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Chris Donnelly: Solo
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Here's what you might do with this brand new record: have someone place a velvet blindfold over your eyes, slip the record into a CD player, hit “play," adjust volume for comfort, then slide into a very comfortable chair and listen. Chances are one may be think that Bill Evans had come back to life and ...
Puentes Brothers: Morumba Cubana
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Thanks to a recently concluded distribution deal with Ryko in the United States, the smaller Canadian label, Alma will be releasing some of its wonderful catalogue to discerning American and worldwide listeners. Some of this features relatively older recordings, like Puentes Brothers' Morumba Cubana (Alma, 2000). Listeners will soon see it was well worth the wait. ...
Jake Langley: Movin' & Groovin'
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It would be wholly inappropriate to say that guitarist Jake Langley “as arrived." In fact, he arrived a long time ago and makes up one third of one of two working bands that Hammond B3 master, Joey DeFrancesco takes on the road. On Movin' & Groovin' DeFrancesco and drummer, Byron Landham return the favor. It is ...
Vito Rezza and 5 after 4: Drums of Avila
by Raul d'Gama Rose
One conundrum that bedevils the jazz music industry is that oftentimes a critically acclaimed artist may not necessarily be as well known as he or she should. The work of Vito Rezza bears testimony to this unseemly fact. For instance, Drums of Avila (Alma 2004), now being reissued for the US market in 2008 is Vito ...
Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band: From the Heart
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band From the Heart Alma Records 2008 Anyone who heard the explosive band put together by multi-instrumentalist Arturo Sandoval shortly after he broke away from the seemingly indivisible Irakere would probably remember the ubiquitous young gentleman at the piano. He was the one ...
Joey DeFrancesco, Guido Basso, Lorne Lofsky, Vito Rezza: One Take, Volume One
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Joey DeFrancesco, Guido Basso, Lorne Lofsky, Vito Rezza One Take, Volume One Alma Records 2008 The beauty of jazz is that it is music containing the sound of surprise. Most jazz musicians only plan what they are going to play, not how they are going to play it. So it ...
Alma Records: Getting to the Essence of Jazz
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Jazz has been listened to and played in Canada arguably as early as it evolved from the blues. The recorded history of jazz in Canada dates back to 1917, when the New Orleans Quintet, Original Dixieland Jazz Band first recorded Sheldon Brooks' “Darktown Strutters' Ball." Then for 41 years there was virtually no recording activity although ...
One Take Volume Three
By Don Thompson
Label: Alma Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Remember; Flamingo; I Remember Clifford; Alone Together; Everything Happens To Me; Groovin
Don Thompson / Reg Schwager: One Take Volume Three
by Martin Gladu
"I'll just start to play something. You'll know this," chuckles bassist Don Thompson before introducing “Alice In Wonderland," while guitarist Reg Schwager intently listens. Spontaneity, interaction, instrumental mastery, the blues and a seemingly unlimited repertoire of tunes all come to mind to the well-read jazz music fan. But, less known are the taxing sessions and late ...
Yemaya
Label: Alma Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Maracatres; Mank; Yemaya; El Otro Tipo; A Ilha; The Shadow; Herbie's Mood; Bernardo's Tango; Yambu (for Pancho Quinto).
