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Mike LeDonne: The Heavy Hitters
by Mike Jurkovic
Homing in on the electric, ancestral vibe of Rudy Van Gelder's house of musical myth and magic in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the Heavy Hitters, spearheaded by journeyman pianist Mike LeDonne and well-traveled saxophonist, Eric Alexander, approach this eponymous debut with a ballsy, brassy, big sounding blueprint which carries through the entire recording. In ...
Mike LeDonne: The Heavy Hitters
by Pierre Giroux
There was a period back in the middle years of the 20th Century and beyond when All-Star Groups were quite common, including the Buck Clayton All-Stars, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, and Gene Harris and the Phillip Morris Superband among several other similar aggregations. In today's musical environment, this kind of coming together of high profile musicians ...
The Heavy Hitters: The Heavy Hitters
by Jack Bowers
The Heavy Hitters. Hyperbole? A matter of fact? Or simply the name given by co-leaders Mike LeDonne and Eric Alexander to their newly minted sextet. The third statement is true--but so is the second. From pianist LeDonne and tenor saxophonist Alexander to fellow front-liners Jeremy Pelt (trumpet) and Vincent Herring (alto sax) and the Washingtons, Peter ...
The Heavy Hitters: Heavy Hitters
by Troy Dostert
The self-titled debut from the Heavy Hitters, pianist Mike LeDonne's latest sextet, has the feel of a tribute album. However, unlike most recordings of that nature, there is no classic repertoire present, as all nine tracks are penned either by LeDonne or his colleague, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander. Instead, it is a tribute to a sound ...
Simona Premazzi: Wave In Gravity
by Dan McClenaghan
What do we listen for in a solo piano project? Technical proficiency. Heart. Body. Soul. A vulnerability versus strength dynamic. The ability to surrender to the sounds, to take them where they want to go. In other words, we look for how well the artist articulates their humanity. Simona Premazzi displays all these attributes ...
The Ways In
By James Zollar
Label: JZAZ Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1, The Fruit - Dedicated to Barry Harris (Composed by Bud Powell, Arranged by James Zollar, Michael Rorby)
2, Peace / Blue Silver - Dedicated to Al Zollar
(Composed by Horace Silver /Composed by Blue Mitchell, Arranged by Slide Hampton)
3, Reflectory (Composed by Pepper Adams)
4, The Single Pedal of A Rose - Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, Joe Temperley (Composed by Duke Ellington,
Arranged by Michael Rorby, James Zollar)
5, Jim Jim (Composed by James Zollar, Arranged by James Zollar, Michael Rorby)
6, Do Nothing till You Hear From Me
- Dedicated to Cootie Williams, Barrie Lee Hall
(Composed by Duke Ellington)
7, Swing Spring (Composed by Miles Davis, Arranged by James Zollar)
8, Pat - Dedicated to Pat Zollar (Composed by Nabuko Kiryu, Arranged by Michael Rorby)
9, Down Town Up
(Composed by Michael Rorby)
10, Checkered Hat - Epilogue Dedicated to Mercer Ellington (Composed by Norris Turney)
Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba
By Somi
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Umhome; House of the Rising Sun; Milele; Hapo Zamani; Love Tastes Like Strawberries; Khuluma; Pata Pata; A Piece of Ground; Kwedini; Lakutshon’ilanga; Olili; Mbombela; Jike’lemaweni; Nonqonqo; Ring Bell, Ring Bell; Mabhongo.
Soundtrack
By Jeremy Pelt
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Picking Up the Pieces; Soundtrack; Be the Light; Part 1: The Lighter Side; Part 2: The Darker
Side; Elegy; I’m Still Standing; I Love Music; Shifting Images; You and Me.
Just The Contrafacts
By Adam Shulman
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: Spare Change; More Please; What Did You Did To Me? Corpus And Spirit; Lover?I Hardly Know
Her; What Is This Thing Called?;Not So Easy To Love
