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Todd Gordon: love dot com
by Bruce Lindsay
love dot com is an album of standards and contemporary jazz/pop songs from Scottish vocalist Todd Gordon. It follows his 2012 release with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires, Helping the Heroes (Specific Jazz) but while that album featured a big band and a series of top-flight guest singers, love dot com is a much gentler affair. ...
Roberto Zanetti Trio featuring Pietro Tonolo: Minor Time
by Edward Blanco
Not to be confused with Italian singer and composer Roberto Zanetti, Italian jazz pianist Roberto Zanetti or, as he is sometimes warmly referred to, “Zizzi," leads his Italian piano trio on another recording date with Minor Time, following up the group's critically-acclaimed self-produced debut of 2010, My Monk. The Roberto Zanetti Trio came to be after ...
The Puppeteers: The Puppeteers
by Glenn Astarita
The band's moniker is derived from the Brooklyn, NY club, Puppet's Jazz, which closed its doors in 2011. Here, the musicians who logged numerous hours at the club are reunited and spark a winning formula by dishing out the complete package. Insanely hip, sinuously shaped, and with an unstoppable attack, the soloists ride atop an undulating ...
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza - Tito Mangialajo Rantzer: When We Forgot the Melody Vol. 2
by Neri Pollastri
Tre anni dopo il “primo volume," Dimitri Grechi Espinoza e Tito Mangialajo Rantzer tornano a registrare in piena libertà improvvisativa e--come da titolo--fuori dalle esigenze melodiche, chiamando questa volta a collaborare con loro--sebbene solo in cinque tracce su otto--Riccardo Chiaberta, giovane batterista della scena milanese. Come ci ha confidato nella recente intervista, il ...
Tito Mangialajo Rantzer: Dal Basso in Alto
by Neri Pollastri
Dopo venticinque anni di attività e un numero esorbitante di dischi da sideman o coautore (tra gli ultimi il recentissimo When We Forgot the Melody--Vol. 2, con Dimitri Grechi Espinoza), il contrabbassista Tito Mangialajo Rantzer arriva finalmente al primo lavoro a proprio nome. E lo fa con un lavoro in solitudine, inaugurando l'etichetta Solista Records che ...
IN Trio: Defining Moment
by Dan Bilawsky
The focus of piano-less trio records, right or wrong, is inevitably placed on the inherent freedom of the format. But what of those who simply want to try out said grouping without purposely using it as a springboard to uncertainty and complete openness? Such groups are a rarity, receiving short shrift in the jazz press and ...
Leslie Pintchik: In the Nature of Things
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Leslie Pintchik begins her explorations on her fourth CD with a musical sunrise of soft, shimmering colors that grows into a bright and energetic day. From this appealing opener, “With You in Mind," she instantly distinguishes herself from the legions of jazz composers who confuse “personal expression" with self-indulgent noodling that shows little concern for story ...
Larry Goldings/Peter Bernstein/Bill Stewart: Ramshackle Serenade
by Dan Bilawsky
Few artistic partnerships are as delightfully durable as the trio of organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart. These men have often recorded under the moniker of the “Larry Goldings Trio" over the past two-plus decades, but this has never been a band to favor one player over another. Each man has always ...
Charlie Apicella & Iron City: Big Boss
by Dan Bilawsky
Thank god for groove music. In an era when needless complexity often dominates, it's nice to encounter a throwback record that's built on feel-good rhythms and soulful declarations. That's what Big Boss is all about. Sparks (Carlo, 2009) set things in motion for this band, as guitarist-leader Charlie Apicella planted his flag in ...
Robbie Harvey: Blowin' That Old Tin Can
by Bruce Lindsay
Robbie Harvey is one of the new young breed of straight-ahead, mainstream, jazz players whose emergence over the last decade or so gives lovers of the genre a warm feeling and an optimism for the future. What's more, his instrument of choice is the trombone. Blowin' That Old Tin Can is his debut album as leader--the ...
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