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Chick Corea & Origin: Change
by David Adler
If you dig Chick Corea but haven’t yet heard Origin, run — don’t walk — and pick up this record. And pick up their debut record from last year while you’re at it. It’s the most exciting stuff Chick has done in years. His bandmates in Origin are primarily young, up-and-coming, straight-ahead jazz musicians. And that’s ...
Scott Hamilton: Blues, Bop & Ballads
by Ed Kopp
It's been 22 years since a sax prodigy named Scott Hamilton set the jazz world on its ear simply by favoring pure swing over post-bop and fusion. Now in his mid-forties, the talented tenor saxman remains true to his Muse. Blues, Bop and Ballads delivers everything its title promises, and stylishly.This album swings with ...
Ray Vega: Boperation
by Ed Kopp
On Boperation, trumpeter Ray Vega infuses 12 classic bop tunes with a Latin-jazz spin. All of these tunes were made famous by Vega's trumpet heroes, and his new renditions are terrifically rhythmic.Lead trumpeter in Tito Puente's band for the past six years, the 38-year-old Vega has also worked with Paul Simon, Mongo Santamaria, and ...
Ray Vega: Boperation
by Douglas Payne
Before Boperation, trumpeter Ray Vega's second Concord Picante disc as a leader, I knew nothing about the man or his music. But my inattention or inappropriate disregard shifted dramatically within the first few notes of this disc. Even if you've known all along about Ray's previous self-titled disc - or his higher profile work with Tito ...
Ken Peplowski: Last Swing of the Century: Big Band Music of Benny Goodman
by Ed Kopp
Always a meticulous interpreter of traditional swing styles, clarinetist Ken Peplowski pays respectful tribute to the Benny Goodman big band on Last Swing of the Century.Peplowski played tenor sax in Goodman's last orchestra and admired The King of Swing both professionally and personally, so it's fitting that he should honor the great clarinetist on ...
Gene Harris: Down Home Blues & The Best Of The Three Sounds
by Ed Kopp
Gene Harris is one of my all-time favorite jazz pianists. A founding father of the early soul-jazz movement, Harris plays with the elegance of Oscar Peterson, the funkiness of Horace Silver, and the bluesy feel of an old boogie-woogie master. Critics haven't always taken to Harris, mainly because his music is so damn accessible. But to ...
Stanley Turrentine: Do You Have Any Sugar?
by John Sharpe
Sixty-five-year-old tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine has always been among the leaders in the soul-jazz genre. His readily identifiable sound graced some fine sessions for Blue Note during the 60s and a series of albums for the CTI label in the 70s had strong crossover appeal. Do You Have Any Sugar? contains some fine bluesy grooves (Keep ...
Chick Corea and Origin: Change
by Jack Bowers
Chick Corea, who lost me somewhere between akoustic and elektric, has been gently coaxing me back into his orbit with a hard–blowing new sextet, Origin, and Change is, from this observer’s vantage point, the group’s most persuasive outing to date. Chick evidently put a lot of thought into this studio session, varying color, tempo, mood and ...
Stanley Turrentine: Do You Have Any Sugar?
by Ed Kopp
Tenor saxman Stanley Turrentine is the rare artist who's equally comfortable playing pop-jazz and straight-ahead jazz. While most of his albums have stuck with one style or the other, Do You Have Any Sugar? bounces successfully between both genres.Pianist Kei Akagi shines on the more mainstream tunes, while singer Niki Harris (daughter of pianist ...
Dave Weckl Band: Synergy
by Ed Kopp
Explosive drummer Dave Weckl leads a talented ensemble that sounds a bit like his old group, the Chick Corea Elektric Band, minus the venerable Mr. Corea. This second release from the Weckl Band is an energetic mix of improvised fusion and pop-jazz.Spunkier than Spyro Gyra and more rock-oriented than the Yellowjackets, the Weckl Band ...
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