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The Rarest of Ivories: Fred Hersch, Joey Alexander, Eliane Elias and Renee Rosnes
by Doug Collette
One of jazz music's most durable and venerated instrumental formats, the piano-led ensemble, trio and otherwise, has proven flexible beyond its surface simplicity, particularly in the hands of ingenious musicians like Fred Hersch, Joey Alexander, Eliane Elias and Renee Rosnes. Such composers/players, along with their esteemed accompanists, have optimal opportunity to bring their intrinsic creativity to ...
Night and Day
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Grind Hog's Day; Night and Day; The Adventures of Hyun Joo Lee; Walton; The
Gypsy; Fly, Little Bird, Fly; Wabash; Theme for Jobim; There Is Something About
You (I Don't Know); Smoking Paul's Stash
Think Ahead
By Steve Davis
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Warrior; Abena's Gaze; A Little Understanding; Atmosphere; Mountaintop; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Love Walked In; Think Ahead; Little B's Poem; Evening Shades of Blue; Farewell, Brother.
#knowingishalfthebattle
By Orrin Evans
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: #knowingishalfthebattle (Matthew Evans Remix); Calls; When Jen Came In; Chiara; Kooks; You Don't Need a License to Drive; Half the Battle; Heavy Hangs the Head That Wears the Crown; Doc's Holiday; Slife; That's All; Zeni Bea; #knowingishalfthebattle (Snarky) [Matthew Evans Remix].
Steve Davis: Think Ahead
by C. Andrew Hovan
Composer and trombonist Steve Davis found a home for his muse starting in the late '90s with Criss Cross Jazz. Over the course of seven dates as a leader and many times more as a sideman, he established his voice as a writer and performer. For the past ten years, his releases elsewhere have ...
Steve Davis: Think Ahead
by Geannine Reid
Trombonist and composer Steve Davis has released his new album on Smoke Sessions Records, entitled, Think Ahead. The inspiration for the title comes from the art of reacting to the unpredictable, but thinking ahead can aid in preparing for whatever the future may bring. The trombonist is joined by saxophonist Jimmy Greene, pianist Larry Willis, bassist ...
Vincent Herring: Night and Day
by Luigi Sforza
La musica di Vincent Herring discende inequivocabilmente dall'hard bop. Come da tradizione, Night and Day ricalca in modo esemplare l'energia e l'irruenza espressiva insita nel sound di quel filone jazzistico. Nel modo di operare, Herring non si sottrae alla convenzione di disporre tromba e sassofono davanti a tutto e lascia che siano pianoforte, contrabbasso ...
Orrin Evans: #knowingishalfthebattle
by Mark F. Turner
Since the 1990s Philadelphia-based pianist Orrin Evans has carved out a revered career as a band leader, producer, composer, and first and foremost, one helluva jazz pianist. Recorded live at New York's Sear Sound's Studio, #knowingishalfthebattle is his third release on Smoke Sessions with an all-star lineup that includes two other well-known Philly natives, guitarists Kevin ...
