Jazz Articles about Brian Charette

About Brian Charette

Multiple Reviews

Some labels release a few records a year; some put out a record every month or two; and then there are those, like the Los Angeles-based Posi-Tone Records, that prefer to push even more music through the pipeline. As 2014 came into being, Posi-Tone began an ambitious release schedule, putting out a new album every few weeks. Those who cover jazz and follow the scene intently can't seem to turn around these days without bumping into one ...

Album Review

Brian Charette: Music for Organ Sextette

Read "Music for Organ Sextette" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 25, 2012

Finding an organ in a gathering of more than four in jazz seems to be taboo, yet no logic exists behind this unspoken truth. The organ is constantly making friends with guitars and drums, with the occasional singular horn dropping by to converse with them, but the possibility of a broader social circle always seems to elude this unwieldy instrument. Thankfully, organist Brian Charette is helping to rectify this issue.On Music For Organ Sextette, Charette weaves a unique ...

Album Review

Brian Charette: Music for Organ Sextette

Read "Music for Organ Sextette" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 12, 2012

While there've been a few exceptions, many jazz organ-based recordings deliver the same old grind of not deviating too far from the Jimmy Smith or Charles Earland grease and grits format. But not in the case of Brian Charette's Music for Organ Sextette , a release that balances harmonically complex ideas with catchy melodies. The Grammy nominated artist has worked with names from Chaka Khan to Joni Mitchell, is active in New York and has released a ...

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Album Review

Brian Charette: Missing Floor

Read "Missing Floor" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
February 4, 2009

The typical jazz trio consists of bass, drums and a lead instrument--usually a guitar, saxophone, organ or piano. Brian Charette sidesteps this ideal with something as interesting as it is off the proverbial beaten path. Organist Charette also plays the piano and uses a laptop computer in creating the sounds for Missing Floor. For accompaniment, he does have a drummer in Jochen Rueckert. Leon Gruenbaum completes the ensemble, playing piano and Samchillian, which is a computer keyboard ...