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Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan: The Sequel
by Jack Bowers
Mulgrew Miller, one of the best-known and busiest pianists in Jazz, goes back to his roots on The Sequel, which reunites him with Wingspan, the quintet he formed more than fifteen years ago, for his first recording as a leader in seven years (during which time he appeared as a sideman on more than two hundred ...
Christian Buckholz / Jay Corre / Eddie DiMatteo: The Missing Chair -- For Lennie Tristano
by Jack Bowers
Drummer Christian Buckholz, who developed the idea for this album and produced it, was a close friend and student of the late pianist Lennie Tristano. He (almost) played in Lennie’s trio back in the ’60s (but that’s another story). The “missing chair,” of course, is Tristano’s, which means this unpretentious, bop-based session lacks a piano but ...
The Tom Ferguson Trio: Say When
by Jack Bowers
Piano trio Jazz as it should be played, with intelligence and brio, by Tom Ferguson and his empathetic teammates, bassist Tom Warrington and drummer Steve Houghton. For Ferguson, known primarily as an accompanist and educator, the debut is as long overdue as it is welcome, and we can thank TNC Records for coaxing the sixty (or ...
Sarah Brooks: What Is My Heart For
by Jack Bowers
First the positives: on a scale of one to ten, Sarah Brooks is well above mid–range, a fine singer with a pleasing contralto voice, ample power, precise intonation and suitable articulation, and she receives admirable support on What Is My Heart For from guitarist Joe Beck and percussionist Woodrow Williams. On the downside, this is a ...
The Shapiro Project: True Colors
by Jack Bowers
The Shapiro Project is a quartet formed two years ago by grad students at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas who were pursuing degrees in Jazz Studies. Guitarist Eugene Shapiro, the group’s composer / arranger, serves as nominal leader with Rusty Blevins on tenor and soprano saxophones, Kevin Thomas on bass and a second Shapiro, younger brother ...
The Jonas Knutsson Quartet: Fly Away
by Jack Bowers
Lovely and persuasive chamber Jazz that’s not without its hot–blooded moments performed by a quartet of accomplished young Swedish musicians led by thirty–seven–year old saxophonist Jonas Knutsson. Except for Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy” (coupled with “On the Lee Side”), everything was written by Knutsson, and the music draws its inspiration from sources as disparate as ...
The Jazz Doctors: Swede
by Jack Bowers
Happy–time music from the trad Jazz book (with some modern touches), enthusiastically performed by a septet of Swedes who seem to know precisely what the doctor ordered. One of the nicest aspects of the album is that the songs the Jazz Doctors play aren’t the same ones we’re so used to hearing from such groups, the ...
The Dave Holland Big Band: What Goes Around
by Jack Bowers
I've never been overly impressed by popularity contests, and as British-bred bassist Dave Holland swept the field in this year's Down Beat magazine critics' poll, I was thoroughly prepared not to like What Goes Around by Holland's thirteen-piece big band. Surprise! The album is far better than expected; in fact, I'd go so far as to ...
Ib Glindemann: 50 Years on Stage
by Jack Bowers
This handsome two–disc set celebrates the long and distinguished career of Danish bandleader / composer Ib Glindemann who formed his first band while studying at the Royal Danish Conservatory and has been one of his country’s most eminent maestros ever since. Disc 1, recorded in concert at the Esbjerg Koncerthus in December ’01 with Glindemann’s present ...
The Tom Kubis Big Band: A Jazz Musician's Christmas
by Jack Bowers
A Jazz Musician’s Christmas is a reissue on Sea Breeze of (much of) two earlier albums by the Tom Kubis Big Band, It’s Not Just for Christmas Anymore! and You Just Can’t Have Enough Christmas. Those who may have overlooked one or both of them are sure to appreciate the reissue, which is guaranteed to put ...
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