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Peter Prisco / Peter Scattaretico Quartet: Yesterday's Future
by Mike Neely
Yesterday's Future presents an obscure New York quartet live in the studio. The band has the casual rapport of players who have known and played with each other for a long time. This little known guitar and drummer led band plays very good jazz. Peter Prisco is a sophisticated guitarist with influences ...
Earl May Quartet: Swinging the Blues
by Mike Neely
He may not have recorded much as a leader, but there are few jazz greats over the past forty years or so that haven't played or recorded with bassist Earl May, including Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. His duet recordings with John Coltrane are unusual in the great saxophonists discography; his recordings with Sonny Stitt and ...
Joe Byrd / Howard Alden: Duets
by Mike Neely
Duets is a notable release that pushes an often overly modest bassist into the solo limelight, and also features a widely admired guitarist in one of his better performances. Joe Byrd has always been known for his mastery of the supportive aspects of playing the bass, especially his precise sense of time, and his solid bluesy ...
Dave Glasser: Above The Clouds
by Mike Neely
Alto saxophonist Dave Glasser may not be widely known in the world of jazz, but that will change in time. Above the Clouds provides all the evidence one would need to acknowledge that an important new voice is on the scene. This release is a quartet recording with a solid lineup of musicians, featuring Glasser on ...
Johnny Smith: The Sound Of The Johnny Smith Guitar
by Mike Neely
A half-century after Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Bud Powell made names for themselves in the world of jazz, it is more than likely that if these three giants somehow returned to play in New York City they would still be at the very top of the heap among their fellow musicians. A similar claim could ...
Howard Roberts: Good Pickin's
by Mike Neely
Whatever you may think of guitarist Howard Roberts, Good Pickin's will likely change your mind. Prior to this release, most knowledgeable listeners would probably associate Roberts with his studio work in popular music and easy listening jazz. Good Pickin's will change that perspective forever. On this reissued 1959 session, Roberts plays straight-ahead jazz at a level ...
Bernd Lhotzky and Chris Hopkins: Tandem
by Mike Neely
Making a successful piano duet recording is a challenge. In addition to the performance, there is the issue of the recording process: getting the mix right and capturing both instruments with clarity. This is not an easy thing to do, as the evidence of many poorly recorded piano duets will attest. In addition, there's the task ...
Vince Lewis Trio: Better Than Ever
by Mike Neely
It is a rare pleasure to hear an obscure recording and realize you are listening to an excellent jazz musician. Such is the case with this trio recording by guitarist Vince Lewis. Track by track, on Better Than Ever, a collection mainstream jazz with a focus on standards, he demonstrates why he belongs on stage among ...
Steve Abshire & Vince Lewis: Live at the Mainstay
by Mike Neely
Listeners who are already familiar with guitarists Steve Abshire and Vince Lewis' first release, Two In The Pocket, will be pleased to know that Live at the Mainstay is an even stronger recording, with the addition of the fine rhythm section of bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Chuck Redd. This is a subtle quartet which often ...
Steve Abshire & Vince Lewis: Two In The Pocket
by Mike Neely
If you're a fan of mainstream jazz guitar, here's a gem of a small label recording that will be a continual delight. I'm talking about Two In The Pocket, a Steve Abshire and Vince Lewis collaboration from two now obscure jazz guitarists who will both be better known in the near future. This is a small ...
