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Grupa Janke Randalu: Live
by Michael P. Gladstone
This release finds an interactive pianist and percussionist duo providing a stimulating program of jazz standards, classical and original material. Estonian-born pianist/composer Kristjan Randalu and Polish native/percussionist Bodek Janke collaborate on a variety of selections that reflect their twenty years of experience working together. Randalu's opener, “Confidance," is a major source of ...
Todd Isler: Soul Drums
by Michael P. Gladstone
File under: drum/percussion showcase. Drummer/percussionist Todd Isler, on his sophomore effort, provides a diverting album that will perk up the ears of any student of rhythm and world-beat. To provide further variety, Isler's percussion solo tracks are spaced between ensemble tracks throughout the album. Soul Drums opens with a very mainstream “Kalalau ...
Melody Breyer-Grell: Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin
by Michael P. Gladstone
Coming on the heels of her well-received debut album, The Right Time (Rhombus, 2004), jazz singer Melody Breyer-Grell's Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin is an appreciation of the Gershwin songbook. This is, by itself, a daunting task, since there are many preceding greats who have interpreted these songs many times over. Tackling tunes like “Embraceable You," “Someone ...
Pamela Hines Trio: Return
by Michael P. Gladstone
Following in the footsteps of Drop 2 (Spice Rack Records, 2006), pianist Pamela Hines and her trio returns for an even better example of the jazz piano trio, augmented by guest saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi. Her rhythm section of bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti remain intact. Commentary on Hines' previous albums ...
Dorothy Doring: Southern Exposure
by Michael P. Gladstone
Jazz vocalist Dorothy Doring has a history with the Crescent City. A native of Minnesota vacationing in New Orleans in 2004, Doring encountered pianist David Torkanowsky, which led to her sitting in with his group. One thing led to another and, although the beginnings of this album began that year, it was not released until December, ...
The Willie Williams Trio: Comet Ride
by Michael P. Gladstone
Saxophonist Willie Williams come charging out of the gate like Sonny Rollins' trio featuring bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Elvin Jones on A Night at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1957) The title track of Williams' Comet Ride is aptly named, with bassist Gary Wang and drummer Rudy Walker taking no prisoners alongside Williams' tenor, with ...
Craig Yaremko: Sync
by Michael P. Gladstone
Saxophonist Craig Yaremko's Sync, immediately brings to mind his other major appearance recently, as the multi-reed player on trumpeter/flugelhornist Nathan Eklund's A Crooked Line (Jazz Excursion, 2007). While A Crooked Line was a structured attempt to revisit the early 1960s Blue Note period, Sync has some other ideas. The group here is a quartet ...
Grupo Los Santos: Lo Que Somos Lo Que Sea
by Michael P. Gladstone
A spirited group of Latin jazz players called Grupos Los Santos offers its brand of music on Lo Que Somos Lo Que Sea, which translates to What We Are What Will Be . The title of the group could also be loosely translated to mean that they are not playing a singular type of music but ...
Jacintha: Jacintha Goes to Hollywood
by Michael P. Gladstone
Singer Jacintha (Abisheganaden) was born in Singapore to Chinese/Sri Lankan parents in 1957. She eventually began recording, and established a reputation as both a singer and actor in Southeast Asia. Signing a contract with Groove Note Records in 1999, she became a more familiar musical name to North American listeners for the first time.. ...
Jentsch Group Large: Brooklyn Suite
by Michael P. Gladstone
Guitarist/composer/arranger Chris Jentsch has produced a highly original forty-five minute work in the titular Brooklyn Suite, as well as two other new compositions. Jentsch has lived in the New York borough of Brooklyn since 1999 and pays homage to the sights and sounds of his adopted home. Jentsch did the same for another city on Miami ...
