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Jenni Brandon, Reviewed Today by Indiana Public Radio
Jenni Brandon's Songs of California contains some of the most imaginative, ingratiating recent chamber music for winds I've heard. Five Frogs (in six movements) is a pond-side exploration of the constituent members of the woodwind quintet at which Thoreau would have smiled. The bullfrog/bassoon swells contentently and flies buzz languidly (courtesy of the detached oboe reed). ...
Gabriel Riesco Reviewed Today at Jazz Chicago
GR Project Sculptures in Time (WUC Records) Eduardo Chillida was a highly acclaimed sculptor who built massive abstract structures that suggest movement through the use of form and space. Guitarist Gabriel Riesco used Chillada's work as the inspiration for his Sculptures in Time. A former student at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Berklee ...
James Zollar Debuts at #17 on the CMJ National Jazz Radio Chart

After a twelve year recording hiatus as a leader, Zollar re-emerges with Zollar Systems, a refreshingly sharp hard bop recital, bristling with energy and sonic acuteness. Tired of that old Blue Note '50s-'60s blowing session model? Think again. Zollar breathes new life into the old form, tightening it up and repackaging it for the 21st Century. ...
Christopher Lehman Maintains His Hold On CMJ Jazz Chart
With so much experience on the bandstand and commitment to musical education timelines, it was easy to get lost in the sideman role. Playing the part in someone else's ensemble or putting together ensembles for the gig of the moment made him hungry to breakout on his own. At a private function in 2006, Lehman (who ...
WGLT Podcast Featuring Lin McPhillips
Lin McPhillips sings, scats and improvises her way through this coterie of songs with elegant ease and aplomb. Her eclectic style lends itself to explore different vocal landscapes to enhance each composition. She employs the use of electronics to texturize the voice to present a different vocal sound for effective emphasis when soloing. Several of the ...
Dave le Mieux and House of Soul Dominate the RMR Jazz Chart
Dave LeMieux and House of Soul's latest release Jazz Shaped rises to the top on the RMR national jazz airplay chart for the week ending March 5, 2010. 1 - Dave LeMieux and House of Soul, Jazz Shaped (Self-Released) 2 - Daniel Smith, Blue Bassoon (Summit) 3 - Matthew Kaminski, Taking My Time (Chicken ...
Christopher Lehman Moves up the RMR Jazz Chart
Christopher Lehman continues to move up the national jazz radio charts, debuting at #28 on the CMJ Jazz Chart and moving up the RMR jazz chart to #24. With the 2010 release of popjazzic, Lehman has finally arrived at his destination. popjazzic is a stirring set of groove oriented originals that embodies familiar frameworks broadened by ...
James Zoller: Zollar System

by C. Michael Bailey
James Zollar is a musical treasure hidden in plain sight. He has played and recorded as a sideman for a variety of artists, including Cecil McBee, Tom Harrell, Weldon Irving and Sam Rivers, as a member of Wynton Marsalis' brass section in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and several of Don Byron's ...
Lin McPhillips Moves up the RMR Jazz Chart
Veteran jazz vocalist Lin McPhillips moves up the RMR national airplay chart in the jazz category. Most notably remembered for her work with Solar Plexus and after a long hiatus prompted by the loss of so many of her friends, she has returned to the recording environment and tested her jazz prowess once more. She brought ...
Lin McPhillips: My Shining Hour

by C. Michael Bailey
San Francisco jazz singer Lin McPhillips throws elbows and says, I'm here now" on My Shining Hour, her self-produced recording debut. McPhillips returns to performing after a nearly 20-year hiatus, following in the creative footsteps of other notable West Coast jazz musicians (Art Pepper, Frank Morgan, Ed Reed, and Hadley Caliman), without the attendant harrowing reasons ...