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Jazz guitarist 2unes incorporates funk, blues, and soul on sizzing new album
There is music in his blood, this nattily attired gentleman from Atlanta, GA. In fact, music is such a significant part of his body chemistry that he has named himself after it: 2unes. And there's no false advertising in that stage handle, either. The latest album from 2unes, Loving 2, is track after track of deliciously ...
Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on "Saturday Street" with spine-tingling bass lines
It is paved with spiky, spine-tingling bass lines, the Saturday Street that Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on. Saturday Street, Jones' latest album, is a glistening summer soundtrack that bathes in the pulsating energy of city life, from sun-drenched strolling to a midnight slow jam at a club. On the title track Jones' bass feels ...
Guitarist T.C. Ortberg embodies free-form spirit of Minnesota music scene with eclectic jazz-fusion CD
Once upon a time Purple Rain drenched the Minnesota music scene. What many outsiders didn't realize was that during regional hero Prince's '80s heyday, Minneapolis cooked quite a diverse rhythmic stew. From the synth-popped R&B of Prince and his Paisley Park cohorts to the pioneering underground rock & ruckus of Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. It ...
The PVR-Jazz Quartet pays homage to legendary saxophonists on debut album
If the PVR-Jazz Quartet's Jake Epstein could have his own Field of Dreams, he'd probably fill it with the saxophone legends of his youth, icons like Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt, Charlie Parker, and Johnny Hodges. They are among the ghosts who haunt the PVR-Jazz Quartet's debut album, Reunion. Epstein, who plays alto saxophone with the PVR-Jazz ...
Pianist Maureen Girard's new CD exudes tranquility and evergreen beauty of Pacific Northwest
There is a rain-soaked ambience that haunts the piano jazz of Portrait in Four Colors, the debut album from Maureen Girard. Girard recorded the album in South Whidbey Island in the Pacific Northwest, and it exudes the tranquility and evergreen beauty of that region. This is one of the few records that you could see as ...
Canadian duo Koller Michels' second album reflects depth of friendship and mutual love for jazz
George Koller is the bass; Julie Michels is the voice. On their aptly-titled second album, Bass and Voice, that is all the Canadian duo needs. On Bass and Voice, Koller and Michels are on the opposite ends of an emotional thread, each of them holding up a side; listening to the music that unreels between them ...
Australia's Backlash Jazz Quintet revives hard bop sounds with cage-rattling energy on new CD
To trumpeter Benn Hodgkin, jazz is about an era. A specific style. And a record label. When Hodgkin formed his band the Backlash Jazz Quintet in 2002, it was to pay homage to the hard bop records that Blue Note released in the '50s and '60s. Artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, and Freddie Hubbard ...
Guitarist Harald Peterstorfer finds "Inspirations" within himself on new album
The art of guitar playing can emanate from a personal touch. For guitarist Harald Peterstorfer, the core of his creativity lies within himself. “I always listen to my inner voice," Peterstorfer revealed. “She tells me what I have to play, how I like to sound. 'Music is what feelings sound like' is on my web page." ...
New Dutch band Taconieuwenhuizen Group blossoms with infectiously energetic album
For bassist Taco Nieuwenhuizen, there was a mystique to the instrument that reeled him in at the age of 17. “The coolness; the sound of the instrument," Nieuwenhuizen revealed, almost like the affection for detail that an adoring husband has for his wife. “There is magic around the bass guitar. The thickness of the strings; you ...
New York-based drummer Kentaro Nakayama releases collection of hypnotic instrumentals
For drummer Kentaro Nakayama, the road to New York's jazz scene consisted of millions of miles and a number of different calendars. Now recording music for various film, TV, and advertising projects, Nakayama cannot forget the different paths that he took which led him to where he is today. Nor can he lose sight of his ...
