Jazz Articles about Billy Hulting

About Billy Hulting

Album Review

Bruce Lofgren: Earthly and Cosmic Tales

Read "Earthly and Cosmic Tales" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
September 30, 2024

Long-time fans of SoCal guitarist and arranger Bruce Lofgren are going to find this recording something of a departure. More akin to a chamber group than Lofgren's past forays into standards and big band jazz, the characterization of the recording as “instrumental adventures" is really quite apt. Clarinet, cello, bass, vibes and percussion are what Lofgren brings to the table, And a tuneful, melodious and largely joyful recording it is, with a mix of originals and covers that are equal ...

Album Review

TriTone Asylum: The Hideaway Sessions

Read "The Hideaway Sessions" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
April 16, 2022

Mellow is as mellow does, and Tritone Asylum (an interesting name for an updated “fusion" band) certainly opens that way, with a pleasantly relaxed feeling on “Grasshopper." But do not get too comfortable. Do you remember the first time you heard “Chameleon" with Harvey Mason wailing away? Your reaction may have been puzzled; many were, because the recording “broke the mold." That did not sound familiar, as if Herbie Hancock had started channeling Sly Stone. “Schizophrenic," composed and arranged by ...