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Hal Galper Trio: O's Time
by Maurizio Zerbo
O's Time è un ragguardevole CD che ci fa ritrovare Hal Galper in splendida forma e ne documenta sia la ricchezza espressiva che la rilevante creatività. Emblema di una particolare schiera di jazzisti, i musician's musicians, Galper propone un affascinante viaggio di fantasiosa esplorazione di alcuni standard. Senza cali di tensione, il fiorito ...
Laurie Antonioli & Richie Beirach: Varuna
by C. Michael Bailey
There is a tuneful Constellation in the West and her name is Laurie Antonioli. Returning to her native Bay Area in 2006 after an expatriate period in Europe where she served as professor of voice at Austria's Kug University, she formed her American Dreams" band recording, most recently, the well critically well-received albums, American Dreams (Intrinsic ...
Saxophonist/Composer John Wojciechowski's "Focus" Due For Sept. 18 Release By Origin Records
Tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist John Wojciechowski has been a mainstay of Chicago's world-class jazz scene since his arrival from Detroit in 2002, forging close alliances with first-call musicians such as pianist Ryan Cohan, bassist Dennis Carroll, and drummer Dana Hall. Those players happen to be the members of his tightly-knit working quartet, who appear on ...
Life Happens
Album: The Chase
By Nick Finzer
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2015
Duration: 05:08
Clay Giberson: Minga Minga
by Dan McClenaghan
From the mouth of his young daughter came the four playful syllables that don't mean a thing in the adult world, but Portland, Oregon-based pianist Clay Giberson took the idea--and the momentous event of the birth of his child--and went into the studio to record solo, every day for two weeks. The result is Minga Minga. ...
Nick Finzer: The Chase
by Mark Sullivan
Trombonist Nick Finzer distinguishes himself as horn player, composer, and bandleader on this exciting sextet date. It's upbeat modern jazz just about all the way, aided by creative arranging. This is bop-based music, but Finzer avoids the trap of having all of the tunes follow the same head-solos-head format. There's plenty of solo space, but not ...
Nick Finzer: The Chase
by Bruce Lindsay
The trombone's gone through a few good times and a few bad times as a front-line jazz instrument. Thankfully, for all lovers of this particular horn, these times are good times. Nick Finzer is one of the players responsible, a trombonist and writer with flair and variety. The Chase, his second album, helps to ensure that ...
H2 Big Band: It Could Happen
by Nicholas F. Mondello
From one perspective, It Could Happen is a teaser title for this big band recording. Sure, it's a perseveration of one of the scrumptious cuts on this cake. However, like a fine Le Cordon Bleu recipe, if you heap eleven exceptionally well-written GAS and original selections into the pot and set great charts before some of ...
Lorin Cohen: Home
by Dan Bilawsky
What's home?" Is it where somebody's born and raised? Is it where a person resides at a given time? Or is it any place where an individual finds a high level of comfort, joy, and possibility? For Lorin Cohen, it's all three. This talented bassist-composer makes that fact plainly apparent on this, his leader debut.
Tom Collier: Alone in the Studio
by C. Michael Bailey
Percussionist Tom Collier has the solo touch. His previous recording, Tom Collier: Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and Others (Origin, 2012) had the vibraphonist and educator making his way through a Baroque and classical recitals to great effect. Presently, Collier strolls through some originals and standards and not-so-standard standards making up this most inventive and clever collection ...


