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Mason Razavi: Quartet Plus, Volume 2
by Jack Bowers
The “plus" in San Francisco Bay area-based guitarist Mason Razavi's CD Quartet Plus, Volume 2 is a front line consisting of trumpet, trombone and three reeds, which on the second half of the album more than doubles the size of Razavi's quartet. There are many ways that could be done. For example, the nonet tracks might ...
Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Invitation
by Jack Bowers
Here's how to make sure a five-star big-band album receives a four-star review: assemble a group of the finest musicians within a stone's throw or two of the chosen locale, place them in a recording studio, hand them superlative charts to read --then add vocals. In this case three of same, pretty much undermining what is ...
Ben Markley Big Band, featuring Terell Stafford: Clockwise: The Music Of Cedar Walton
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Cedar Walton (1934-2013) is one of the giants, as well known for his compositions and arranging as he is for his piano chair stints in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, his steering vocalist Etta James to an Emmy Award for Mystery Lady: The Songs Of Billie Holiday, (RCA, 1994), and his prolific recording career, beginning with ...
Ben Markley: Clockwise: The Music Of Cedar Walton
by Jack Bowers
Cedar Walton, whose long and illustrious career ended with his passing in August 2013, was not only one of his era's most celebrated jazz pianists but a musician whose impressive talents as a composer were often beclouded by his remarkable success as a performer. One of those whose admiration for Walton the composer is as earnest ...
Village Waltz
Album: Waltz New
By Tom Dempsey
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 0
Duration: 6:19
Gustavo Cortinas Snapshot: Esse
by Dan Bilawsky
Gustavo Cortinas' Esse is a place where two passions meet and merge. The drummer's fascination with philosophy served as grist for the compositional mill, inspiring and guiding his hands and mind to create this deep-thinking treatise. It's a fascinating musical realization, exploration, and distillation of the works of Hegel, Aristotle, Descartes, Plato, and other brilliant minds. ...
Bolivia
Album: Clockwise: The Music Of Cedar Walton
By Ben Markley
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 6:07
Global Skepticism
Album: ESSE
By Gustavo Cortiñas
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 7:44
Phil Parisot: Lingo
by Paul Rauch
Seattle based drummer/ composer Phil Parisot has straddled several 20th century musical traditions in his career as a sideman, and member of the eclectic big band, Big Neighborhood. His understanding of funk, Afro-Cuban, rock and symphonic music has influenced his approach as a composer, and more so as a drummer on numerous projects in recent memory. ...
Altered Narratives
By Danny Green
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Chatter From All Sides; The Merge; October Ballad; 6 a.m.; Second Chance; Katabasis; Porcupine Dreams; Benji's Song; I Used To Hate The Blues; Friday At The Thursday Club; Serious Fun.
