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Drivin' Force
By Lloyd Ryan
Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Moondance; I Wish I Knew; Norwegian Wood; Funtime; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; You Gotta Try; Ice Castles; The Creep; Groovin Hard; Big Swing Face; Cute; One For Monk.
Dagda
Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Suite For RLH, I; Suite For RLH, II; Suite For RLH, III; “; Suite For RLH, V; Song In C; NLTD; A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing.
Dagda Quartet: Dagda
by Bruce Lindsay
How to get a debut album noticed? It's not easy--big marketing campaigns, celebrity endorsement or major national television exposure are hard to achieve if, like most contemporary artists, the budget is somewhere between limited and non-existent. There's one key attribute that helps enormously though: great music. Welcome to an album full of great music: Dagda, the ...
Lloyd Ryan Big Band: Drivin' Force
by Bruce Lindsay
A straight-ahead, drummer-led big band is one of the most stimulating ensemble formats in jazz. Buddy Rich's groups are perhaps the epitome of such an enterprise. The Lloyd Ryan Big Band, blasting through a selection of standards and pop classics on Drivin' Force, proudly carries on the tradition.Ryan, a British drummer, has been a ...
John Leighton: Dramatic Life
by Dan Bilawsky
John Leighton's debut is a collection of poetic, pop-laced jazz that often downplays the pianist's own performance skills in favor of Anna Stott's easy-on-the-ears vocals and saxophonist Michael Buckley's engaging saxophone work. While Leighton's name rests high atop the cover of the album, he chooses to use his piano to serve the songs instead of himself, ...
Taylor Made
Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Without a Song; Fade a Little; Happy People; My Heart's Desire; This Can't Be Love; Throw It Away; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow; Have a Good Time; Rosewood.
Dramatic Life
Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Married the Messenger; Ameltie; Precious Life; For Keats; The Dress; Nothing To Gain; Whin Bush; A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever.
Linley Hamilton: Taylor Made
by Dan Bilawsky
It's rare that an artist names an album after one of his sidemen, but Belfast-based trumpeter Linley Hamilton clearly values the contributions that pianist Johnny Taylor made to this recording. Both men share a vision, regarding the manner in which they should address traditions while also putting their own stamp on these well-known numbers, and their ...
Linley Hamilton: Taylor Made
by Bruce Lindsay
Trumpeter Linley Hamilton is a central figure in the burgeoning Northern Ireland jazz scene. He's an experienced musician, with a résumé that includes work with Van Morrison, Ken Peplowski and Jean Toussaint; being a broadcaster, whose Radio Ulster After Midnight program showcases new jazz; a writer and producer. Above all, he's a man with a genuine ...
