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Barcelona Holiday: Some Hip Piano Trio Music from Sperrazza-Sacks-Kamaguchi

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
July 5, 2011

If you dig a modern piano-bass-drums trio playing in a free-bop zone, Barcelona Holiday (Fresh Sound New Talent 373) will get you feeling happy. The session came about while Jacob Sacks (piano), Masa Kamaguchi (bass) and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) were gigging in Barcelona. They were obviously ready to record and Fresh Sound was there to give them a studio date. Barcelona Holiday finds the trio tackling some familiar and less-familiar classics: Thad Jones' “Three in One," Monk's “Ugly Beauty," Parker's ...

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Michael Benedict and Bopitude (Planet Arts, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
July 5, 2011

Taking some of the best jazz compositions of the mid 1950's to mid 1960s hard bop movement and placing them into a more modern context, drummer Michael Benedict leads an exciting band called Bopitude which consists of Bruce Barth on piano, Chris Pasin on trumpet, Brian Patneaude on saxophones and Mike Lawrence on bass. There is a nice mix of bebop and hard bop including classy versions of Blue Note era classics like the Dexter Gordon favorite 'Cheesecake," a nice ...

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Julia Hülsmann Trio - Imprint (2011)

Source: Something Else!
July 5, 2011

German pianist Julia Hülsmann has made her mark with trio jazz fronted with a vocalist, either male or female, but had returned to the instrumental three when she signed up with ECM and recorded her first album with them, The End Of A Summer (2008). Now comes the follow-up three years later with Imprint. Hülsmann is accomplished as both an interpreter and a composer in her own right, but for this album she generously provides space for contributions from her ...

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One Track Mind: Rick Stone Trio, "Ballad for Very Sad and Very Tired Lotus Eaters" (2011)

Source: Something Else!
July 5, 2011

Rick Stone picks more obvious standards elsewhere on his forthcoming release, Fractals. There is Victor Young's “Stella by Starlight," given a vampy album-opening 7/4 intro; and a lush take on Jerome Kern's “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." Stone even swings his way through a seven-and-a-half minute version of Jimmy Van Heusen's “Darn That Dream." But it is here, on an update of his rarely heard tune from Duke Ellington collaborator Billy Strayhorn, that Stone does his best interpretative work. Beginning ...

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Composer Dave White Releases "Subsequent" on AudioMoxie Records

Source: James Laurance
July 5, 2011

Multi-instrumentalist and neo-classical composer Dave White offers a new album Subsequent (AudioMoxie Records), a vivid sonic collection that clearly displays White's strong composition and arrangement talents. With much attention given to piano, White also introduces a wide array of supporting instruments both acoustic and electronic. Subsequent captivates, picks up, lifts and lets go with a variety of moods and musical styles. Even more dynamic than his earlier work, each track stands alone yet manages to get along well with others. ...

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Saxophonist Abdiel Flores Releases "He Watches over Me" -- Jazz with Gospel and Latin Flavor

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2011

Puerto Rican saxophonist Abdiel Flores is premiering his first soloist production titled He Watches Over Me. The album, available this March, is a compilation of traditional hymns with musical arrangements based on jazz rhythms and harmonies with Latin influences.This new release involves the collaboration of a select group of local and international veteran jazz players. Among them, the bassist Ramon Vazquez, pianist Yan Carlos Artime, guitarist Isaac Lausell, bassist Elías Santos, and drummer Leobadis González. According to Flores, the purpose ...

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Glamour of Classic Movies Inspires Jazz Vocalist Kathy Sanborn's New Release, "Magnetized"

Source: Kathy Sanborn
July 5, 2011

What do film stars like Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe have in common? Jazz composer and vocalist Kathy Sanborn says they share an electric, magnetizing attraction that screen fans can't ignore. Sanborn's latest release, Magnetized, describes an electrifying attraction of love that can't be denied. Sanborn says, “Picture a fan watching his or her favorite movie star on the screen, feeling a magnetic attraction that can't be explained. That's what Magnetized is all about—when you are pulled by an inexplicable ...

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Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on "Saturday Street" with spine-tingling bass lines

Source: Lauren Rogers
July 5, 2011

It is paved with spiky, spine-tingling bass lines, the Saturday Street that Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on. Saturday Street, Jones' latest album, is a glistening summer soundtrack that bathes in the pulsating energy of city life, from sun-drenched strolling to a midnight slow jam at a club. On the title track Jones' bass feels like a living entity; it throbs with vigor and swagger while jumpy piano adds further electricity. The forcefulness of Jones' bass playing is easily ...

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