Home » Search Center » Results: Michael P. Gladstone
Results for "Michael P. Gladstone"
Maria Guida: Soul Eyes
by Michael P. Gladstone
Jazz vocalist Maria Guida offers another breath of fresh air in an already crowded field on her debut album Soul Eyes. Guida brings a warm and expressive voice to her performances here. Guida is quite comfortable working with a quartet consisting of pianist James Weidman, flugelhornist Ron Horton, bassist Dean Johnson and drummer Tony Moreno. Guida ...
Nordic Connect: Flurry
by Michael P. Gladstone
Following the career of Canadian/Scandinavian trumpeter Ingrid Jensen seemed to peak at a new level with At Sea (ArtistShare, 2006), which ambitiously resembled an ECM label project. However, all that has now been overshadowed by the release of Flurry by Nordic Connect. This is a family cooperative that includes an interwoven cast: Jensen on trumpet and ...
Tain & the Ebonix: Folk's Songs
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is the fifth solo album for Jeff “Tain" Watts and broadens his approach on this effort. The drummer has the distinction of reporting that he appeared on every Grammy-Award winning album by Wynton and Branford Marsalis. Originally from Pittsburgh and graduating with a degree in classical percussion from Desquesne University and the Berklee College of ...
Morrie Louden: Time Piece
by Michael P. Gladstone
Bassist and composer Morrie Louden makes his album debut with Time Piece, a most impressive collection of all originals. Louden's musical colleagues are a much admired ensemble, including saxophonists Bob Sheppard and Seamus Blake, trumpeter Alex Sipigian, pianist Edward Simon, drummer Adam Nussbaum, guitarist Lionel Leouke and vocalist Gretchen Parlato. Louden is a Californian ...
Gilad Barkan: Live Sessions
by Michael P. Gladstone
Israel-born/Boston-based pianist/composer Gilad Barkan's efforts on his debut Modulation (New Step, 2003), and his guitarist, Izzi Rosen's Dark Beauty (New Step, 2003) were among the best of that year.Barkan's Live Sessions, a two-disc, live-in-studio recording by Boston's WGBH, differs by degree. While Barkan wrote intriguing originals on earlier releases, he was very clearly linked ...
Darby Dizard: Down For You
by Michael P. Gladstone
A first listen to Darby Dizard's debut, Down For You, will give you a sense of accomplishment from this California vocalist who relocated to Portland, Oregon and then pursued her muse to write and sing by attending Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Dizard disarmingly presents her version of the Annie Ross lyric set ...
Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2
by Michael P. Gladstone
Flutist Holly Hofmann's Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2 was recorded during the summer of 2006 at San Diego' s Athenaeum Jazz Music and Arts Library, in duet with musical partner/husband, Mike Wofford. Prior to the quartet recording Minor Miracle (Capri, 2005) Wofford's piano trio released the well-received Live at Athenaeum Jazz (Capri, 2004). ...
Komeda Project: Crazy Girl
by Michael P. Gladstone
This album is a rather unusual one, dedicated to 1960s Polish film scorer Krzysztof Komeda, who wrote music for films of the young Roman Polanski and Andraej Wajda. Some of the music on Crazy Girl was used for Polanski's, Rosemary's Baby (1968). Polanski used Komeda's music in almost all of his own films dating back to ...
Andreas Hagiioannu: Far & Wide
by Michael P. Gladstone
British guitarist Andreas Hagiioannu spent his teens in experimental/improvisatory rock music and his late teens with fusion. It was only when he started listening to guitarists like Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Raney that he shifted gears on the instrument. As a jazz guitarist, Hagiioannu honed his craft by working in the cafes and bars of the ...
Mark Sherman: Family First
by Michael P. Gladstone
Vibraphonist/composer Mark Sherman records as he has over the past twenty years and, unlike others who specialize on this instrument, continues to show no interest in expanding his sound to avant-garde or world music influences. What Sherman does exhibit is his use of Milt Jackson's blues and Bobby Hutcherson's shimmering vibes-style. Sherman's Family First again demonstrates ...
