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Soulive: Next
by Craig W. Hurst
Big and chunky, phat and phunky would describe the music on the newest CD Next by the groove based jazz organ quartet Soulive. Two of the more outstanding musical facets that are ubiquitous on this recording are the tightness of the ensemble and the omnipresence of a driving bass line groove. Coupled with the thick sounding ...
Pamela Williams: Evolution
by Craig W. Hurst
The smooth, stylish, sophisticated, meticulously polished, refined and highly produced sounds of that jazzy pop music called smooth jazz are very evident in the newest CD release Evolution by Pamela Williams. As a multi-saxophonist, flautist and vocalist, Williams’ playing is very much in the same vein as that of David Sanborn, Candy Dulfer, Richard ...
John Harrison Trio: Roman Sun
by Craig W. Hurst
Roman Sun is a delightful collection of smartly arranged, and deftly performed tunes selected from jazz standards, and the enduring corpus of the Great American Songbook. An original composition, the CD’s title cut, by leader/pianist John Harrison rounds out the ten selections on the recording. Good consistent time, driving swing, tight ensemble, and the inventive soloing ...
Mark Douthit: Groove
by Craig W. Hurst
Nashville is not only the country music capital of the World, but from evidence provided on Mark Douthit’s newest CD Groove, this center of the recording industry certainly is also home to some incredible studio musicians as well. Douthit and his collaborators, many of them first-call session players who are usually the unknowns on recordings backing ...
Susanne Abbuehl: April
by Craig W. Hurst
The music on Susanne Abbuehl's recent ECM release April draws on diverse musical sources that result in a product that extends beyond that which is usually expected from a recording labeled as jazz. The music of Abbuehl and her fellow musicians at times resembles music more closely akin to an impression of the spare and angular ...
The Pete BarenBregge-Frank Russo Quartet: PF Flyer
by Craig W. Hurst
The CD PF Flyer recorded by the Washington D.C. based Pete BarenBregge - Frank Russo Quartet is a delightfully crafted album with a capital D.C. Adding this recording to your collection won’t disappoint you. The playing on the album represents top notch performing and well-honed musicianship. The 55 minutes and 8 seconds of music on the ...
New Guitar Summit: Retrospective
by Craig W. Hurst
The title of the new CD released by The New Guitar Summit, Retrospective represents the collective and individual work of Boston based jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin, Duke Robillard of Roomful of Blues fame, and the legendary Jay Geils of the 1970’s rock band The J. Geils Band. Although the majority of the cuts on the recording ...
Ted Piltzecker: Standing Alone
by Craig W. Hurst
After listening multiple times to Ted Piltzecker’s newest release Standing Alone, a listener may easily conclude that this CD should be required listening for any aspiring vibraphonist. While Piltzecker’s work should not relegated to merely a pedagogical model of technique, it would however, be impossible to overlook the incredible sound Piltzecker draws from his instrument, his ...
Richie Summa Quartet: Tear It Down
by Craig W. Hurst
If Richie Summa’s goal for his CD Tear It Down is to successfully continue the tradition of great modern jazz guitarists, he certainly accomplishes that goal. In addition to affirming his roots in the performance of two Wes Montgomery tunes, the title track, “Tear It Down,” and Montgomery’s “Road Song,” Summa also performs an original composition ...
Yehudit: Valentine
by Craig W. Hurst
Forrest Gump said in the film of the same name that life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to get. The newest CD by jazz violinist Yehudit, Valentine, provides the listener with exactly what one would expect--a heart shaped box of bon bons of familiar musical standards devoted to ...
