Home » Search Center » Results: First Orbit Sounds

Results for "First Orbit Sounds"

Article: Album Review

Hristo Vitchev Quartet: In Search of Wonders

Read "In Search of Wonders" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 28, 2016

Marking his seventh project as a leader, internationally-renowned impressionistic guitarist Hristo Vitchev presents In Search of Wonders, his first double album of original world-tinged modern jazz delivered in the same creatively unique style this guitarist, is known for. One thing remains the same, the music is intellectual, soul-searching, harmonically-rich and thoroughly enchanting. With a double album ...

Article: Album Review

Hristo Vitchev Quartet: In Search of Wonders

Read "In Search of Wonders" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
January 27, 2016

With six previous albums already to his name, guitarist Hristo Vitchev has now released a double album of his own compositions, benefitting from the inclusion of three exceptionally talented musicians constituting his quartet. Vitchev's dextrously lithe playing is evident from the start on the (initially) pastoral opener “The Transitory Nature," recalling the styles and fluidity of ...

Article: Album Review

Hristo Vitchev Quartet: In Search of Wonders

Read "In Search of Wonders" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 18, 2016

Only in his mid-thirties, Hristo Vitchev has led or co-led eight releases; three previous albums with the core of this quartet. With each outing representing a creative and additive progression that should rightfully place him in the class of guitarist/composers that span skill sets from Jim Hall to Pat Metheny, Vitchev is overdue in finding a ...

Album

Pictures from a Train Window

By Errol Rackipov

Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2015
Track listing: Mad Djore; Far Away from Here, A Long Time Ago; Jumble; Dill Man; Folk Dance; Pictures from a Train Window; The Other (Wrong) Way; Once a Mother Had a Child.

Album

After You

By Mason Razavi

Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2015
Track listing: Joy Spring; Escaping The Inevitable; A Daughter Is A Gift To The World; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Will You?; Mixed Memories; Through The Fog; Yesterday.

Article: Album Review

Mason Razavi/Bennett Roth-Newell: After You

Read "After You" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 21, 2015

While guitarist Mason Razavi and pianist Bennett Roth-Newell have had plenty of opportunities to connect musically in Razavi's Quartet, his expanded Quartet Plus, and elsewhere, this marks the first time that this pair has pared things down to record as a duo. Over the course of eight songs--five originals, two jazz standards, and ...

Article: Album Review

Errol Rackipov Group: Pictures from a Train Window

Read "Pictures from a Train Window" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 28, 2015

Composer and educator Errol Rackipov--who currently teaches at several South Florida Universities including Florida International University, Florida Memorial and Broward College--is a master of the vibraphone and marimba where as the leader on Pictures from a Train Window, ably displays his talents in providing a distinct modern/fusion sound where jazz is but one element in a ...

Article: Album Review

Errol Rackipov Group: Pictures From A Train Window

Read "Pictures From A Train Window" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
March 25, 2015

There's a lot going on here: all manner of different musical influences and moods. Errol Rackipov (vibes and marimba), hails originally from Bulgaria. In his sleeve note, he likens life to a train ride on which we glimpse reflections of our past, present and future out of the window. The wistful, yet driving ...

Article: Album Review

Errol Rackipov Group: Pictures from a Train Window

Read "Pictures from a Train Window" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 11, 2015

It used to be that the name of guitar alchemist Hristo Vitchev on a recording meant a breezy, ethereal affair crammed full of complex melodies dancing over creative, if often implied, harmonies. Not so on percussionist Errol Rackipov's Pictures from a Train Window. While Vitchev's presence is great, Rackipov composed the majority of the pieces and ...

Album

Keepin' It Going

By Ken Husbands

Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2014
Track listing: East Coast Groupings; Lucky Seven; Keepin' It Going; Goodbye Eddie; Almost Eleven; But I Don't.