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Ehud Asherie: Modern Life
by Dan Bilawsky
A dichotomy exists within the musical mind of pianist Ehud Asherie. The youthful pianist is clearly an old soul in many ways. His choice of material--including tunes from George Gershwin, Billy Strayhorn and Jerome Kern--combined with his knowledge of stride piano and fondness for the jazz masters of the early twentieth century are a throwback. However, ...
Antonio Ciacca: Lagos Blues (with Steve Grossman)
by George Kanzler
There's a good reason most “real" jazz radio stations tend to favor the modern mainstream jazz of the post-bop era codified by such record labels from the mid-20th Century as Blue Note, Columbia's jazz division, Prestige, Riverside and Impulse. It's creative jazz with a comfortingly substantial physicality, clean lines and rhythmic heft still anchored to a ...
Whitney James: The Nature of Love
by Jakob Baekgaard
Taking the step into professional jazz singing can be a test, but the challenge is gracefully overcome in this debut, The Nature of Love, by the young female singer Whitney James. In fact, it is hard to believe that this is James' first recording. The sculpted lines of her sensual, smoky voice could be mistaken for ...
John Bunch, The Bad Plus, Daedelus & Dr. John
by Martin Longley
The John Bunch TrioSmallsDecember 29, 2009Steeply down the steps, to the intimate confines of Smalls, one of New York City's most laid-back jazz clubs. Normally, this Greenwich Village joint's clientele is younger, perhaps attracted by the single cover charge that allows all-night entry. This facilitates easy coming and going, so ...
Organamix: Groovin' at Groove Junction
by Ian Patterson
The Hammond organ is 75 this year. The classic Hammond B3 model has had an illustrious half century and the story of jazz is studded with famous practitioners. Since the B3 came off the production line in the 1970s it has been replaced by clone-wheel models using advanced sound modeling technology, which have the advantage of ...
Adam Rogers: Sight
by John Kelman
Guitarist Adam Rogers returns with Sight, an album that continues his exploration of heady originals and standards, in the trio format that, with Time and the Infinite (Criss Cross, 2007), took a left-turn from his earlier quartet and quintet records. Surrounded by friends old and new on Time, with Sight Rogers returns to longtime ...
The 6th Penang Island Jazz Festival: December 3-6, 2009
by Ian Patterson
The 6th Penang Island Jazz Festival Bayview Beach Resort Penang, Malaysia December 3-6, 2009 Happy birthday to the Penang Island Jazz Festival, six years old this year! Six years may not seem like a lot, but in small jazz festival terms it probably means that the difficult initial ...
Count Basie Orchestra: Swinging, Singing, Playing
by Robert J. Robbins
Count Basie OrchestraSwinging, Singing, PlayingMack Avenue2009 Although over a quarter-century has elapsed since the passing of William “Count" Basie in 1984, the bandleader and pianist's legacy has proved one of the most durable from the big band era, and the Basie band's Swinging, Singing, Playing maintains the Basie ...
Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra: Eastern Standard Time
by Edward Blanco
A master in the art of arranging and composing jazz music, Alan Baylock, who holds the position of Chief Arranger for the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force, unveils another masterpiece with Eastern Standard Time, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, Two Seconds to Midnight (Sea Breeze Records, 2003). On this second ...
Jack Cortner: Sound Check
by Robert J. Robbins
Back in 2007, veteran composer/arranger Jack Cortner (a longtime ghost for the late arranger and orchestrator Billy Byers) released Fast Track, his illustrious debut as a bandleader for the Jazzed Media label, with ex-Kenton and Herman trumpeter Marvin Stamm and his erstwhile sidekick, pianist Bill Mays, as the principal soloists. With Sound Check, Cortner, Stamm, and ...
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