Results for "Savant Records"

Silvano Monasterios: Unconditional

by Greg Simmons
June 23, 2011

Miami pianist Silvano Monasterios' Unconditional doesn't announce its qualities with musical histrionics: it's far subtler than that. This collection of eight original tunes shows craftsmanship, fine improvisation and coherence. Monasterios has constructed a compelling musical statement with an emphasis on composition and attention to detail. This is an entire album, not simply a collection of songs. ...

Jim Snidero: Interface

by Dan Bilawsky
May 19, 2011

The digital age has completely changed the way language is used. People talk about “googling" things, discovering new “apps," and “friending people" all the time, so it wouldn't be surprising if the word “interface" eventually replaces “communication" in common, everyday conversations. Interfacing can essentially be viewed as a modern day synonym for communication, and that, after ...

Jim Snidero: Interface

by Dan McClenaghan
May 18, 2011

Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero is a masterful mainstream jazz man, though he's proven his versatility and overall musical acumen, including a third stream lean, on his Strings (Fantasy Jazz, 2003), a set that featured a jazz quartet teamed with strings. Interface finds Snidero back in a straight-ahead frame of mind, teamed, for his ...

Eric Reed: The Dancing Monk

by Greg Simmons
March 20, 2011

Every jazz pianist stands somewhere in the shadow of Thelonious Monk (1917-1982), and Eric Reed has embraced that shadow, with The Dancing Monk. Interpreting the near-mythic pianist/composer's music--let alone making an entire album of his tunes--poses significant challenges to any modern musician, and especially for a pianist. First, Monk's compositions are, indeed, challenging, in ...

Jerry Bergonzi: Convergence

by Greg Simmons
March 3, 2011

Saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi has become one of the most reliable recording artists in jazz. In between his day job as a Berklee College of Music professor, and performing, he turns out a great album or two every year. Featuring mostly tenor horn, Convergence follows dutifully in that pattern. The album splits between a classic piano-based quartet ...

Horace to Max

By Joe Chambers

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Asiatic Raes; Ecaroh; Man from South Africa; Mendacity; Portia; Water Babies; Lonesome Lover; Evidence; Afreeka.

The Groover

By Mike LeDonne

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Rock with You; Blues for McCoy; Little Mary; I'm Gonna Make You Love Me; Deep Blue; Sunday in New York; Bopsolete; The Groover; On the Street Where You Live.

When Lights are Low

By Denise Donatelli

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: It's You or No One; Don't Explain; When Lights are Low; Big Lie, Small World; Why Did I Choose You?; I Wish I Were in Love Again; Kisses (Cantor Da Noite; Forward, Like So; The Telephone Song; The Bed I Made; Enchantment (Firm Roots).

Tides of Yesterday

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Better Next Time; The Sweetest Sounds; Sometimes I'm Happy; Never Never Land; You Must Believe In Spring; The Harbor (Poppy's Song); Eclipse; Big Noise, New York; Where There Is Love; Straight To You (Baloo Baloo;, Infinity.

Simply Put

By Jerry Bergonzi

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Mr. MB - 5:53; 02. Dancing in the Dark (Dietz - Schwartz) - 6:52; 03. Casadiche - 8:00; 04. Come Fly with Me (Cahn - Van Heusen) - 7:10; 5. Wipper Snapper - 5:38; 6. Out of Nowhere (Green - Heyman) - 6:07; 7. Crossing the Naeff - 3:08; 8. Transphybian - 5:27; 9. What If? - 6:30; 10. Malaga - 4:53. Tutti i brani sono di Jerry Bergonzi, eccetto quelli indicati.