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Akira Tana: Secret Agent Men
by Joel Roberts
Sure, it's kitschy and gimmicky and a bit predictable, but Secret Agent Men, veteran drummer Akira Tana's treatment of real and imagined movie themes, works for one simple reason - it grooves like hell! And with ringers like Dr. Lonnie Smith at the B-3, Rodney Jones on guitar, and Tana's frequent collaborator Rufus Reid on bass, ...
Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder: Flip!
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Andy Parsons and drummer Gene Lewin are the core of this quartet, long term collaborators and partners on two previous CDs. For Flip! they've brought in the renowned bassist, John Patitucci, who plays with sax great Wayne Shorter, and has his own stellar CD, Songs, Stories.... In addition they've got a new (to this reviewer) ...
Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder: Flip!
by Mark Corroto
Least we forget, jazz was once popular music. Not something that required a degree in music theory to appreciate, nor merely a ‘quiet storm’ of background soundtrack for your office cubicle. It seems the young cats today, the likes of Ben Allison, Matt Wilson, and Charlie Hunter, desire to come down from the lofty perch jazz ...
Jay Leonhart: Rodgers and Leonhart
by C. Michael Bailey
This quirky little recording offers a freshly-performed collection of Richard Rodgers compositions presented in a springtime nouvelle façon. Bassist/vocalist Leonhart provides this recording with a beautifully fresh sense of humor and novel invention. Multiple vocalists ply their respective wares on these Broadway gems. Notable tunes from the list of usual suspects include two ...
Bob Sneider: Out of the Darkness
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Guitarist Bob Sneider, based in Rochester, New York, won two Downbeat awards for “Best Performance" before he was out of college, then went on to perform with Houston Person, Freddie Cole, Nnenna Freelon, and Jon Faddis; he also toured with Chuck Mangione for four years. Now teaching jazz guitar at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, ...
Girl Talk
By Jodi Stevens
Label: Sons of Sound
Released: 2002
Track listing: Girl Talk; It Never Entered My Mind; Lover Come Back to Me; Blue
Gardenia; Foolin' Myself; Angel Eyes; I'm a Woman; He Was too Good to
Me; Come on a My House; More Than You Know; You'd Be So Nice to
Come Home to; Girl Talk (Reprise)
Commission Project
Label: Sons of Sound
Released: 2002
Track listing: Views From A Train - 01 Freely 02 High-Spirited 03 Chorale 04 Presto;
Cubamericargie Quintet - 05 Canas de Azucar 06 Zamba Sombria
07 Mi Longa Alegria; 08 Quasi An Arabesque;
The Toy Chest - 09 Jumping Jacks 10 Barbie and Ken 11 T Rex
12 Vincent 13 Trains
Jodi Stevens: Girl Talk
by Dave Nathan
Pull together a play list of well-established standards, sung by one of the top jazz cocktail performers from the Broadway circuit and backed by some of jazz's most imaginative and talented jazz masters from the Great White Way; add witty, clever and romantic arrangements; and the result is a CD that will catch and keep most ...
American Saxophone Quartet: Commission Project
by Mark F. Turner
Ahhhh, the sweet sound of the ultimate reed instrument, the beloved saxophone. No other instrument in jazz has evoked more passion or grace when placed in the capable hands of a skilled musician. For fans of the saxophone and its sibling instrument, the clarinet, the The Commission Project by the American Saxophone Quartet delivers an abundance ...
A Whole Nother Story
By Fundementia
Label: Sons of Sound
Released: 2001
Track listing: A Whole Nother Story; Slush Piranhas; I Can Hear You Waiting; What They Do In Tents; Like Weeds On The Ruins; A Reason For Raisins; Jaded; Bluish News.
