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Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
Album: Pacific
By Frank Kohl
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 03:45
Ted Piltzecker: Vibes on a Breath
by Jack Bowers
Even though Ted Piltzecker is a splendid vibraphonist and ushers a group of Colorado's leading jazz musicians through its paces on Vibes on a Breath, it is his sparkling arrangements that carry the day on this delightful new album. Several members of Piltzecker's septet double, and he makes the most of that versatility, writing charts that ...
Frank Kohl: Pacific
by Bill Milkowski
An old adage maintains that New York City is the Jazz capital of the world. While that may still ring true, there are fertile jazz scenes scattered all over the country where plenty of potent players have been flying under the radar. Seattle guitarist Frank Kohl, who has been quietly going about the business of making ...
Willow Weep for Me
Album: Love's Got Me in a Lazy Mood
By Darden Purcell
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 06:37
Praise
Album: Heartbeat
By Ben Winkelman
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:24
Ben Winkelman: Heartbeat
by Neil Duggan
Awaiting the arrival of his first child while locked down in New York City during the pandemic were probably not the circumstances which pianist Ben Winkelman would ideally have chosen for writing new music. Nonetheless, taking inspiration from the anticipation of fatherhood and the feeling of isolation acted as the catalyst for the nine compositions which ...
Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington: Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Six
by Jack Bowers
In jazz terms, trumpeter Paul Tynan and baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington's Bicoastal Collective is a long-running series, as this marks the sixth recording produced during their sixteen-year partnership. As Chapters One to Five were splendid, it might have been advisable to close the book there. However, Tynan and Lington have chosen to forge ahead, and so ...
If I Only Had a Brain
Album: Vibes on a Breath
By Ted Piltzecker
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 06:59
Arbitrary Rules
Album: Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Six
By Paul Tynan
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:18
Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington: Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Six
by Gary Carner
If you ask yourself: What is the definition of meaningtul contemporary jazz? What do well-crafted jazz tunes played by stellar musicians sound like? How do you combine fresh music ideas with the heritage of jazz as we know it? How do you inject various harmonic layers into jazz compositions and still make it sound accessible? What's ...
