Jazz Articles about Taru Alexander

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Album Review

Bill Ware and the Club Bird All Stars: Martian Sunset

Read "Martian Sunset" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
April 28, 2026

In questi anni di rinascimento del vibrafono--con la presenza di notevoli giovani strumentisti di entrambi i sessi--non dimentichiamoci di Bill Ware, solista molto attivo nei territori di frontiera col rock dalla fine degli anni ottanta ad oggi. Ricordiamo la sua lunga collaborazione con The Jazz Passengers, Groove Collective, Steely Dan e le incisioni con protagonisti trasversali: John Zorn, Bobby Previte, Elvis Costello ecc...). In questo nuovo album (il primo dal 2009 in veste di leader), Ware riprende la ...

Album Review

Hanka G: Universal Ancestry

Read "Universal Ancestry" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
October 16, 2022

For a recording that combines, jazz, rock, gospel soul and r&b with Slovakian folk melodies, look no farther. Hanka G, who has artists as different as Abbey Lincoln and McCoy Tyner as her models, was raised in Mongolia, coming to the United States in 2018. This is her first stateside recording, and it is an innovative album for people fond of crossing cultures, mindscapes, ethnic and racial boundaries. She kicks things off with a grittier, rougher version of ...

Album Review

Gerry Eastman Trio: Trust Me

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2021

Trust Me embodies more than an hour of tasteful contemporary jazz by a decisively hip guitar/organ/drums trio led by New York-bred Gerry Eastman on guitar with Greg Lewis at the Hammond B3 and Taru Alexander manning the drum set. The program consists of eight of Eastman's original compositions, each of which is polished and credible but a step or two short of memorable. The same is true of solos, which are consistently sharp and steady while at the same time ...

Album Review

Gerry Eastman Trio: Trust Me

Read "Trust Me" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
September 23, 2021

Right out of the gate, this is a great recording. Gerry Eastman is the moving force as guitarist, producer, arranger, and photographer. If you dig soul jazz and B3 organ trios, it is a safe bet that you will enjoy this session from start to finish. So many great sounds are conjured up: you hear Wes Montgomery, but Jimmy Ponder too. Charlie Earland and Richard Holmes must have gone into Greg Lewis' ears at some point, and of course, Jimmy ...