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Joris Teepe: We Take No Prisoners
by Ken Dryden
A native of The Netherlands, bassist Joris Teepe has long since established himself as a jazzperformer and educator in New England, though he does return to his homeland to teach and perform on occasion while most of his recordings have been for European labels. Teepe's big band evolved from music he was commissioned to write for ...
Edgar Van Asselt Quartet and Quintet: A Smooth Journey
by Elliott Simon
Pianist Edgar van Asselt teams his fine trio with tenor saxophonist David Schnitter and trumpet player Nico Schepers for A Smooth Journey, an album that both swings hard and lovingly embraces. Schnitter is perhaps best known for his stint with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the '70s and as a hard bopper who can carry a ...
David Berkman: Live at Smoke
by Ken Dryden
David Berkman is one of many seasoned pianists with an extensive discography who deserves wider recognition from the jazz public, though he has achieved it with his fellow musicians. Berkman has lived in New York since 1985 and has long played Smoke (as well as earlier incarnation Augie's). Since he appreciates its audiences, attentive owners and ...
David Berkman Quartet: Live at Smoke
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono i migliori momenti scelti da cinque set registrati nell'estate 2006, allo Smoke Club di New York, a comporre il materiale di questo Live at Smoke del David Berkman Quartet. Nelle note di copertina è lo stesso pianista a descrivere la sua passione per i jazz-club come lo Smoke: luoghi magici, dove la musica prende corpo ...
Kendra Shank Quartet: Mosaic
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono passati 17 anni dall'esordio, Afterglow, e un paio dal capolavoro A Spirit Free: Abbey Lincoln Songbook. Nel mezzo non una produzione prolifica (solo tre dischi), ma particolarmente attenta ai dettagli e a non inflazionare un mercato, quello del repertorio in chiave jazz, forse fin troppo affollato. La voce di Kendra Shank è cresciuta e con ...
Kendra Shank Quartet: Mosaic
by Donald Elfman
Kendra Shank is a complete vocalist--an appealing and intelligent interpreter of known and unknown material, a startlingly inventive improviser and the possessor of a rich, darkish voice that draws in the listener with feelings both familiar and brand new. Mosaic is a beautiful collection of tunes from favorite composers--some her friends, others her inspirations, all now ...
Kendra Shank: Mosaic
by J Hunter
The beginning of Kendra Shank's new disc Mosaic doesn't bode well, as it opens with a song specifically sculpted for radio airplay. The track--a very beautiful, very faithful rendition of “So Far Away," Carole King's second-best ballad--would be equally at home on either Smooth Jazz radio or Adult Contemporary outfits looking to sound hip. The good ...
Dave Pietro: The Chakra Suite
by Elliott Simon
Alto saxophonist Dave Pietro is a heck of a bop player who, with his recent projects, has integrated world music and culture into his oeuvre. The Chakra Suite is a concept album that uses the seven bodily energy centers, or chakras, that are central to Indian medicine, as an organizational framework. These move in ascending order ...
Fay Claassen: Red Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole Porter
by Ken Dryden
With a virtual flood of female jazz vocalists seemingly appearing every year, it is a challenge to separate the wheat from the chaff. But anyway you slice it, Fay Claassen, one of European jazz's top singers, makes the cut. Graduating from the Conservatory of The Hague in 1997, she had a host of great teachers, including ...
Salt 'n Pepper!
By Martin Wind
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Dream; Bright Mississippi; Remember October 13th; Turn Out the Stars; The Cruise Blues; 10 Minute Song; Mr. Friesen; Big Al; Early Morning Blues; Come Sunday.
