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Pianist/bassist Ron Paley rejuvenates Big Band music on thrillingly eclectic new album
The Ron Paley Big Band is so big that not one musical style can contain them. On their latest album Bring 'Em Back!, the group accomplishes the nearly impossible task of marrying the Big Band sound with the unexpected. Considering that one of the record's most startling tracks, “Hot Rock Big Band," manages to stitch together ...
Bluesy cover of Leonard Cohen classic highlights eclectic new album from Australia's Joanna Melas
It takes a certain amount of courage to cover a Leonard Cohen song. Doing it successfully is another matter. However, Australian singer Joanna Melas manages to accomplish the nearly impossible, offering a rendition of Cohen's timeless “First We Take Manhattan" that can actually stand on its own. Cohen's original version is a masterpiece of cinematic moodiness ...
New Album From Johanne Cantara Melts The Heart With Effortless Grace
By the third track on her latest album, C'est merveilleux, vocalist Johanne Cantara will hold listeners under her spell. With her dreamy croon guiding the way, “India Song" melts the heart with effortless grace. Daniel Hubert's hypnotic bass, Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyyr's deeply resonating trombone, Pierre Côté's crisply played guitar, and Samuel Joly's dynamic percussion conjure an ...
Drummer Stockton Helbing releases ambitious, visionary new album
If drummer Stockton Helbing's new album Battlestations & Escape Plans was a film, it'd be a widescreen epic. In a sense, it already is. This ambitious, visionary work lights up the imagination with the blinding force of an atomic bomb. That is not hyperbole; every track on the record pulses with dazzling arrangements, thumping energy, and ...
Joel Shapira Quartet releases invigorating collection of jazz standards and Latin songs
Coolness is defined by action, not words. Joel Shapira approaches guitar playing like a veteran baseball player on a hot streak would approach the plate, brimming with an obvious yet calm swagger. When he swings for the fences, there's no obnoxious boasting, just an easy self-confidence that is bred from years of experience and a complete ...
Vancouver, B.C. jazz vocalist Colleen Savage returns with stellar new album recorded in New Orleans
The finest jazz vocalists are never one-dimensional; they are able to bend their style, convey a number of different emotions, and roll with the shifting grooves of their band. Vancouver, B.C.-based singer Colleen Savage strikes all of those notes with knife-sharp precision, making her latest album Algiers not only a keeper but a serious candidate for ...
England-based Katie Elliott performs bucolic and evocative piano jazz on latest release
Piano jazz rarely gets as bucolic and evocative as Walking the Edge, the latest album from Gloucestershire, England-based artist Katie Elliott. Of course, much of it is rooted in Elliott's British homeland. Her compositions seem to illustrate the environment around her, the rural area of Gloucestershire. Its inspiration is keenly felt in her music, most of ...
Smooth jazz takes a romantic turn on saxophonist Sébastien James' new album
With the onset of winter, the long distance to the arrival of Valentine's Day becomes gradually closer. The Internet offers countless selections when it comes to soundtracks for the day of lovers, but few offer the stylish sheen and emotional pull of saxophonist Sébastien James' new album, Jazz & Lounge. The title of the record promises ...
New York-based guitarist Sakai spices bossa nova with '60s Japanese pop, blues, and folk on new CD
Guitarist Sakai opts for a different take on a well-worn musical genre on his recently released album, Gradation—Bossa Nova No Kaze. Instead of offering a familiar take on Brazilian jazz, Sakai strings it with threads of '60s Japanese pop and folk. The result is a record that will rejuvenate jaded fans of bossa nova while reeling ...
Dave Hertzberg's Hearts & Bones unite bluegrass and jazz with infectious melodies on new CD
It is no exaggeration when Dave Hertzberg's Hearts & Bones claim that they are “Busting Out of the Gate" on their latest album, Don't Lose Sight of Your Song. Hertzberg's jamming bass, Alan Grubner's scorching fiddle, Rick Snell's rocking acoustic guitar, Joel Arnow's slamming drums, and Itai Kriss' soaring flute rattle the windows like a high-impact ...
