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Joel Harrison: Urban Myths
by Donald Elfman
A key element in Joel Harrison's history is what he calls the “electric jazz" of the '70s. So this smart and inventive guitarist offers his own reconsideration of the music championed nearly 40 years ago. This is powerfully intense music but also has a sense of play that keeps its ingredients engaging. The ...
Rebecca Kilgore / Dave Frishberg: Why Fight the Feeling?
by Donald Elfman
Pianist Dave Frishberg describes Frank Loesser as his hero, succinctly describing the importance of Loesser to songwriters everywhere. Loesser could have no better champions than vocalist Rebecca Kilgore and Frishberg. They make the art of interpreting song seem natural and easy, despite the fact it's truly a craft to get to the heart of a great ...
Lisa Sokolov: A Quiet Thing
by Donald Elfman
No song is a simple thing in Lisa Sokolov's hands, for she delves into the magical possibilities of the voice and the beauty and mystery of words. Her third album, A Quiet Thing, extends the power of her earlier recordings, continuing her progression towards the majestic and ecstatic “silence" of the universe. She bills her new ...
Posi-Tone Records
by Donald Elfman
Posi-Tone Records is an extraordinary anomaly in these times, an independent, thriving jazz label that continues to find new and established musicians and works continually to improve each aspect of production to release a final product of superior quality. As the market has changed the company has sought and accepted new ways to do business that ...
Kendra Shank Quartet: Mosaic
by Donald Elfman
Kendra Shank is a complete vocalist--an appealing and intelligent interpreter of known and unknown material, a startlingly inventive improviser and the possessor of a rich, darkish voice that draws in the listener with feelings both familiar and brand new. Mosaic is a beautiful collection of tunes from favorite composers--some her friends, others her inspirations, all now ...
Globe Unity: Israel
by Donald Elfman
Albert BegerBig MotherEarsay2008 Yitzhak Yedid Oud Bass Piano TrioSuite in Five MovementsBetween the Lines2008 JC JonesReCompKadima Collective2008 Israeli musicians are now playing ...
Piano Three-Fer: Michael Wolff, Steve Blanco & Landon Knoblock
by Donald Elfman
Michael WolffJoe's StrutWrong2008 Steve BlancoPiano WarriorArt of Life2009 Landon KnoblockThe Heartbeat, The BreathCAMJazz2009 The keyboard remains, here in the new century, a ...
Chico Hamilton: Joyous Shout
by Donald Elfman
When Chico Hamilton was a boy growing up in Los Angeles, the film studios used to send trucks out to pick up the little African-American children to play natives in their Tarzan movies. “It was work, after all, and we got paid for it," says the drummer, now 87 years of age. “And what you learned ...
Pirouet Records
by Donald Elfman
The compilation disc from Pirouet Records is entitled The Best is Yet To Come. That's a startling approach to a collection of music in 2009 because it celebrates both the wonderful music since the label's founding but also confidently asserts that the label will survive. To hear a jazz label at this stage of the game ...
Organ Triple: Organ-X, Unitrio & Brian Charette
by Donald Elfman
Organ-X Plus Altrisuoni 2008 Unitrio Page 1 Altrisuoni 2008 Brian Charette Missing Floor self-published 2008 The organ remains an ...
