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Mace Hibbard: When Last We Met
by Edward Blanco
When Last We Met is sure to make more than a ripple in the jazz world. Atlanta-based multi-instrumentalist and reed man Mace Hibbard is an educator and versatile musician who not only plays a passionate alto saxophone but also manifests ample talents and expressive voicing on soprano and tenor. A blues-based bebop player, Hibbard departs from ...
The Young Brothers: Tales of Time
by Edward Blanco
One of the most exciting new albums I've had the pleasure of listening to, Tales of Time is a dynamic set of contemporary jazz that features new and fresh interpretations of time-honored standards, tastefully infused with new originals, resulting in one nice package of musical delights. The Young Brothers, pianist and composer Tim Young and drummer, ...
Osland Saxophone Quartet: Commission: Impossible
by Edward Blanco
The saxophone is probably the one musical instrument that we most associate with this thing we call jazz, yet it is perhaps the last instrument that comes to mind when we think of classical music. The Osland Saxophone Quartet bridges the gap between those genres, playing a repertoire of rich classical jazz in groupings of suites ...
Phil Kelly & The Santa Ana Winds: My Museum
by Edward Blanco
Ever so often one comes across an album that sparkles all over, leaving quite an impression, and such is the case with this recording led by composer/arranger Phil Kelly. My Museum is a cleverly crafted album of sensational big band charts, featuring five original compositions wrapped around several classic jazz standards, making for a muscular performance ...
Cle Thompson: Tis the Season
by Edward Blanco
With Thanksgiving soon approaching and Christmas not far behind, the holiday season is just around the corner--and with it, the traditional holiday music that we're all accustomed to hearing this time of the year. To help celebrate this Christmas, North Carolina vocalist Cle Thompson has made Tis the Season, one of the most beautiful jazzy Christmas ...
Warren Vache and the Scottish Ensemble: Don't Look Back
by Edward Blanco
A veteran trumpeter with an extensive resume that includes stage, radio and television performances, Warren Vaché filled a void in his three-decade career with the recoding of Don't Look Back. Having once stated that “Everybody really serious about jazz music dreams of making a recording with a string ensemble, Vaché accomplishes this long-held desire by joining ...
The Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra: Clairvoyance
by Edward Blanco
Ayn Inserto is a young, beautiful and very talented composer who has just made a dramatic entrance into the world of big band jazz, offering a new voice on this debut album. Her music is new and unconventional, striking a different chord than what one usually expects from a big band project. Inserto assembled her sixteen-piece ...
Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band: From The Heart
by Edward Blanco
One of the premier exponents of Latin jazz, the Cuban-born, Toronto-based pianist extraordinaire Hilario Duran realizes a lifelong dream by making his first big band recording, which came, as the title implies, truly From The Heart. Joined by two other jazz greats from the island, celebrated saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera and drummer Horacio “El Negro Hernandez, Duran's ...
The New South Florida Jazz Orchestra With Kevin Mahogany at the Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club
by Edward Blanco
South Florida Jazz Orchestra Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach October 4th, 2006In June of this year renowned bassist and composer, Chuck Bergeron gathered a select group of top-notch Miami-based musicians and formed the first professional jazz rehearsal big band in the Greater Miami/South Florida area. ...
Bobby Matos And The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble: Acknowledgement
by Edward Blanco
A veteran percussionist and pioneer of the Latin jazz genre since the early sixties, Bobby Matos has created an excellent fusion of Latin and Afro-jazz music on Acknowledgement. Matos records ten original hot and heavy, hip-moving compositions with his Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble and pays tribute to the legendary John Coltrane with Afro-Latin arrangements of three ...
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