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Hugo Fernandez - Cosmogram
by Gabriel Carvalho, Music on the Run (Portugal)
O guitarrista mexicano Hugo Fernandez iniciou a carreira no final dos anos 80, tocando com artistas da cena pop do pa's natal, como Thalia (sim, aquela que vocês conhecem). Em 1998 obteve a licenciatura em música na tradicional Berklee College of Music e em 2005 completou o mestrado em "Estudos de Jazz" na University of New Orleans. Apesar de toda a experiência, Fernandez só lançou o primeiro disco - o bom Origenes - no começo de... read more
Joonsam - A Door
by Chris Spector, Midwest Review
The young, South Korean bass players that's been parked in NYC when not globe trotting or over achieving, takes it downtown for a trio date that wholly original. With augmentation from other well known downtowners, this is typical of the kind of muscular, angular jazz that New York is known for, but in essence, there's nothing typical about it. Hard charging stuff that lets everyone have some like this is a long time working band, it's fresh... read more
Hugo Fernandez New Grounds Quartet - Ozean
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The guitarist and composer Hugo Fernandez brings his Berlin based quartet to these 8 rich tunes that embrace folk, classical and even pop into the memorable jazz formula.
"Spark of Desire" starts the listen with Fernandez's smooth guitar alongside the soulful trumpet, as light drumming complements the introspective climate, and "Imaginary Geometry" follows with a firm drum presence amid strategic bass work to complement the agile, stylish... read more
Dudley Owens | Aaron Immanuel Wright - People Calling
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
Saxophonist Dudley Owens and bassist Aaron Wright bring together (in classic quintet format) a band intent on expanding the language of Miles Davis's second great quintet from within. On People Calling the band does exactly this: they create a late '60s sonic image stamped in 21st Century digital. The writing is firmly post bop, with Atlantic period Ornette Coleman fighting its way out. These influences are governed by a firm compositional... read more
Les DeMerle Sound 67 - Once in a Lifetime
by Editor, Dusty Grooves
Rare lost work from funky drummer Les DeMerle - a set of tracks that were recorded for Atlantic Records in 1967, two years before DeMerle's classic Spectrum album - yet which finally appear here for the first time ever! Les is rock-solid, right from the start - definitely one of those younger players really helping to shift the sound of the larger jazz group at the end of the 60s - with fresh arrangements that bring in plenty of currents... read more
Les DeMerle - Cookin' At The Corner, Volume 1
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
Recorded at a club in Hilton Head, Les DeMerle puts together an extensive set of standards for a jumping instrumental trio with the inclusion, from time to time, of singer Bonnie Eisele. Though there is a pair of original compositions from pianist Michael Levine, the vast majority of the album hails from the American songbook and slightly later jazz and bossa classics. The songs are largely nothing you haven't heard before (of course, that's why... read more
Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill - Inside Voice / Outside Voice
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
Timothy Hill brings his vocals and guitar to Michael Bisio's bass for these avant-garde influenced jazz songs that welcome 3 originals, as well as interpretations of 3 ballads and 3 improvised classics.
"Wise One" opens the listen with soft bass plucking and atmospheric guitar playing in the very minimal climate, and "My One And Only Love" follows with a soft, folksy quality that showcases Hill's poetic singing.
Halfway through, the... read more
Dave Slonaker Big Band - Intrada
by Larry Hollis, Cadence
Subtitled arranged and conducted by Dave Slonaker it harkens back to the days when the large group was as much an arrangers vehicle as it was the designated leaders. Peopled by some instantly recognizable names such as Peter Erskine, Bob Shepard, Wayne Bergeron, Clay Jenkins and Bill Reichenbach this organization has "left coast jazz" written all over it. A trombonist/pianist Slonaker has spent much of his career in the studios as an... read more
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