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Fred Hess Band: How 'Bout Now
by Jerry D'Souza
Fred Hess says that after four recordings with a quartet, he wanted to change the makeup of his group, so he added a horn: cornet player Ron Miles. The music grooves, even as Hess chooses the groove in different ways. He takes his compositions along divergent paths. There is no gainsaying which way a tune will ...
Jamie Stewardson: Jhaptal
by Jerry D'Souza
Jamie Stewardson uses the ten-beat cycle called jhaptal as the title for this recording. He uses the beat effectively to make the title tune a standout, but he goes beyond the North Indian rhythm cycle to gather several other idiomatic pulses as well. In tandem, they bring about a strength to his compositions, which are fleshed ...
Bobby Schiff: Late Game
by Jerry D'Souza
Bobby Schiff made this debut as a leader at sixty, after having played on several projects for other musicians over the years. Late Game also gave him the opportunity to play with Stewart Miller and Chuck Christiansen, with whom he has a warm empathy, and to open up his love for Brazilian music and strings. He ...
Peter Madsen: Prevue of Tomorrow
by Jerry D'Souza
Peter Madsen has brought his technique to several recordings, often giving them a direction and pursuit that showcases his creativity. His improvisations have a deep-rooted harmonic strength, and he makes this a takeoff point for some colourful and imaginative flights. That the muse still stirs the fires in him is once again evidenced on Prevue of ...
Harvie S: Funky Cha
by Jerry D'Souza
The Latin jazz beat goes on, and Harvie S takes his turn to profile the music on Funky Cha. The bassist works with a core quartet, augmenting it with four other musicians; all eight appear on “Mariposa en Mano. The music finds its muse in the various styles that make up the body ...
Keith Oxman: Dues In Progress
by Jerry D'Souza
Listening to music can be a pleasant experience, and Keith Oxman serves up just the right recipe on Dues In Progress, his sixth album. Trombonist Curtis Fuller contributes one track, the happy, snappy, Latin zinger “Cap'n Kidd," and the other members of the band chip in with some fine performances. At the end of it all, ...
The Bob Sneider & Joe Locke Film Noir Project: Fallen Angel
by Jerry D'Souza
The dark, haunting world of film noir has returned to thrill viewers in a spate of releases on DVD in recent months. This Film Noir Project transposes that spell to music, capturing the essence of the themes that enhance the thrill of watching the films. Music, even in its darkest ambit, can be elevating. Bob Sneider ...
Alexis Baro: Havana Banana
by Jerry D'Souza
Over the years, Toronto has opened its arms to Cuban musicians. Among them is Alexis Baro, who came to the city in 2001. Baro has wide musical interests which include, quite naturally, traditional Cuban music and jazz. The latter derives much of its soul from his native land and the wider spectrum of Latin jazz.
JazzSpirit Volume 1 and Volume 2
by Jerry D'Souza
The Lord blesses many. Among them is Willie Pickens, now a spry 75, who brings vitality and spirit to this collection of sacred hymns. Pickens, a deacon at the Hyde Park Union Church on Chicago's South Side, has been musically active with a Christmas show that turned into an annual event in 1995. In ...
Virginia Mayhew: Sandan Shuffle
by Jerry D'Souza
Virginia Mayhew has a third degree black belt in karate, a level known as sandan. Thus the title of her newest release. The exciting music on Sandan Shuffle is turned around and played with a loquacious spirit, swinging with a delightful sensibility and even shuffling. Mayhew's tone is deep, dark and flinty. Even as she carves ...
