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Down to the Bone: Future Boogie
by Jeff Winbush
The problem with Down to the Bone's Future Boogie is this: what the band is doing in the present, they've done better in the past.Two years ago, Down to the Bone (DTTB) celebrated their first decade of bringing the funk with a terrific studio album, Supercharged (Narada/2007), and a well-assembled compilation, The Best of ...
The Sax Pack: The Pack Is Back!
by Jeff Winbush
If The Pack is Back is a slight improvement over the 2008 debut from The Sax Pack “supergroup" of Kim Waters, Jeff Kashiwa and Steve Cole, it's because they sound more comfortable playing together, trimmed of frills and excesses that made the first album a sloppy affair.However, don't think this is a dramatic departure ...
Barbra Streisand: Love Is The Answer
by Jeff Winbush
On paper it must have seemed like a stroke of genius. Pair Barbra Streisand, the most successful vocalist in the world with Diana Krall, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful jazz stylist, turn them loose in the studio with selections from the Great American Songbook and wait for the magic.Unfortunately, there's no magic and ...
Peter White: Good Day
by Jeff Winbush
Peter White is a proficient guitarist whose albums are clean in sound and pristine in the production. It's probably not possible to even smudge the CD with a greasy fingerprint. There's so much order and control in this effort that it begs the question: does White occasionally hire out someone to sneak into his house to ...
Jessy J: True Love
by Jeff Winbush
If half of life is just showing up and the other half is timing, then Jessica Spinella's timing is right on time. Smooth jazz is filled to the brim with saxophonists and while most of them are technically proficient, the sheer volume makes it difficult for a newcomer to stand out. Spinella, aka Jessy J brings ...
Najee: Mind Over Matter
by Jeff Winbush
A fixture on smooth jazz radio since his debut album Najee's Theme (EMI, 1986), at this point in his career Najee is more consistent than innovative. He's a worthy inheritor of the title Grover Washington Jr., held as master saxophonist of the genre but, with a few rare exceptions such as Songs From the Key of ...
Masuo: Life Is Good
by Jeff Winbush
Japanese-born/New York-based Yoshiaki Masuo is a professional and accomplished guitarist. He is not a particularly accomplished vocalist, but still chooses to sing on six of Life is Good's eleven tracks. Therein lies the potential pitfall of a self-produced album such as this. There's nobody behind the controls to suggest to Masuo that it might be better ...
Hiroshima: Legacy
by Jeff Winbush
For a band as long-lived as Hiroshima--and one that has enjoyed as extensive a recording career--the gap in its career is the lack of a proper retrospective of 30 years in the music industry.Legacy represents both a celebration of Hiroshima's first decade and something of a compromise. Over 11 tracks the group revisits some ...
Alexander Zonjic: Doin' the D
by Jeff Winbush
Last year it had the highest murder rate in America. The mayor resigned in disgrace following a sex scandal and went to prison. Its football team won all its games in the preseason and went on to lose every game in the regular season. That's how things went for the city of Detroit last year and ...
Bob Baldwin: NewUrbanJazz.com
by Jeff Winbush
NewUrbanJazz.com isn't just a clever album title, it's a web address and marketing tool where keyboardist Bob Baldwin streams jazz online for listeners looking for their contemporary jazz fix. Baldwin's site joins other Internet sites and satellite radio as replacements for terrestrial radio stations in San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia and other cities that have abandoned ...
