Jazz Articles about Chris Brydge

About Chris Brydge

Album Review

Liz Terrell: It's All Right With Me

Read "It's All Right With Me" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 23, 2022

When Liz Terrell sings something, you believe it. Adding her own strength of expression to every piece she touches, communicating with absolute earnestness, and offering a sound all her own, she makes every melody and musical gesture matter. On this, her debut album, Terrell puts her powerful pipes to great use on an incredibly diverse collection of songs that highlight broad interests and influences. And with a solid band behind her, everything lands as it should. Opening ...

Album Review

Left of Center: Crossing the Water

Read "Crossing the Water" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
July 25, 2020

Whether the title of this album, the performing group's name, or its leader's surname have additional meaning is positively irrelevant because this performance is a winner. It is a bassist-led trio album offering engaging sonic textures which spin and entice throughout. The title cut sends things into up-tempo action with Justin Kauflin's keyboard sounding the call. Highly rhythmic and intense, the energies build as the trio exhibits a superb interplay of ideas. “Lorac Waltz" gives us a ...