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Brian Hughes: Shakin' Not Stirred
by Dave Hughes
The marketing hype that accompanies the latest release from Canadian guitarist Brian Hughes,Shakin' Not Stirred, attempts to position this CD as "a fond look back at upon the cool jazz and spicy Latin music of the late 60s and early 70s" with a "jazz club atmosphere." Hughes cites Stanley Turrentine'sSalt Songalbum and Freddie Hubbard'sRed ...
Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Ray Haynes, Dave Holland: Like Minds
by Dave Hughes
This recording is simply sheer brilliance. All five players are in the top echelon in their genre. It's not just the individual virtuosity, it's also the group interplay that makes this CD so wondrous. The choice of material (all compositions by Metheny, Corea, or Burton, plus one Gershwin tune) also suits the collective personnel ...
Joe Sample featuring Lalah Hathaway: The Song Lives On
by Dave Hughes
Joe Sample’s latest release, The Song Lives On , is appropriately titled. One of the CD’s finest attributes is the excellent song selection. The Peggy Lee classic "Fever" is tastefully covered here, and Sample’s own "Street Life" is reprised again, but the remainder of the program is new, at least to my ears. Most ...
Al Di Meola: The Infinite Dream
by Dave Hughes
Guitar god Al Di Meola's Telarc debut,The Infinite Desire, may well be the crowning achievement of his career to date. Di Meola has covered a lot of musical ground throught his career, including the fusion of Return To Forever and his first several albums, his acoustic projects, his interpretation of flamenco and Argentinian tango, ...
Elvis Sinatra: East Village Vegas!
by Dave Hughes
Okay, at first glance this seems like it should be cheesy and schmaltzy. But Elvis Sinatra (George Leonard) has a remarkably smooth, rich, right-on-target voice, and the music is anything but schmaltz. It rides on the current popularity of "lounge music," but there's also plenty of jazz, plus cabaret and well-delivered balladry. The music ...
Tom Coster: Ivory Expedition
by Dave Hughes
This CD presents two albums recorded by Tom Coster in 1981 and 1983. These sessions took place just a few years after Coster's six-year stint with Santana. Many hints of the music Coster composed and performed with Santana show through on some songs, such as the ballads "Magical Moments" and "I Give My Heart to You", ...
Ken Navarro: In My Wildest Dreams
by Dave Hughes
Ken Navarro returns with his annual batch of sunny, happy-go-lucky smooth jazz - his eleventh offering on his own Positive Music label. The tunes, all penned by Navarro, all feature catchy, easily accessible, and unfailingly optimistic melodies. Herein lies what is perhaps the disc's primary weakness - it all rides comfortably in the same ...
Lew Soloff: With a Song in My Heart
by Dave Hughes
With a Song in My Heartis a mellow, straight-ahead jazz quartet date. Soloff is full of expressiveness and solo ideas, and his session mates provide understated, sensitive support. Mulgrew Miller turns in some excellent solos, particularly on "I'm a Fool to Want You." The program is a blend of four standards, a couple classical ...
Joe Sherbanee: The Road Ahead
by Dave Hughes
Joe Sherbanee presents a well-rounded portfolio of his talents as a keyboardist, drummer, composer, and producer onThe Road Ahead.Some cuts are rather par-for-the-course for contemporary jazz fare, but others shine with a bit more individualism. The reflective "San Luis" elicits some nice soloing from Jimmy Haslip on bass and Eric Marienthal on soprano. Of ...
David Pritchard: Unassigned Territory
by Dave Hughes
The CD cover labels this "ambient multiple acoustic guitars," and that sums this CD up pretty accurately. The songs on this program feature varying combinations of one to four guitars (always including Pritchard), occasionally adorned with female voice. Since this review appears on a web site that is devoted to jazz, let me state that this ...
