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New York Voices - Reminiscing in Tempo
by Editor, Jazziz
With the release of their 11th album, Reminiscing in Tempo, New York Voices celbrate their 30th year as one of jazz's premier vocal groups. A survey of some of their favorite composers, the album contains interpretations of songs by Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea, Ivan Lins and Fred Hersch, as well as a couple of original tunes. The Voices dive into the Great American Songbook with a swinging read of Cole Porter's "It's... read more
Greg Yasinitsky - YAZZ Band: New Normal
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Greg Yasinitsky wrote and arranged all the music here, as well as plays every type of sax along with his rotating 10 piece band of hard swingers. The Tunes are all upbeat and muscular, with everyone getting a chance in the spotlight. The leader's tenor teams with Vern Sielert's trumpet on the pumping opener "GP" while a more romantic "Song For Laura" includes Teo Ciaverella's rich piano. David Jarvis supplies the backbeat for the bopping "Blues... read more
David Friesen and Glen Moore - Bactrian
by George Fendel, Oregon Jazz Scene
Both David Friesen and Glen Moore are Portland residents who have worked together and separately for more than forty years. On this album they explore eleven originals, some of which cross the paths of jazz and contemporary classical music. Of particular interest is the fact that both Friesen and Moore try their hand(s) at the piano on a few tracks. So there is lots of variety here. If you are a student of the bass, you will want to check out... read more
Purna Loka Ensemble - Metaraga
by Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist
OK, this is really cool: Purnaprajna Bangere is a violinist who was raised in southern India and trained in the highly technical Parur style of Carnatic classical music. He is also a professor of mathematics and music at the University of Kansas. On this project he combines these two disciplines, creating a unique style of contemporary Indian classical music influenced by various Western genres and underpinned by mathematical structures of... read more
Don Lanphere and Pete Christlieb - Get Happy
by Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Don Lanphere, a veteran tenor great from the bop era, and Pete Christlieb, the hard-driving tenor from Los Angeles, make for a very complementary and mutually inspiring team. Lanphere, who recorded with Fats Navarro and had an up-and-down career, returned to full-time activity in the early 1980s and has been heard in prime form ever since; not only is he heard here on tenor, but also on soprano and a bit of alto. Christlieb, who was formerly... read more
Joachim Mencel - Brooklyn Eye
by Editors, JazzPress (Poland)
Record of the Week The idea to record an album in the USA with musicians recognized there is not something particularly original in the jazz world. However, few have enough courage and determination to make their dreams come true, and even fewer musicians manage to create a musically interesting album. Joachim Mencel, who not only invited excellent musicians to work with him, which in some cases is only dependent on having a sufficiently... read more
Pharez Whitted - For the People
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
Indianapolis-born trumpeter Pharez Whitted has kept a low profile in the new millennium. He's busied himself with teaching, attending to his duties as Director of Jazz Studies at Chicago State University, performing live and appearing as a sideman on a scant number of under-the-radar albums, but none of this has helped to boost his reputation beyond his Midwestern home base. His fourteen year silence between Mysterious Cargo (Motown, 1996) and... read more
Ryan Cohan - Originations
by Georges Tonla Briquet, Jazz'halo (Belgium)
The first notes you catch in the morning often determine your mood throughout the day. One tip: wake up to the tones of American pianist and composer with Palestinian roots Ryan Cohan in his 'The Hours Before Dawn'. A slow unveiling of a whole world that ranges from jazz and classical to influences from the Middle East (Jewish and Arabic) and South America. Music layers that slide over and into each other like tectonic plates in slow... read more
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