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These Leos Are Jazz Lions
by Mary Foster Conklin
Some heavyweight birthdays in this mid-August broadcast, which included new releases from saxophonist Ben Flocks, songwriter Mark Winkler and guitarist Paul Silbergleit with celebratory shout outs to songwriter Bernice Petkere, Benny Carter and organist Trudy Pitts in the first hour, Roberta Piket, Jeri Southern, Howard Johnson and Regina Carter in the second hour, Abbey Lincoln in ...
Jaimie Branch, Kris Davis, Kneebody and More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
September! What a month. The summer is over... so are the summer festivals... but that is also the month when record labels start churning out some of their best releases to bring the temperature up in advance of the end-of-year polls and listicles. So here comes an onslaught of heavy-hitters with their new or upcoming releases, ...
Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock and More
by Joe Dimino
This week we start with a cat that has seen many jazz roads and is itching to get down many more, Bob Sheppard with a track off his latest CD The Fine Line. We then visit the world of Horace Silver and vibes cat Mike Dillon doing an Elliot Smith cover. We hear new material from ...
Caili O'Doherty: Padme
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by Hrayr Attarian
On her intriguing debut Padme pianist Caili O'Doherty showcases her superb skills as a composer, an improviser and a bandleader. The individual musicians' spontaneous expressions are integrated within the harmonic construct of her nine originals that comprise the album. As such the solos sound as natural extensions of the prewritten music making O'Doherty's freshman effort dynamically ...
Battle Mountain
By Ben Flocks
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Battle Mountain; Shenandoah; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Eagle rock; Murmullo; Silver City Bound; Polkadots and Moonbeams; Boardwalk Boogaloo; Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You; Tennessee Waltz; Return to Battle Mountain.
Ben Flocks: Battle Mountain
by Vincenzo Roggero
L'ispirazione per la musica contenuta in Battle Mountain--è lo stesso Ben Flocks a rivelarlo nelle note di copertina--arriva dalla grandiosa natura delle Santa Cruz Mountains, zona incontaminata della California nella quale Oceano Pacifico, rocce granitiche, colline rigogliose danno vita ad un paesaggio affascinante e misterioso. Il secondo brano--il traditional “Shenandoah"--e “Silver City Bound" ...
Ben Flocks: Battle Mountain
by Glenn Astarita
California native, saxophonist Ben Flocks' compositions parallel an imaginary cross-country trek via the diverse climates he conjures with these alluring compositions. Spanning intermittent similarities to guitarist Bill Frisell's sojourns into Americana along with frothy New Orleans second line fare, spacey jazz rock, and a few quirky little ditties intermingled along the way, his debut is an ...
Amanda Ruzza Band: New York, NY, November 8, 2012
by Ernest Barteldes
Amanda Ruzza BandZinc BarNew York, NYNovember 8, 2012Brazilian-born bassist Amanda Ruzza took the stage at Greenwich Village's Zinc Bar, backed by a solid band--drummer Mauricio Zotarelli, electric guitarist Alex Nolan, pianist Mamiko Watanabe, trombonist Chris Stover and tenor/soprano saxophonist Ben Flocks--about which the bandleader jokingly referred as “a nice band with ...
