Recording News

Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Faithful (2011)

Source: Something Else!
April 30, 2011

One of ECM's rising stars is back three years after knocking it out of the park with a sensational album the last time around. Marcin Wasilweski leads a trio from Poland and January, their second album together outside the long shadow of Polish trumpet giant Tomasz Stanko, displayed maturity and subtleties from these young performers that's startling coming from a generation of musicians where those qualities seem to be in short supply. Though January was an easy selection to the ...

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David Bromberg: New Album with Levon, Dr. John, WSP and More

Source: JamBase
April 30, 2011

USE ME TAPS DR. JOHN, LEVON HELM, LINDA RONSTADT, JOHN HIATT, KEB' MO,' WIDESPREAD PANIC, LOS LOBOS AND OTHERS TO HELP David Bromberg returned to recording after a 17-year hiatus with his solo, acoustic, traditional folk-blues album Try Me One More Time (Appleseed, 2007). For his follow-up album, Use Me, Bromberg chose a different approach: Why not ask some of his favorite singer-songwriters and musicians to write (or choose), produce, and perform on songs tailored to his versatile but distinctive ...

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Celebrating Time out with Dave Brubeck

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
May 1, 2011

In 2009, Dave Brubeck's musical masterpiece Time Out turned 50 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, I produced a podcast series celebrating this timeless work. Along with interviewing Dave Brubeck himself about the album, I also interviewed three additional musicians saxophonist David Sanborn, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Bill Bruford to discuss the influential work of Time Out band members, Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright and Joe Morello. For reasons beyond my scope, this series was never released. Featured on this ...

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Kindred Spirits: New CD release by songwriter Walter Duda

Source: Walter Duda
May 1, 2011

Kindred Spirits is the latest release by songwriter, pianist and vocalist Walter Duda on World Alert Records. The CD contains all original compositions by Duda. Featured musicians include Will Lee, Chris Parker, Joel Rosenblatt, Don and Bill Harris, Tim DeHuff and others.

About Walter Duda

Walter Duda is a self-taught musician from New England, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from The University of Detroit with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and also attended Fairfield University and Wayne State University ...

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Bob Gluck's Exceptional Piano Trio Outing: "Returning"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 30, 2011

Bob Gluck goes his own way. He is an excellent pianist, with harmonic and melodic ideas to spare. His recent Returning (FMR 292-0710) finds him in formidable company. Drummer Dean Sharp has the sensitivity and big ears to thrive in the intimate free-oriented trio setting. Michael Bisio has basso profundo status these days. He has become a major player (see my recent interview with him in All About Jazz), and for good reason. You have to have independent inventive prowess ...

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Julian Lage - Gladwell (2011)

Source: Something Else!
April 29, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron Don't get me wrong, I love jazz guitarists who derive their inspiration from guys like Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell and Pat Metheny, but it's so refreshing to hear a new guitarist come along who excels by taken the road less traveled. That's former child prodigy guitarist Julian Lage, who seems to be more in line with the vocabulary of swing jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt, classical guitar godfather Andres Segovia and bluegrass guitar picking legend Tony ...

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Elliott Caine Sextet Live on "Hippie Chicks" CD

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
April 29, 2011

Despite the psychedelic title (Hippie Chicks On Acid)(Wondercap 07006) and the tongue- in-cheek cover art, this CD documents a modern hard bop sextet date shading into energy territory (something like Lee Morgan in the Lighthouse period). Trumpeter Elliott Caine has that extroverted, big brassy sound of the Navarro-Brown through Morgan-Shaw school. His sextet has notable other solo voices too—Carl Randall on tenor, Maheesh Balasooriya on piano, Nick Mancini, vibes; and a crack bass-drums team of Bill Markus and Kenny Elliott, ...

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Bill Frisell - Sign of Life (Savoy Jazz, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
April 29, 2011

Guitarist and composer Bill Frisell is a polymath who works in many different contexts, but like fellow traveller Charlie Haden (have they ever recorded together?) the traditional vernacular music of the United States, namely country music, bluegrasss, folk and blues lie closest to his heart.

This album of mostly short vignettes was recorded with his 858 Quartet, which was originally convened for an excellent album of musical art interpretation. Without the visual stimuli, the group, consisting of Bill Frisell on ...

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