Results for "Rob Reich"

Rob Reich

October 2023: An Improvised Paradise

by Pat Youngspiel
October 11, 2023

The Angelica Sanchez Nonet Nighttime Creatures Pyroclastic Records 2023 One rarely gets to hear the contra-alto clarinet--an instrument mainly developed in the 20th century with a range extending downwards to the lower E-flat (concert G-flat), sometimes even a D or a C. On the introductory title cut of Nighttime Creatures, however, ...

Bossambal Brazil

By Richard Sorce

Label: Everjazz Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Sooner Than Now; The Sweetest Dream; How This Night Disappeared; Our Little Secret; Welcome Spring; Ballad for Claudio; Sunrise Samba; Our Make-Believe; Afternoon Shadows; She's Always Beautiful to Me; Did I Tell You?; For More Than This Moment; Never Far From You; Let's Take A Chance.

Richard Sorce: Bossambal Brazil

by Edward Blanco
March 20, 2021

Long-time proponent of the Brazilian style of music, pianist Richard Sorce presents his fourth album as leader with the light and graceful Bossambal Brazil, offering 14 fresh original compositions showcasing bossa novas, sambas and soft ballads, all designed to remind us that there is a gentle side of jazz which appeals to those who know how ...

The Richard Sorce Project: Closer Than Before

by Mark Sullivan
October 14, 2016

Lush Brazilian-flavored Latin jazz from composer/pianist/arranger Richard Sorce and his nine-piece group consisting of a five-piece rhythm section, a three-piece horn section and vocalists (augmented by occasional horn and string sections). An accomplished musician and academic, Sorce has received several Meet the Composer grants, is an ASCAP award winning composer and songwriter and the recipient of ...

Fred Randolph: Song Without Singing

by Edward Blanco
November 4, 2015

In demand San Francisco Bay Area-based educator, composer and bassist Fred Randolph unveils his third album as leader, Songs Without Singing containing ten innovative originals and one cover tune recorded with his working quintet and other Bay Area musicians. A fixture in San Francisco's vibrant jazz scene and a member of Orquesta Dharma, the Melanthium Ensemble ...

Accordion Three-Fer: Triphilia; Nice Guy Trio & Will Holshouser

by Donald Elfman
March 6, 2010

Alan Bern/Michael Rodach/Paul BrodyTriophiliaJazzwerkstatt2009 The Nice Guy TrioHere Comes The Nice Guy TrioPorto Franco2009 Will Holshouser Trio + Bernardo SassettiPalace Ghosts and Drunken HymnsClean Feed2001