Results for "Self Produced"

Roller Trio: Fracture

by Phil Barnes
January 12, 2015

Fracture is an intriguing title for this follow up record to Roller Trio's eponymous Mercury nominated debut from 2012. Recent interview comments spoke of how little that nomination changed their financial situation, so it is tempting to read the title as a reference to the band's relationship with the music industry--after all the album is also ...

Roy McGrath Quartet: Martha

by James Nadal
January 10, 2015

In music as well as life, to succeed one must often take chances, jazz is undoubtedly filled with risk takers which were essential in determining this music. The saxophone for Roy McGrath has taken him on a remarkable journey since leaving his home in Puerto Rico to seek his musical passion. It wound through many years ...

Yellow Ballet

January 8, 2015

Album: Good Demons
By Michael Evdemon
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Duration: 05:25

Kendall Moore: Focus

by Hrayr Attarian
January 6, 2015

Trombonist and composer Kendall Moore's debut, Focus, exhibits remarkable maturity and an exquisite harmonic sense. The six originals are intricately constructed and orchestrated in intriguing patterns. Each one is imbued with an individualized mood and varying degrees of dramatic tension. The cinematic “Fellowship" opens with pianist Angelo Versace's sparse haunting keystrokes. The ensemble's languid, ...

Yuma Jazz Company: Intuition

by Jack Bowers
January 5, 2015

Intuition is the fourth album by the Yuma Jazz Company, a well-groomed post-bop quintet that has been gigging in southwestern Arizona since it was formed around a dozen years ago. As one would expect from a group whose home base lies a few miles from the Mexican border, the Latin influence is strong, especially on “Late ...

The Chad Eby Quartet: The Sweet Shel Suite

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 5, 2015

For those who might not know him from his most famous written works, “The Giving Tree" and “Light in the Attic," or from his music, Johnny Cash's hit, “A Boy Named Sue," poet, cartoonist, playwright and Grammy®-winning musician, Shel Silverstein was about as unique and talented an artist as they come. Ironically, some of his best ...

Focus

January 5, 2015

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Gridlock

January 4, 2015

Album: The RE: Project
By Bryan Smith
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 03:47

Rhythm Method: By The Bye

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2015

Rhythm Method--a quintet of some of Dublin's finest contemporary musicians--was founded by guitarist Shane Latimer and bassist Cormac O'Brien in 2009. Trumpeter Bill Blackmore, Rhodes keyboardist Darragh O'Kelly and Latimer form a probing three-pronged front-line, with O'Brien and drummer Shane O'Donavan plying lithe grooves. The division of labor, however, is not quite that simple, for like ...

A Sound for Sore Ears

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014