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Monk's Music Trio: Monk On Mondays
by Jerry D'Souza
Drummer Chuck Bernstein, pianist Si Perkoff and bassist Sam Bevan --collectively known as Monk's Music Trio--have been playing the music of Thelonious Monk at the Simple Pleasures Café in San Francisco on Monday nights since 1999. That makes them the longest of the repertory bands performing Monk's music. Time has also given them an insight into ...
Russ Spiegel: Chimera
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Russ Spiegel has come a long way from the time when he was influenced by rock and spent a decade playing that music. The self-confessed latecomer to jazz shows firm grasp of the vocabulary as he takes different forms and builds them into a cohesive unit. Spiegel wrote six of the tunes on this venture, ...
Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm
by Jerry D'Souza
Rob Reddy puts his saxophone aside to concentrate on composition for The Book of the Storm. Reddy has already shown that he has germane ideas and brings that facet into prominence once more. The idea for a large ensemble came to him in 2001. Reddy could not contain the ideas that went through his imagination in ...
Actis Band: Cina!
by Jerry D'Souza
Sax and clarinetist Carlo Actis Dato has shown an uncanny ability to keep his ear to the ground and pick up the music of the several countries to which he has traveled. His music is happy, gentle, edgy and energetic; evocative of the land that inspired them. He also has the knack for writing memorable melodies ...
Arturo O'Farrill and Friends: Wonderful Discovery
by Jerry D'Souza
Long before the “Wonderful Discovery that constitutes the music and the musicians on this CD, Eugene Marlow had discovered Latin music. The muse hit him way back in London, England in the '40s. Jump cut to the '90s and Marlow was listening to Tito Puente. From then on, there were quite a few Latin bands that ...
Charmaine Clamor: Flippin' Out
by Jerry D'Souza
Charmaine Clamor spins a web of magic every time she sings. Her expressive voice lets the words breathe and throb as she captures the essence of the lyrics and brings them to life. It matters little whether she is singing jazz, blues, pop, or songs from her native Philippines, she takes each one and makes them ...
Jimmy Bruno: Maplewood Avenue
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Jimmy Bruno opts for the quiet mood, which he sets up with Tony Miceli (vibraphone) and Jeff Pedras (bass), on several of the tunes on Maplewood Avenue. The accent is on chamber jazz but they move out of it on occasion, to lend a welcome balance. The trio sets an intimate atmosphere and lure the ...
Linda Kosut: Long As You're Living
by Jerry D'Souza
Singer Linda Kosut has admired the music of Oscar Brown Jr. from the time she first heard it in the 60s. In 2006, she turned his songs into a tribute on stage. Long As You're Living - The Songs & Poetry of Oscar Brown Jr. has been performed in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and ...
Jewels and Binoculars: Ships with Tattooed Sails
by Jerry D'Souza
Jewels and Binoculars, the collaboration between Michael Vatcher (drums, percussion), Lindsey Horner (bass) and Michael Moore (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, melodica), delves into the Bob Dylan songbook for its third album, the Upshot Records release Ships with Tattooed Sails. Dylan is not a stranger to them. They have been exploring his music since the 1990s, ...
Jeff Hackworth: How Little We Know
by Jerry D'Souza
Saxophonist Jeff Hackworth's third album is a shift in style. His first Just For You had a contemporary jazz setting. His second What A Wonderful World (Da Capo Records) was a sax, organ and drums trio. He now leads a quartet with Norman Simmons (piano), Peter Washington (bass) and Chip White (drums). Peter Hand (guitar) joins ...
