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The Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra: Joyful Noise
by Edward Blanco
Veteran bassist, arranger/composer Chuck Israels has had the good fortune of performing and recording with some of the best jazz musicians on the planet including legends and icons from Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins to John Coltrane and Stan Getz among many others, though he is best associated with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 ...
Lena Hovanesian: irwinorange
by Dan McClenaghan
In assigning colors to a musician's sound," does alto saxophonist Lena Hovanesian blow orange? Maybe. On her debut CD, irwinorange, the title taken from the 2014 Franklin Evans' painting of the same name, Hovanesian's alto has a citrus-y tang, as she explores, sonically, her love of abstract art and natural beauty of Hawaii and her native ...
Vladan: Ornaments
by C. Michael Bailey
Eastern Europe and, particularly the Balkans, have been fertile ground in the evolution of jazz, with an excellent recent example of Markelian Kapedani's Balkan Bop. Another pianist emerging from that same fecund spot is Vladan. Vladan is Vladan Mijatovic, a Serbian pianist and composer intent on trashing genre designations and fully expanding the piano sound palette. ...
Osiris
Album: Emergence
By Walker Adams
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 05:37
Charlie Hunter Trio: Let the Bells Ring On
by Vincenzo Roggero
Pur avendo incrociato i loro destini nel corso degli ultimi vent'anni, in diversi contesti e con diverse formazioni è la prima volta in assoluto che Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte e Curtis Fowlkes entrano in studio di registrazione per incidere un disco come trio. Dieci brani originali a nome del chitarrista, durata media quattro minuti, tempo perfetto ...
Claudio Ottaviano Quartet: Aurora
by Angelo Leonardi
Per il secondo disco da leader il contrabbassista Claudio Ottaviano modifica parzialmente partner e strumentazione (si aggiunge il batterista Roberto Paglieri, Antonio Zambrini sostituisce Franzini al pianoforte) mentre conferma la relazione con il sassofonista Tino Tracanna. Anche il clima musicale di fondo si pone in perfetta continuità col precedente lavoro: i temi sono tutti ...
Better than TV: Late
by Bruce Lindsay
Better than TV, huh? A few years ago that assertion--from a young quintet based in Cambridge, UK--would have been quite a boast. Today, not so much. Still, congrats to the band for coming up with the name. It's memorable and a tad quirky, which is good, because on this evidence the band, with a strong bop ...
Mary May: This Is What You Are
by Chris Mosey
When Mary May heard Sarah Vaughan sing If I Loved You" it blew her away. She sang in a way I had never heard anyone sing before." Then came Anita O'Day, Nancy Wilson and Marion Montgomery. They all made May yearn to follow in their footsteps. But Scots being--famously--careful people, it took a ...
Julian Schneemann: Roundabout
by Budd Kopman
Pianist, composer and arranger Julian Schneemann must be given credit for his extreme ambition in the creation of his wonderful debut recording, Roundabout. Not only does he mix French horn and bassoon with the more normal" jazz instruments to get a sound one does not often hear, he has mixed classical" music with jazz" ...
Dennis Angel: On Track
by Edward Blanco
New York flugelhornist and composer Dennis Angel presents a collection of funk, Latin-tinged and contemporary jazz sounds in a musical package of smooth-styled jazz featuring pianist of note Kenny Barron on the light and savvy On Track. A lawyer by profession with a New York City suburban law firm, Angel delivers his third album as leader ...

