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Blowing Smoke
Album: Six of One
By David Berkman
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 06:15
The Sounds of Saxophones
by Jerome Wilson
The saxophone continues to be one of the cornerstone instruments of jazz. Here are three recent recordings that demonstrate different approaches to the use of saxophones in the music. Jordan Pettay First Fruit Outside In Music 2019 Jordan Pettay is a young Julliard graduate who makes her ...
New York Standards Quartet: Heaven Steps To Seven
by Roger Farbey
The three constant principals in this remarkable quartet are joined for this album by NY-resident Ugonna Okegwo on double bass. The quartet has been in existence for over a decade now and their first album was recorded in 2007 and released in 2008. The punningly titled Heaven Steps To Seven is the quartet's seventh album to ...
Ed Neumeister & His NeuHat Ensemble: Wake Up Call
by Jack Bowers
If you are one of those restless wanderers who is searching high and low for easy listening, look elsewhere. If, on the other hand, you are drawn to music that is more or less off the beaten path and challenges your mind and spirit, composer / arranger / trombonist Ed Neumeister's new album may well serve ...
Bob Wijnen: NYC Unforeseen
by Dan Bilawsky
The first minute of Dutch pianist Bob Wijnen's debut album is very telling, but not because of what he does. Rather, it's what Wijnen doesn't do that sets these opening moments apart: Instead of announcing his arrival by hitting on all cylinders and showcasing himself, he hands this prime piece of real estate to drummer Billy ...
The New York Standards Quartet Celebrates Ten Years Of Touring & Recording With New CD "Power Of 10"
The New York Standards Quartet Celebrates Ten Years of Touring & Recording With New CD Power Of 10 Feat. Tim Armacost (saxophones), David Berkman (piano), Michael Janisch (double bass), Gene Jackson (drums) Available on Whirlwind Recordings March 18, 2016 (US & Japan) (December 4, 2015 in Europe) CD Release Celebration: April 28 @ Smalls, NYC NYSQ ...
Old Friends And New Friends
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Tribute; No Blues No Really No Blues; Past Progressive; Deep High Wide Sky; Strange
Attractions Then Birds; No Blues No Really No Blues (Trio Version); West 180th Street;
Up Jumped Ming.
Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2015
by Dan Bilawsky
A theme for this year's list? How about “Jazz Unbound?" I initially planned on placing my picks into different categories, as I've often done in the past. But I thought better of it. The releases that caught my ear in 2015 cover the entire spectrum of possibility--winning straight-ahead outings, audacious affairs, dynamic debuts, intimate encounters, stellar ...
David Berkman: Old Friends and New Friends
by Vincenzo Roggero
I vecchi e i nuovi amici sono quelli che il pianista e compositore David Berkman riunisce in studio di registrazione per dar vita al nuovo album intitolato per l'appunto Old Friends and New Friends. Ma il riferimento è anche alla Palmetto Records etichetta con la quale Berkman debuttò nel lontano 1998, collaborò fino al 2004 prima ...
David Berkman: Old Friends And New Friends
by Budd Kopman
With Old Friends and New Friends, pianist/composer David Berkman reunites with the Palmetto label, as well as Matt Balitsaris, who both founded the label and was the recording engineer. Berkman nostalgically describes the process of making the earlier recordings as a group undertaking where disparate personalties are melded into a whole to produce a distinct sound. ...
