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Marshall Vente Trio: Marshall Arts
by Matthew Warnock
Marshall Arts is an entertaining and engaging album by versatile Chicago pianist Marshall Vente. The recording features pieces written for each of Vente's two separate and highly distinct piano trios, the Jazz Trio and the Tropicale Trio. The album as a whole is divided into three sections, with the first three tunes featuring Vente's American jazz ...
Andreas Kapsalis / Goran Ivanovic: Guitar Duo
by Matthew Warnock
Guitar Duo is a genre-melding, musically captivating CD by the virtuosic guitar pairing of Goran Ivanovic and Andreas Kapsalis. Ivanovic, who draws from the classical and Eastern European folk traditions, and Kapsalis, who brings a finger-style background to the duo, come together to produce an album that is both intellectually stimulating and fun to hear. The ...
Paulinho Garcia: My Very Life
by Matthew Warnock
My Very Life is a collection of original compositions by Brazilian native Paulinho Garcia which reflect the wide-range of musical styles found in Brazil. While many people may be familiar with the Bossa Nova, especially the work of master composer/performer Antonio Carlos Jobim, Garcia draws from the lesser known baião, chorinho, choro and marcha rancho grooves ...
Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music
by Matthew Warnock
A native of Houston Texas, guitarist Mike Moreno has been making waves. After graduating from the famed Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Moreno received a scholarship to study jazz at the New School in New York. Moreno first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been ...
Mike Clinco: Neon
by Matthew Warnock
Neon is an engaging modern jazz album that showcases the diverse background and compositional approaches of Mike Clinco and his ensemble. While this record will fall into the category of modern jazz, the music on Neon draws from blues, rock, Latin and bebop as much as does from the post-bop idiom. In the hands of lesser ...
Van Sant/Palmer Jazz Duo: Play the Music of Horace Silver
by Matthew Warnock
Guitarist Kevin Van Sant and bassist Ben Palmer come together on The Music of Horace Silver to deliver a soulful and meaningful tribute to the music of one of the greatest composers and pianists in jazz. It's apparent that both musicians hold Silver's music in the highest regard and this reverence is brought to light on ...
Jamie Taylor & Java: Cat Dreams
by Matthew Warnock
With Cat Dreams, UK guitarist Jamie Taylor combines his high-energy chops with a hard swingin' rhythm section to produce an album that is sure to bring him greater recognition in North America. Jamie Taylor has become known as a young lion on the British jazz scene, as he regularly performs with some of the country's top ...
Skip Wilkins Quintet: The Paint-Peeler
by Matthew Warnock
The Paint-Peeler melds together elements of traditional, modern, and free jazz in a mélange of creative energy and expression. Wilkins' compositions and arrangements are full of emotion and intellectual fervor, while his improvisations are first-rate and are constantly being enhanced by the rest of the ensemble. The quintet, consisting of Paul Kendall on saxophones, Tom Kozic ...
Hot Club of Detroit: Night Town
by Matthew Warnock
The Hot Club of Detroit's Night Town is a tour de force full of hard-swinging, toe-tapping arrangements of gypsy jazz standards and original compositions penned by members of the ensemble. Having won four Detroit Music Awards, Shannon Wade (bass), Carl Cafagna (clarinet), Evan Perri (guitar), Julien Labro (accordion) and Paul Brady (guitar) are setting their sites ...
Shan Kenner Trio: Brooklyn Sketches
by Matthew Warnock
Brooklyn Sketches is a genre-bending, highly energetic album by New York-based guitarist Shan Kenner. Kenner's modern approach to improvising and his constant need to explore new realms of dissonance and rhythmic tension provide for some very interesting moments on the record. Not to be outdone, the rhythm section of Ryan Berg on bass and Rudy Royston ...
