... 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
Karrin Allyson - A Kiss for Brazil
by Fred Bouchard, The New York City Jazz Record
There's a catchy earworm refrain for "Wave", a consequence of Antonio Carlos Jobim writing the English version of "Vou te contar". the music and lyric of "the fundamental loneliness goes when two can dream a dream together" helped nudge a sly, sibilant tsunami throughout global music in the '60s via the new form of bossa nova. In A Kiss for Brazil, five-time Grammy nominee Karrin Allyson catches this wave with the grace and gusto of a Rio... read more
Bobby Broom - The Way I Play: Live In Chicago
by Chris Spector, MidwestRecord.com
We're always jingoistic enough to champion one of our locals and Broom once again makes it all too easy. Coming live and direct from Pete Miller's Evanston location, the years of making that his home base makes for this to be a comfortable outing that cooks. The kind of stuff that makes upscale stake and scotch taste even better as it percolates in the background, Broom and company carry on the tradition of killer, first class club jazz that... read more
Steve Million - What I Meant to Say
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Four jazzbos became good friends in Kansas City in the 70s before they drifted away on the sands of time. But it didn't make their friendship drift away as 2019 brought them back together to kick it out as a crew one more time. Deceptively deeper than hotel lobby music, these cats know what to do to power a piano quartet to great heights by breaking a minimum of sweat. Simply a tasty workout that's on the money throughout and always hitting... read more
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