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Ark Ovrutski - Intersection
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
4 1/2 STARS Ukrainian bassist Ark Ovrutski arrived on American soil just over a decade ago, and he's been rather busy ever since. A nonstop go-getter from his earliest days, Ovrutski immediately made the most out of that move, steadily working his way into the ultra-competitive New York jazz scene and seeking out opportunities to further his playing and knowledge in formal academic settings and informal environments. Now, with a full gigging... read more
Clarence Penn - Behind the Voice
by Editor, Modern Drummer
Drummer Clarence Penn has spent much of his career playing with jazz singers like Betty Carter, Little Jimmy Scott, and Diana Krall. He has also played with jazz conceptualists like Dave Douglas, Stanley Clarke and Adam Rogers. His new recording combines these parts of his career on an interesting conceptual record of pop and rock songs written by (or inspired by) some of the great rock and pop drummers. Penn arranged all the compositions with a... read more
Hadley Caliman | Pete Christlieb - Reunion
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Hadley Caliman recorded a few albums in the 1970s then didn't record as a leader for several decades until after retiring from his teaching job, then came a series of CDs issued by Origin, of which this is the third. This reunion with fellow tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb marks their first opportunity to play together since the mid-1960s, aside from one brief meeting in the forty plus year stretch leading up to this record date. Many two... read more
Chad McCullough Bram Weijters - Urban Nightingale
by Herman te Loo, Jazzflits- Netherlands
The title of this second CD by the Bram Weijters / Chad McCullough Quartet is well chosen. The melodies that the Belgian pianist and American trumpeter have written are sweet-toned like a nightingale. But they are embedded in a contemporary urban context. The two leaders are sometimes shamelessly romantic, like the melody of 'Love Song' or 'Downtime', giving the immediately appealing charm of a pop song. But the successor of "Imaginary... read more
New York Voices - Reminiscing in Tempo
by Allen Morrison, DownBeat
The title track of New York Voices' new album, Reminiscing In Tempo (Origin), was one of Duke Ellington's first long-form compositions in the 1930s. (Mel Tormé added the poignant lyrics in 1962.) It's an apt tune for a group now celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Founded at Ithaca College, New York Voices remains one of the world's foremost vocal jazz groups. The original quintet became a quartet with its current lineup in 1994: tenor... read more
Jared Hall - Seen on the Scene
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
With Seen On the Scene, his Origin Records debut, trumpeter Jared Hall offers up the sort of fresh bebop/post bop sounds found on the Blue Note Records label in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Horace Silver and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers seem to serve as touchstones, as does pianist / composer Tadd Dameron, too. Hall's quintet—the familiar trumpet and sax and rhythm section line-up—takes on a pair of Dameron's classics: "Mating... read more
Ryan Shultz - Hair Dryers
by Paul Abella, Music Lounge - WDCB, Chicago
Hailing from Chicago is the cast of characters assembled for Ryan Shultz's latest album, Hair Dryers (also Origin Records). This is an exciting album, with half the time spent exploring the outer edges of Miles Davis' 60s quintet and half going for broke with sounds and ideas right out of the mid-70s fusion era. While during the daytime on 'DCB Jazz, we'll be spending almost all of our time with the acoustic music, you can expect to hear... read more
Alison Ruble - This Is A Bird
by Rudolf Radnai, Muszer Oldal - Budapest
http://www.muszeroldal.hu/news/recordreviews09.html
TRANSLATED FROM HUNGARIAN
The exceptionally beautiful voice, Alison Ruble in 2001 appeared in the rich life of the famous Chicago jazz. Since then, standing in the famous jazz clubs, acting as the Andy's Jazz Club, Green Mill Jazz ClubThe Pete Miller's or Pops For Champagne. Many actions and TV festival boasts a success and this is the first album is expected to increase his reputation.... read more
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