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Michael Kocour: Spiffy
by Jack Bowers
Spiffy is the third album as leader this year (2015) for pianist Michael Kocour who has chosen the occasion to set aside the piano in favor of a Hammond B3 organ. It proves to be an auspicious choice, as does his decision to work as part of a quartet. Kocour's sidemen (saxophonist Eric Schneider, guitarist Bruce ...
Spiffy
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Dropped Third Strike; Chunky; Da Good Stuff; Tenderly; Huffininpuffin; Collapso; Girl Talk; Spiffy; Monk’s Hayride.
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Con Alma; Winter's Spell; Pensativa; How About You?; Just In Time; Freedom
Jazz Dance; How Deep Is The Ocean; Wherever You Go, There You Are; An Affair
To Remember; Evidence.
Michael Kocour: Spiffy
by David A. Orthmann
Though a soulful swing-to-bop ethos reminiscent of the popular organ combos of the mid-to-late twentieth century is evident throughout, at its core Spiffy speaks to the malleability and open-endedness of the standard elements of jazz performance. Michael Kocour is the leader of the date, but the record's triumph is collective in nature. It's difficult to imagine ...
Mark Sullivan’s Best Releases of 2015
by Mark Sullivan
This is my first year end list as an AAJ contributor, hopefully the first of many! I reviewed a lot of great music, major label and independent productions alike. Here's the ten that rose to the top of my list of favorites, in no particular order. Eberhard Weber Hommage à Eberhard ...
Da Good Stuff
Album: Spiffy
By Michael Kocour
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Duration: 04:44
Take Five with Michael Kocour
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michael Kocour: Michael Kocour is a jazz pianist, organist and composer. He also serves as Director of Jazz Studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the most sophisticated pianists in jazz," Kocour has performed at venues around the world and has been ...
Dropped Third Strike
Featuring the music of Michael Kocour
Duration: 4:37
Michael Kocour: Spiffy
by Mark Sullivan
Keyboardist Michael Kocour revisits his Hammond B3 organ roots in this collection of hard-swinging tunes presented in the tradition of jazz organ legends such as Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, and Don Patterson. McDuff in particular is a stylistic mentor: Kocour met him during his college years while attending the renowned jazz program at the University of ...
