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I Remember Cedar

Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Simple Pleasure; Martha's Prize; Clockwise; Dear Ruth; Turquoise Twice; Holy Land; Cedar's Blues; Fiesta Espanol; Hindsight; Over The Rainbow.

Album

Label: In Jazz We Trust Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. Twenty (V. Pontrandolfo) 2. You (H. Adamson - W. Donaldson) 3. Touched (V. Pontrandolfo) 4. Tongue Out (V. Pontrandolfo) 5. Recado Bossa Nova (D. Ferreira - L. Antonio) 6. Make Believe (J. Kern - O. Hammerstein II) 7. Are You Sirius? (V. Pontrandolfo) 8. Rakin' & Scrapin' (H. Mabern) 9. Tune Up (E. Vinson)

Article: Album Review

Steve Davis: Say When

Read "Say When" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 31, 2015

The winds of change have actively sought to change the jazz vernacular of the 21st century. Fueled in large part by the media, it seems that the darlings of the current set have opted for a broader definition of the music. Key elements such as melody and a prominent swing feel are often looked upon as ...

Article: Album Review

Mike LeDonne: AwwlRight!

Read "AwwlRight!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 26, 2015

On AwwlRight!, his eighth outing at the Hammond B3 for Savant Records, pianist-turned-organist Mike LeDonne uses the same personnel and prescription that have worked so well for him in the past, guiding his sure-handed Groover Quartet through its paces in a series of bracing tunes that are all but guaranteed to quicken the mind and enliven ...

Article: Live Review

Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap

by Patricia Myers
August 10, 2015

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap Duc des Lombards, Sunside-Sunset Jazz Clubs Paris, France July 3, July 4, July 14, 2015 New York City pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern and Bill Charlap led trios in three separate concerts as part of a pair of annual summer-season ...

Article: Live Review

Pharaoh Sanders at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
January 20, 2015

Pharoah Sanders SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA January 9, 2014 Pharoah Sanders is hardly a stranger to San Francisco. Residing just across the Bay Bridge in Oakland, the 74-year-old saxophonist has performed in the city on numerous occasions, including a solo gig at Grace Cathedral for SFJAZZ some years back. For this ...

Article: Extended Analysis

David Hazeltine and Mike Kaplan: Two Perspectives On Cedar Walton

by David A. Orthmann
January 11, 2015

Years ago, I often went to a club in which a guest soloist was coupled with the house rhythm section. At one point in nearly every opening set, in an effort to find some common ground, the leader called Cedar Walton's “Bolivia." Sitting and waiting in anticipation for the theme to be played became an important ...

Article: Album Review

Mike LeDonne: I Love Music

Read "I Love Music" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 28, 2014

The uncommonly talented Mike LeDonne continues his transition from piano to Hammond B3, if that is what one may call it, with yet another superb album, the suitably named I Love Music. And while using the organ throughout is a good idea, it is but the first of two, as whenever LeDonne schedules a recording session ...

Article: The Vinyl Post

Something Smoky and Something Blue

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 25, 2014

With Vincent Herring's alto providing the clarion call that ushers in the troops for a quicksilver performance entitled “Elation," it became clear that the analog warmth of this particular vinyl release possessed a tangible charm that was undeniable. So while this reviewer had previously reviewed Herring's The Uptown Shuffle as heard in the CD format and ...

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Jimmy Cobb: The Original Mob

Read "The Original Mob" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 11, 2014

As the Smoke Sessions list of titles continues to grow, so too do we get to check out some of the country's greatest drummer. The much in-demand Joe Farnsworth has been featured on the label's releases by Harold Mabern and David Hazeltine. Furthermore, one of the most recent titles is a headlining date for the legendary ...