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Szun Waves, other new releases and some archive cuts

by Bob Osborne
Blurring the boundaries between jazz, ambience and electronica, the sophomore album from Szun Waves New Hymn to Freedom, is the album of the week on the show. This new release is a document of six entirely live improvisations with no edits or overdubs." The album title is apt, it is jazz, but it also bedded in ...
New Faces: Straight Forward

by David A. Orthmann
New Faces is the brainchild of producer Marc Free, who comingles the talents of six young jazzers, each of whom has led at least one session for Posi-Tone. With the exception of a Herbie Hancock composition, the material is comprised of attractive, catchy themes of varying degrees of complexity, penned by a number of the label's ...
New Faces: Straight Forward

by Paul Rauch
The collection of musicians on this record, collectively referred to as New Faces," is an attempt by Posi-Tone producer Marc Free to create a sampler of the label's mission, utilizing a selection of young leaders to collectively personify their overall musical vision. As stated on the Posi- Tone website, The entire series of succinct performances included ...
Walk of Fire

By Behn Gillece
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Walk of Fire, Fantasia Brasileira, Bag's Mood, Dauntless Journey, Battering Ram,
Reflective Current, Something New, Specter, Break Tune, Celestial Tidings
Ken Fowser: Now Hear This!

by C. Andrew Hovan
Taking a cue from some of the other smaller jazz-based labels, Posi-Tone has done a remarkable job over the past few years of building a roster of budding talents worthy of wider recognition. Part of the allure of such an endeavor is the ability to see the evolution of an artist's muse unfolding like a rose. ...
Dare to Be

By Behn Gillece
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Camera Eyes; From Your Perspective; Amethyst; Signals; Drought's End; Same
Shame; Live It; Dare to Be; Trapezoid; A Time for Love.
C. Andrew Hovan's Best Releases of 2016

by C. Andrew Hovan
It is hard to believe I have been writing about jazz for All About Jazz for almost 18 years now. During that time period, vinyl was scarce as can be, only to come back recently with a vengeance. With many classic jazz recordings working their way into the area of public domain, ubiquitous CD reissues have ...
Behn Gillece: Dare To Be

by David A. Orthmann
It pays to listen to Dare To Be, Behn Gillece's second release as a leader for Posi-Tone Records, from the bottom up. Bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Jason Tiemann are one of most congenial, articulate, and straightforward bass and drums team in recent memory. They're self-effacing, deeply focused and frisky. Regardless of the differences in the ...
Gwendolyn Dease: Beguiled

by Dan Bilawsky
While this fourth album from marimbist Gwendolyn Dease is rightly seeing release on the classical arm of Origin Records, it wouldn't have been completely out of place if it had landed on the jazz side of that imprint. Dease bypasses contemporary marimba fare and late twentieth century favorites from the usual suspects like Ney Rosauro, Casey ...
Behn Gillece: Dare to Be

by C. Andrew Hovan
When it comes to jazz vibraphone, the names of Stefon Harris and Warren Wolf are most likely to be found on a list of contemporary leaders. Add to that now the name of Behn Gillece, a gentleman who has been honing his skills on the New York scene since 2006. His talents first came to the ...