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Antonio Sanchez: Migration
by Elliott Simon
Few young musicians have enough juice to attract both pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Pat Metheny to their debut release. Drummer Antonio Sanchez shows how with extraordinary artistry combined with exceptional technique on Migration. Saxophonists Chris Potter and David Sanchez can unquestionably blow bop and, along with bassist Scott Colley, they supply the necessary musicianship and ...
Joan Stiles: Hurly-Burly
by Elliott Simon
Back with her own unique take on the piano's place in jazz, the aptly named Joan “mistress of many Stiles presents a session with myriad influences in a variety of formats with her sophomore effort, Hurly-Burly. Her first release, Love Call (ZoHo, 2004), was a breath of fresh air that more than hinted at clever arranging ...
Ho-lus Bo-lus: Altogether...All at Once
by Elliott Simon
Baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton's quintet Holus-Bolus, boasting two drummers and an upright bass in addition to alto/soprano saxophonist Jeremy Udden, certainly does not lack a solid instrumental bottom. Brooklyn-based, the members also share a lineage that connects to the stellar jazz program at Boston's New England Conservatory with an umbilicus to soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. Both ...
Roberto Gatto: Traps
by Elliott Simon
Drummer Roberto Gatto's quartet pleasingly ensnares a range of contrasting musical quarry without falling into the Traps of pretense and mimicry. Within his strong framework of compositional eloquence and musical economy, Gatto draws on Monk, Latin, Kurt Weill and assorted other influences for a relaxing yet highly expressive program. Gatto is a stalwart in an Italian ...
Yale Strom: Trailblazing with Tradition
by Elliott Simon
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi Borsht With Bread Brothers Arc Music 2007 Dveykes Dveykes Global Village 2006 Over the past several decades, violinist Yale Strom has released a flood of CDs, films and books ...
Tucksy: Tucksy - The EP
by Elliott Simon
Vibraphonist Dan McCarthy's Tucksy--The EP has him hooking up with a kindred spirit in the personage of banjo player Tuey Connell with extremely satisfying results. Both Connell and McCarthy are wont to take their instruments into somewhat uncharted places: McCarthy's recent Interwords (Independent, 2006) highlighted his gorgeous sonoric clarity in the context of a potpourri of ...
Happy Chanukah 2007
by Elliott Simon
Metropolitan Klezmer Travelling Show Rhythm Media Records 2007 Red Hot Chachkas Spice it Up! Self Published 2007 Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble Chanukah is Freylekh! Self Published 2007 ...
Belles of the B3: Scott, Tsuruga & Dennerlein
by Elliott Simon
Rhoda Scott From C to Shining C Doodlin' Records 2006 Akiko Tsuruga Sweet and Funky 18th and Vine 2007 Barbara Dennerlein Change of Pace Bebab Records ...
David Haney: Blues Royale and Ota Benga of the Batwa
by Elliott Simon
David Haney Trio Blues Royale CIMP 2007 David Haney & Julian Priester Ota Benga of the Batwa CIMP 2007 Pianist David Haney first came to the attention of the ...
Pablo Ziegler: Buenos Aires Report & Tango & All That Jazz
by Elliott Simon
Pablo Ziegler-Quique Sinesi with Walter Castro Buenos Aires Report Zoho Music 2007Pablo Ziegler Quartet Tango & All That Jazz Kind of Blue 2007 Predating jazz ...
