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Trumpet player Daniel Rosenboom releases cinematic album while touring with Josh Groban
There is a filmmaker lurking within the musical vision of Daniel Rosenboom. It's no coincidence that Rosenboom's newest album, Fallen Angeles, is named after Los Angeles. After all, what city is more attached to the cinematic world than Hollywood, L.A.'s famous district? But the L.A. that Rosenboom sees isn't the sunlit, starry-struck paradise of people's imaginations. ...
Brian Ho hits all cylinders with Hammond B3 Organ on new CD
There is electricity in the air. On Organic, the latest album from Brian Ho, the music is energetic enough to generate a thunderous charge; Ho and his bandmates sizzle with force and precision. When a group is hitting all cylinders such as this, all that one can do is sit back and watch the fireworks. Prepare ...
Soulful singing and dynamic piano playing highlight Boston jazz vocalist Patrice Monahan's latest album
There is magic when a singer and a pianist lock in a groove—not just once, but throughout an entire album. Jazz vocalist Patrice Monahan's latest album Going Places can be seen as a duet as her sole collaborator, pianist Eyran Katsenelenbogan, has a distinct voice of his own. Katsenelenbogan illuminates Monahan's soulful singing at every turn; ...
The Ron Paley Big Band shuffles musical styles on bold 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 ...
Boston, MA-based vocalist Kimberly Keating reveals deep-seated affection for music on new CD
As a creative talent, Stevie Wonder is nearly untouchable; his distinctive soulful expressions and honeyed melodies are nearly impossible to reach. Yet Boston, MA-based vocalist Kimberly Keating not only covers Wonder's 1985 smash “Overjoyed" on her new album, but she spikes it with a Latin twist that reinvigorates the song. Furthermore, Keating's crystalline delivery echoes the ...
New album from saxophonist Lenny Sendersky glimmers with personality
"Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you," jazz legend Charlie Parker once said. It's a pint of wisdom that saxophonist Lenny Sendersky echoes on his latest album, Lenny Sendersky Quintet (Denmark 2005). There's a strong sense of liberation that fuels Sendersky's alto/soprano sax playing on the record; it glimmers with life and personality, free from ...
Roman Rhodes and the Born Again Pagans weave uplifting patchwork of '60s folk and jazz on new CD
Flower power is in full bloom in the '60s folk jams of Roman Rhodes and the Born Again Pagans. On their latest album The Emergent Sea, the Pagans weave together a patchwork of hippie-era acoustic rockers, jazz, and psychedelic music. However, the group is no nostalgia cheese festival but nor are they ironic indie hipsters. They ...
Singer/songwriter Christopher Brant Anderson returns with stunningly beautiful new album
Few artists capture the folksy warmth and rain-swept beauty of the Pacific Northwest as eloquently as singer/songwriter Christopher Brant Anderson. Anderson's supple acoustic guitars speak a language all of their own. Whether they're striving for campfire intimacy or bristling with a melancholic ache, they live and breathe and cast an indelible spell. On his latest album ...
New album from Italian composer Stefano Isola a progressive work that aims for the stars
The music of Stefano Isola defines transcendence. On his latest album Music for Different Spaces, the Italian composer plunges listeners into otherworldly terrain. But this is not icy, high-brow experimentation; rather, Isola is committed to the melodic strands of smooth jazz in his visionary songwriting. The result is a progressive work that aims for the stars ...
Vocalist Beverly Lewis Conveys Stunning Versatility On Bluesy New Record
Vocalist Beverly Lewis knows how to bring the house down, leaving audiences in All Shades of Blues. Her voice emits a raw power that wallops everything in its path. Although she is able to include the various nuances of jazz and country in her repertoire, it is the blues that Lewis lives and breathes. Her singing, ...
