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The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble: Pragmatic Optimism
by Michael P. Gladstone
Directed by drummer/composer/arranger and educator Wade Barnes, The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble has been hard at work with their own recordings as well as spreading the word across the United States with concerts and clinics. The seventeen-member group consists of residents of Brooklyn, New York, and most of these musicians have deep roots insofar as experience and ...
Barbara Sfraga: Timelessness Frozen In Time
by Michael P. Gladstone
New York-based jazz singer Barbara Sfraga is not afraid to take musical steps forward (or sideways) and that shows fully on Timelessness Frozen in Time. Previous albums Oh, What A Thrill( ( Naxos, 1998) and Under The Moon (A440, 2003) have exhibited Sfraga's ability to at least partially deconstruct the Great American Songbook and provide a ...
Peter Primamore: Grancia
by Michael P. Gladstone
It is not going to be easy to describe this album in a single sentence. Grancia is a classically-influenced work of original material that somehow combines a singular gift for melody along with jazz sensibilities. Pianist/composer Peter Primamore is nominally a musician with a significant background in composing music for television. His wish in preparing for ...
Norman Hedman's Tropique: Garden of Forbidden Fruit
by Michael P. Gladstone
Five summers ago I went to a local park concert that advertised a Latin jazz band. When the music started I was quite surprised to find that it was a reasonable facsimile of the Cal Tjader/Mongo Santamaria combo of the late '50s. That was my first experience with Norman Hedman's Tropique. The group that night, specifically ...
Jan Eisen: Summer Me, Winter Me
by Michael P. Gladstone
There are several things to like about vocalist Jan Eisen's debut recording Summer Me, Winter Me. First, the use of a guitar quartet in place of the standard piano ensemble. Guitarist Jamie Findlay is more than up to the challenge of comping, playing rhythm guitar and taking some very effective solos beginning with a mid-tempo version ...
Nanny Assis: Double Rainbow
by Michael P. Gladstone
Here's a new release on Blue Toucan Records, a label that has a positive way with Brazilian jazz, and has an impressive roster of artists in this genre. Singer/percussionist/composer Nanny Assis has been on this scene for some sixteen years but this is his first solo album after working with and arranging music for such Brazilian ...
Francis Jacob and the Flying Saucers: Side-By-Side
by Michael P. Gladstone
Guitarist Francis Jacob's first project is undoubtedly the result of his varied musical background. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Jacob played flute as a child and then switched to guitar as a teen. His interest in rock musicians was replaced by the popularity of jazz guitarists George Benson, John Abercrombie and John Scofield. After studying at the ...
MB3: Jazz Hits Volume 1
by Michael P. Gladstone
As a corporation, Mel Bay has been well known for decades for providing guitar instructional material. A rather recent change has been the corporate venture as a jazz music label. MB has issued multiple albums from their roster of jazz guitarists. The three plectrists featured on Jazz Hits Volume 1 are Vic Juris, Jimmy Bruno and ...
Larry Koonse & Darek Oleszkiewicz: Storybook
by Michael P. Gladstone
In a new venture and on a new jazz label, Jazz Compass, West Coast guitarist Larry Koonse and bassist Darek “Oles" Oleszkiewicz essentially perform a series of duets, with the subtle assistance of percussionist Munyungo Jackson. These ten original compositions feature the musicians in a series of intimate duets and trios that feature the ...
Mel Davis: It's About Time!
by Michael P. Gladstone
It's About Time underscores an inspirational story. Keyboardist/organist Mel Davis was an aspiring young pianist in Paterson, New Jersey hoping to gain fame and fortune on the Hammond B-3 organ. 24 years ago, an industrial accident changed everything when a finger was ripped from his left hand. Davis endured eight years of rehabilitation and seven operations ...
