Results for "Kari-On Productions"

The Eric Byrd Trio + 4: Brother Ray

by C. Michael Bailey
February 24, 2008

Ray Charles has been spared the anemic tribute efforts others have had to endure. With the recent release of Maceo Parker's Roots and Grooves, and now the Eric Byrd Trio's Brother Ray, we are treated to two very fine tribute recordings that stand firmly on their own creative feet. Like Parker, pianist/vocalist Byrd is a superb ...

Chris Humphrey: Nothing but Blue Sky

by C. Michael Bailey
February 16, 2008

Vocalist/composer Chris Humphrey's release Nothing but Blue Sky continues a recent trend of jazz vocal recordings that feature the vocalist backed sparingly with a piano trio or less instrumentation, without brass or reeds. This enables craftsmen like Humphrey to both explore and display their talents for both singing and, in the case of Humphrey, arranging the ...

Tangria Jazz Group: Tangria Jazz Group

by C. Michael Bailey
January 30, 2008

Tangria Jazz Group is what happens when the academy gets bored in the classroom and decides to go blow in the studio. The trio's first recording, Songs From Lady Bird was inspired by drummer/percussionist/physical chemist Sheryl Mebane's jazz novel Lady Bird (Pearl Street, 2003). Mebane's Eleven: Tunes for Two (Blastfamous, 2007) featured an abundance of original ...

Pamela Hines Trio Climbs the Charts Again, and Lands at #13 on the JazzWeek Chart, After 3 Weeks of Promotion.

January 23, 2008

Pamela Hines Trio climbs the charts again, and lands at #13 on the Jazzweek Chart, after 3 weeks of Promotion. Chart Status at Jazzweek Jazz Panel: Week One: Chartbound and Most Added Week Two: #28 and Most Added Week Three: #13 Return, recorded in 2007 for a January of 2008 ...

Pamela Hines Trio at Cachaca on Feb 7th

January 17, 2008

Pamela Hines and Manuel Kaufman at 169 Bar on January 27th

January 17, 2008

Hines and Kaufman 169 bar New York, NY 7:00pm January 27, 2008 About Pamela Hines: Jazz Pianist Pamela Hines has steadily built a following through recordings and performances with Bob Moses, Darren Barrett, Jerry Bergonzi, John Lockwood, Bob Gullotti, Bob Kaufman and many other jazz artists. Hines has a new ...

Pamela Hines Trio: Return

by Dan McClenaghan
January 17, 2008

You could call Pamela Hines a mainstream pianist, but that word “mainstream" suggests a limiting category and might draw a rather static map and restrict your expectations. What's the old rule of semantics? The map is not the territory. Or how about: the category is not the sound.While Hines, on this (mostly) trio outing, ...

Pamela Hines Trio Debut's at #28 on the JazzWeek Radio Chart, in Her Second Week of Radio Promotion

January 16, 2008

Pamela Hines Trio debut's on the Jazzweek Chart at #28 and is on the most added list for Jazzweek two weeks in a row. Return, recorded in 2007 for a January of 2008 release, features Pamela Hines shining in her most stellar offering to date, a combination of well placed standards among the outstanding Hines compositions ...

Alex Clements: Waiting For You

by Michael P. Gladstone
January 10, 2008

On Waiting For You, Canadian pianist/composer Alex Clements shows that, with his already overactive musical life, he is still capable of turning out an interesting album. Clements is from Alberta, and was awarded the highly regarded Alberta Achievement Award. In addition to his writing for his alma mater, McGill University in Montreal, Clements is an active ...

The LaVerne Christie Trio: East of the Sun, West of the Moon

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 28, 2007

You can stare at a cover photo and almost expect a certain type of music. In the case of East of the Sun, West of the Moon, the group is a seen at the side of a desert road converged on a 1939 yellow Lasalle coupe that has the hood raised. It is an enigmatic photograph ...