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Jose Garcia: Songs For A Lifetime, Live
by C. Michael Bailey
Asking if Jose Garcia is a jazz singer is like asking the same to Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett. The most conservative answer is “no," that they are, perhaps, “popular music stylists." They are the vehicles that introduce and reintroduce the great American songbook to a public craving the high quality craftsmanship of these songs originally ...
Brian Auger: Language of the Heart
by Doug Collette
All the devout Brian Auger fan needs to know about Language of the Heart is that it overflows with the immediately recognizable tones of the British fusion pioneer's Hammond-B3 organ and Fender Rhodes electric piano. All the uninitiated needs to know is that this album favorably compares with the work Auger produced during the heyday of ...
Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana
by AAJ Italy Staff
La ricerca di registrazioni inedite, perdute, connesse a fasi iniziali della carriera di un artista o a un passaggio fondamentale della storia del jazz, è una costante da sempre del collezionismo specializzato. Ha portato numerose gioie: si pensi in anni recenti alla scoperta di registrazioni live del quintetto di Parker e Gillespie Town Hall, New York ...
Hendrik Meurkens / Gabriel Espinosa: Celebrando
by Edward Blanco
Harmonica master Hendrik Meurkens and bass virtuoso Gabriel Espinosa collaborate for a tribute of Brazilian jazz on Celebrando, which means “celebrating" in both Portuguese and Spanish. It's an appropriate title for this album, as it celebrates the distinctiveness of the genre and the influence it has had on musicians, audiences and the development of world music. ...
Will Fisher: Portage
by Dave Sumner
Whereas some drummers lead the charge and others spur on the ensemble from behind, Will Fisher takes the approach of examining the landscape from above and letting his rhythms settle down into the seams between the notes of others. The opening “The Great Karoo" puts this method on display right from word go. Guitarist Mikko Hilden ...
Andy Clausen: The Wishbone Suite
by Dan McClenaghan
Nineteen year old trombonist Andy Clausen started his music studies at The Julliard School in the fall of 2010. He did not wait to finish his studies before releasing, in March of 2012, his debut CD, The Wishbone Suite. Apparently the music was in him and it had to be recorded.The music on The ...
The Alex Goodman Quintet: Bridges
by Glenn Astarita
Canadian guitarist Alex Goodman builds bridges between mainstream and modern jazz. On Bridges, the artist shuns convention while merging disparate forces into a harmonious union. Unlike similar ventures that wind up in the dreaded oil and water milieu, Goodman produces an au naturel feel.A superb technician, Goodman fuses difficult time signatures into bop and ...
Andrew Swift: Swift Kick
by C. Michael Bailey
Drummer Andrew Swift belongs to a new generation of jazz artists that includes trumpeter Ryan Kisor and multi-instrumentalists Sharel Cassity and Michael Dease, all of whom join Swift on his debut recording, Swift Kick. These young artists are all well trained and steeped in tradition. However, tradition does not own their collective souls. All compose with ...
Georg Breinschmid: Fire
by Hrayr Attarian
Austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid's Fire is a collection of live and studio recordings, in a variety of genres, all served with a healthy dose of refreshing irreverence and exuberant humor.This in no way means that Breinschmid and his band mates are only about fun and games. On the contrary, their high quality musicianship and ...
Lama Trio: Oneiros
by Mark F. Turner
From the seeds of invention planted at a conservatory in Rotterdam in 2008, through experimentation and fruitful hard work, the Portuguese-based trio LAMA delivers a wild ride with Oneiros , their debut album and one of the best releases in 2011. The music is equal parts avant-garde and modern jazz, mixed by trumpeter Susana Santos Silva ...
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