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Caribbean Jazz Project: Island Stories
by Dave Hughes
Paquito D'Rivera on soprano and alto saxophones and clarinet, longtime Spyro Gyra contributor Dave Samuels on vibes and marimba, and steel pan master Andy Narell. Each of these players are leaders in their own right, with impressive discographies of solo and group work, but when they come together in this band, magic happens. While Cuban ex-patriate ...
Blues Brothers and Friends: Live from Chicago's House of Blues
by Dave Hughes
Imagination. This is the Blues. And it's the real deal this time around.Everyone remembers the John Belushi-Dan Aykroyd act from 1978-81. It sold well, spawned a pretty decent movie, and was the party music of choice in college frats across the country. And while Belushi and Aykroyd did possess a reasonable amount of talent ...
Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Native Sense: The New Duets
by Dave Hughes
recorded acoustic duet albums three times in the past, in 1972, 1978, and 1979, on the German ECM label. Now, nearly twenty years later and once again recording for the same label (Corea's Stretch Records), they're together again. It's wonderful to hear that, despite the many different paths they have travelled on their respective musical journeys, ...
Eliane Elias: The Three Americas
by Dave Hughes
that combine the best of her native music with the American straight-ahead jazz tradition, usually utilizing the standard acoustic piano trio format. Her previous CD, “Solos and Duets," found her improvising eloquently by herself and holding her own with piano legend Herbie Hancock. This time, she has expanded her format, both in terms of performing with ...
Manhattan Transfer: Swing
by Dave Hughes
time in my humble opinion) conquers another musical genre, I ask myself in between all the repeated listenings what musical territory they possibly have left to cover? They've already mastered doo-wop, pop music from several decades, jazz vocalese, Brasilian, and Christmas music, among others. In this case, they reach deep into the nostalgia bag - to ...
Kenny Rankin: Here in My Heart
by Dave Hughes
It seems like every jazz artist (and even some pseudo-jazz artists) is destined to record at least one Brasilian music album during their career. Here's singer/songwriter Kenny Rankin's entry into this well-trodden field. Everything about this disc looks like it should be great. There's a remarkable cast of players from both Americas. From Brasil, we have ...
Lee Ritenour: Alive in L.A.
by Dave Hughes
This is the last album Lee Ritenour had left on his contract with GRP. He's already founded a new label, i.e. Music, on which has already appeared the all-star recording A Twist of Jobim, which was really a Lee Ritenour album except in name. What easier way to fulfill the rest of your contract than to ...
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: Beyond the Missouri Sky
by Dave Hughes
Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny, both Missouri natives and best friends, join forces for a mostly acoustic duet album. All of the tunes were recorded as duets for acoustic bass and guitar, and on roughly half of the tunes, Metheny overdubbed some “orchestral" backgrounds on synclavier or an additional acoustic guitar part. But these additions simply ...
Spyro Gyra: 20/20
by Dave Hughes
This is Spyro Gyra's twentieth album in twenty years. Prior to listening to this album, I decided to listen to all of their previous albums in sequence. This enjoyable experience really impressed upon me how consistently excellent this band has been throughout its life. Some personnel have changed (only saxophonist / leader Jay Beckenstein and keyboard ...
Steve Turre: Steve Turre
by Dave Hughes
While I am a trombonist, and I have read numerous times in the jazz press that Steve Turre is an excellent trombonist, for some reason this is the first album of his that I have bought. The first impression I got of this album was that it was different -- in a very good way. The ...
