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Luther Gray

Jazz drummers, in general, are philosophers when contrasted with the dumb jock model often attributed to boomer era fossil rock. Mr. Gray is a thinking drummer with an expansive kindliness about him that shifts to striking capacities of concentration when he engages his kit. One commonality I find with this run of drummers is their embrace of flow. Outside now a fat offshore slop front is busy soaking Boston and all the sounds of rain, downpour, focused splashing below the bad roof gutter, car tires mildly hydroplaning on Hampshire street and a syncopation of drippings adds up to some counterpart of flow drumming. Luther also has water cascades, whitewater rapids and quiet frog splashes in vernal pools worked into the repertoire. Faucet splashes from urban sinks, a slow dripping leak and a morning shower are in there too as well as the various rounds of waves at oceanic edges...flow. 1.What brought you to music? "When I was a kid my folks had a big furniture cabinet with the record player inside and the speakers built into the corners and a horrible record collection

Dial and DeRosa: Keep Swingin'

by Jack Bowers
March 30, 2024

Keep Swingin', a splendid new album from pianist Garry Dial and drummer Rich DeRosa, features “the music of Charlie Banacos." Charlie who? you may ask. And the answer is, there are jazz educators, and then there was Charlie Banacos, whose talent and ingenuity in the classroom influenced and inspired countless jazz musicians for more than fifty ...

Through Osmosis and Other means (TOaOM) Trio

By Jacob William

Label: Transientones
Released: 2023

Playing

By The Russell Fortunato Project

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023

The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project

By Pandelis Karayorgis

Label: Driff Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Chips; Work; Atlantic Ones; Off Minor; Abdullah; Evidence; El Hasaan; Criss Cross; Stars Over Marrakesh; Epitome; Trinkle Tinkle; Viceroy; Think of One.

Against All Odds

By Jared Sims

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Against All Odds; Flowering; Waiting; Dear Gaia; No Name Days; Threnody; Angst

Pandelis Karayorgis Trio: The Hasaan, Hope & Monk Project

by Mark Corroto
December 20, 2022

Thelonious Monk is quoted as saying, “the piano ain't got no wrong notes." He most certainly said this in response to the criticism of his approach to both composing and performance. In what sounds blasphemous today, critics and other musicians in the early days of bebop flat out said he couldn't play. Perhaps the lesson here ...

Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti: Fertile Garden

by Mark Corroto
October 24, 2022

Alto saxophonist Rob Brown has always been accompanied by adroit and masterful drummers. Throughout his career he can be heard with the likes of Denis Charles, Jackson Krall, Lou Grassi, Warren Smith, Marc Edwards, Satoshi Takeishi, Whit Dickey, Luther Gray, Andrew Barker, Gerald Cleaver, and Hamid Drake. With the release Fertile Garden, add to that list ...

Jared Sims: Against All Odds

by Jack Bowers
March 8, 2022

Any tenor saxophonist with the surname Sims is certain to draw the attention of a seasoned reviewer, if only out of curiosity. The first name in this instance is Jared, not Zoot (well, not John). As it turns out, Sims has an impressive resume as a performer, writer, educator and leader; Against All Odds is at ...

Against All Odds

January 31, 2022

Album: Against All Odds
By Jared Sims
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 04:15