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Jean-Luc Ponty: No Absolute Time

by Peter Rubie
April 23, 2023

When we talk about world music, we often use the phrase in quiet desperation to describe music that defies familiarity and our expectations but still appeals to us. Its very newness is often both slightly disturbing and refreshing at the same time. Two years before No Absolute Time was released in 1993, Jean-Luc Ponty ...

Conspiracy

By Rich Willey

Label: Wise Cat Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Mr. Magoo; Goofin' Off; Clip clop Mogul, Blessed Are the Hip; Adrenaline Rush; Brother Kenya's Paradigm; Secret things; Conspiracy; Nude Eel; Eenie Meanie Beanie Weeny; Blues for Bobby. All selections composed by Rich Willey and arranged by The Amazing Wally Minko.

Rich Willey Boptism Funk Band: Conspiracy

by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 7, 2019

Both before and after his first terrific recording as leader--Gone with the Piggies (Consolidated Artists Productions, 1988)--Asheville, North Carolina-based Rich Willey has been a very busy jazzman. During that period, Willey spent dues-playing time with Philly Phenoms, New York Bopsters, did a stint with the great Maynard Ferguson, authored dozens of well-acclaimed trumpet and jazz improv ...

Rich Willey: Down & Dirty

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 21, 2019

Back in 2001, trumpeter/composer/educator Rich Willey released a critically acclaimed album titled Gone with the Piggies (CAP Records). As a result, a savvy audience has followed him cult-like ever since. With Down and Dirty, the former Maynard Ferguson standout delivers a bacchanalia presentation both as player and composer, surrounded by a unit of Los Angeles' finest ...

Rich Willey's Boptism Big Band: Down & Dirty

by Jack Bowers
July 21, 2019

What's in a name? While that maxim remains a matter for debate, don't let this particular name mislead you. In the parlance of trumpeter Rich Willey's Los Angeles-based Boptism Big Band, Down & Dirty translates into well-scrubbed & swinging. There's really no better way to describe the performance of eleven of Willey's wide-ranging compositions and one ...

No Absolute Time

By Jean-Luc Ponty

Label: MPS
Released: 2023
Track listing: No Absolute Time; Savannah; Lost Illusions; Dance Of The Spirits; Forever Together; Caracas; The African Spirit; Speak Out; Blue Mambo; The Child In You.