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Marc Seales - People & Places
by Mark Griffith, Modern Drummer
Pianist Marc Seales's quartet recording featuring saxophonist Ernie Watts is a primarily mellow affair with tunes like "Rue Cler," "For You My Dear," and "Ascending Truth." However, Wayne Shorter's Weather Report tune "Palladium" and "The Muddy Chicago Blues" do kick the intensity up a bit. Drummer Moyes Lucas Jr. and bassist Bruce Lett keep the intensity up on the ballads and light a fire under the soloists. Watts' legendary and soulful... read more
Thomas Marriott - Flexicon
by Dick Crockett, The Voice, Sacramento
Thomas Marriott demonstrates one of the most active and strong clear blue trumpet tones in jazz, so overt and apparent on his new "Flexicon" CD, and with Mark Taylor's hard edged saxophone play, Bill Anschell's particulate sound on both acoustic piano and Rhodes, along Jeff Johnson, the best bassist from the Great Northwest and versatile power drummer Matt Jorgensen.
They're terrific, right off the mark, in a tribute to the great Freddie... read more
David Friesen with Orchestra and Quartet - Testimony
by Mattie Poels, Music Frames (Holland)
In a beautiful concert we hear jazz bassist and pianist David Friesen from the Ukraine together with his quartet and the National Academic Symphonic Band of Ukraine.
On the album Testimony we hear two concerts that were both recorded in the Ukraine (Kiev) where the bassist, pianist and arranger David Friesen comes from. Friesen is a master of themes: catchy melodies that sound familiar and worldly. His timing is reminiscent of that of the... read more
Alison Ruble - This Is A Bird
by Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes, Jan/Feb 09
Alison Rble's gemlike voice recalls the crystalline beauty and purity of the young Joni Mitchell. Befitting such a jewel, the settings are equally fine. Guitarist John McLean has fashioned 11 thoughtful arrangements, hitting each tune's core with the skill and precision of an expert marksmen. If only the same could be said of Ruble.
Traversing a wide-ranging playlist that extends from Cole Porter ("So In Love") to James Taylor ("Something in... read more
Matt Jorgensen +451 - The Road Begins Here
by Michael Allison, Earshot Jazz
Drummer Matt Jorgensen's 451 band has had several incarnations with varying personnel over the past few years. What they have all shared is spirited and intelligent interpretations of well-chosen material. "The Road Begins Here" exemplifies Jorgensen's spirit as a leader on record with the most cohesive group to date. This is due in large part to great collective and individual statements by his sidemen.
The elegant and inventive Fender... read more
Dee Daniels - Intimate Conversations
by Shaun Brady, Jazziz
Q&A
With a powerful four-octave voice that sounds as if it's been fermented in the blues, singer Dee Daniels has fronted big bands and symphony orchestras over the course of her 30-year career. But as the title implies, her new CD, Intimate Conversations, is a collection of deeply personal duo performances. Choosing songs with lyrics that are themselves conversational, Daniels engages with a roster of jazz luminaries that... read more
Bobby Broom - My Shining Hour
by Benjamin Franklin V, Music Charts Magazine
Leader of various recording sessions beginning around 1980, sideman on numerous recording dates headed by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and David Murray, a regular with Sonny Rollins off and on from the early 1980s until a few years ago, and leader of the Deep Blue Organ Trio beginning in 1999, guitarist Bobby Broom has been much in evidence during the last three decades. The music on My Shining Hour indicates why he is a significant... read more
Benjamin Boone with the Ghana Jazz Collective - Joy
by Hobart Taylor, DownBeat
Benjamin Boone often explores the intimate confluence of melody and speech. On the two volumes of The Poetry Of Jazz, a collaboration with the late United States Poet Laureate Philip Levine, the saxophonist demonstrated his ability to fluently interact with and reply to a spoken text.
On Joy, Boone expands his penchant for conversation. Stemming from his time as a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, Boone engages in dialogue with Bernard Ayisa, one... read more
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