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Stanton Moore Trio: Emphasis! (On Parenthesis)
by Jeff Winbush
When New Orleans native son Stanton Moore settles down behind his drum kit, what's sure to follow is enough electrifying energy and raw power to rebuild The Crescent City all by its own bad self.Moore's rocking and rolling drums are pushed upfront in the mix, but they don't drown out Will Bernard's guitar and ...
Jeff Kashiwa / Kim Waters / Steve Cole: The Sax Pack
by Jeff Winbush
"The Sax Pack," huh? Wonder how long it took to dream up that name?As soon as you see who The Sax Pack is you're either interested or you're not. Between Kim Waters, Jeff Kashiwa and Steve Cole, you have three guys who have been staples of smooth jazz radio for years. They're all seasoned ...
John Basile: Time Will Reveal
by Jeff Winbush
Set aside, for a moment, the classic venues like the Montreux Jazz Festival and to truly appreciate jazz you have to understand it's not a form of music that was ever intended to be heard in the great outdoors and in football stadiums. To truly groove on jazz it should be listened to indoors. Preferably, in ...
Everette Harp: My Inspiration
by Jeff Winbush
Where does inspiration come from? For some musicians they find it in joy and others in pain. Everette Harp's My Inspiration is a tribute to his father, who passed away in February 2007.Harp knows when to step up and lead the show and when to lay back and let his fellow players stretch out ...
Candy Dulfer: Candy Store
by Jeff Winbush
This is what it sounds like when an artist dabbles in a variety of styles on an album and doesn't really commit to any one of them.Candy Dulfer has nothing to prove to anyone, especially any stuffy old jazz critics. She's blonde, hot, and knows her chops on the alto saxophone like a butcher ...
Bob James: Angels of Shanghai
by Jeff Winbush
Albums by Bob James come in two flavors. One is polished, professional and predominantly safe smooth jazz featured on most of solo output and all of his collaborations with the “supergroup," Fourplay. This is where James has established his reputation as one of the more reliably radio-friendly musicians in the business.The other ...
Najee: Rising Sun
by Jeff Winbush
After over twenty years in the business, Najee is what Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction would call “cool." You never get the sense that Najee is sweating it trying to come up with the right riff. He's just too cool to sweat.Which doesn't mean to suggest that Najee is putting it on cruise control. ...
Down to the Bone: Supercharged
by Jeff Winbush
The premise of Supercharged, the seventh album by Down to the Bone, is a simple one. It only asks the listener one question: “Do you wanna get down? For those that answer with an affirmative “Good God, yes" this is your reward.This is bobbing your head, wiggle your butt in your seat ...
Nils: Ready to Play
by Jeff Winbush
The two predominant instruments in the smooth jazz genre are alto saxophones and electric guitars. There's a lot of competition out there and if you're going to stand out from the crowd, you had better have something to say and say it in a way that while familiar, is still original.By that yardstick Nils ...
Jane Monheit: Surrender Brings Victory
by Jeff Winbush
When an artist breaks through and achieves the chart-topping success that Jane Monheit has with Surrender (Concord, 2007), it's easy to make the assumption that it came as a result of radio airplay, an aggressive publicity campaign and a big dose of good luck. What's forgotten is how many one-night stands in half-filled clubs you have ...
