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Downright Upright

Label: Artistry Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Cantaloupe Island; Mercy Mercy Mercy; Cold Duck Time; Sunday Mornin
Brian Bromberg: Downright Upright

by Jim Santella
Retro-inspired grooves can mean a lot of things--it depends on how far back one wants to go. On Downright Upright, bassist Brian Bromberg takes a retro tour of the era when Freddie Hubbard and Herbie Hancock were reaching a peak. Joe Zawinul and Eddie Harris were changing the scope of jazz. Weather Report was ...
Every Time I Think of You

Label: Artistry Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Autumn Variations; Bess, Oh Where
Wood II

Label: Artistry Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Caravan; Bolivia; Blue Bossa; Witch Hunt; A Love Affair; Butterfly; Shining Star; I'll Remember April; Pensativa; Carry On Wayward Son; The Four Brothers; Let 'Em In.
Brian Bromberg: Wood II

by Ernest Barteldes
On Wood II, bassist Brian Bromberg, instead of showcasing new material, prefers to give his take on songs by a different range of composers, some of whom, like Paul McCartney and Kansas, are not directly associated with jazz. He opens with a classic Duke Ellington number, Caravan, showing incredible speed during certain moments and also giving ...
Alan Broadbent: Every Time I Think of You

by Mark F. Turner
The frequent marriage of jazz music with strings has produced matches made in heaven on landmark recordings such as the Charlie Parker's classic With Strings (Verve, 1995/1949-1952) and Greg Osby's recent progressive Symbols of Light (A Solution) (Blue Note, 2002). With any union there's always the potential for things to turn sour, but in the case ...
Alan Broadbent: Every Time I Think of You

by Jim Santella
Working with the Tokyo Strings, pianist Alan Broadbent interprets a program of familiar songs and original works on Every Time I Think of You. Bassist Brian Bromberg and drummer Kendall Kay, longtime associates of the pianist, lend a heartfelt quality to this relaxed affair as the music drives on slowly and meaningfully. Broadbent chooses a somber ...
Alan Broadbent: 'Round Midnight

by Ken Dryden
Alan Broadbent is well known for his work as an arranger and accompanist, though the pianist's recordings as a leader best showcase his immense talent. He now lives in Southern California and plays on occasion in Los Angeles. Broadbent's first studio date for Artistry Music, with strong support from bassist Brian Bromberg and ...
Brian Bromberg: Wood II

by Franz A. Matzner
Brian Bromberg's extraordinary new release is a jazz album cured of the blues. Devoid of deep suffering pools, spare introspective valleys or convoluted mazes of cerebration, the mostly trio Wood II looks out over a vista of pure musical enjoyment seen from peaks of virtuosic playfulness. Listening to Bromberg take apart and reconstruct ...