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The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra: Transplants
By Russ Spiegel
Label: RuzzTone Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Count Up
The Very Thought of You
Kangaroo
Number One
Chain Reaction
Undertow
I Let a Song Out of My Heart
The Rub
I Should Care
Trio Alto - Volume One
Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Long Ago And far Away (J. Kern); 02. Turn Out The Stars (B. Evans); 03. Red Cross (C. Parker); 04. The State Of
The World (L. Stillman); 05. All The Things You Are (Kern/Hammerstein); 06. Time Remembered (B. Evans); 07. What Is This
Thing Called Love (C. Porter); 08. Body And Soul (J. Green); 09. The Touch Of Your Lips (R. Noble).
Peter Zak: My Conception
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Pianist Peter Zak, a heralded talent in the trio setting, flies solo on his excellent My Conception, where he skillfully dissects and reconstructs a roster of originals and standards, giving them depth of character and unrealized poignancy. Zak's originals are ambitious and diverse. He plays the mercurial “Shala with building emotion and lyricism as his boundless ...
Duke Jordan Quintet: Duke's Delight
by Mike Neely
Duke's Delight is a classy recording from a pianist of renown. While the tape was rolling Duke Jordan's playing was inspired, and the band stayed right with him throughout this session, which includes five Jordan compositions and Duke Ellington's “In My Solitude." Playing piano in a sax and trumpet format is a ...
Russ Spiegel: Chimera
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Russ Spiegel has come a long way from the time when he was influenced by rock and spent a decade playing that music. The self-confessed latecomer to jazz shows firm grasp of the vocabulary as he takes different forms and builds them into a cohesive unit. Spiegel wrote six of the tunes on this venture, ...
Vincent Gardner: The Good Book: Chapter One
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although his major claim to fame up to this point has been time spent with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, trombonist Vincent Garner is a very likely candidate for the category of talent seeking of wider recognition. As a follow-up to his debut set Elbow Room (Steeplechase, 2006), this effort not only sheds light on his ...
Andy LaVerne: Intelligent Design
by C. Andrew Hovan
Certainly not your household name by any stretch of the imagination, pianist Andy LaVerne is nonetheless a particularly adept pianist who has worked with many jazz legends over the years including Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra, Michael Brecker and Lionel Hampton. He's also a respected educator and has been largely documented on almost forty dates as a ...
Russ Spiegel: Chimera
by Troy Collins
Chimera is guitarist Russ Spiegel's fourth album and first for Steeplechase. His previous releases include a rock record, a live big band recording and a mainstream date for Doublemoon (2001's Twilight). This sextet session finds him in the company of an adventurous and like-minded set of peers. Channeling the spirited energy of hard-bop with the progressive ...
Steve LaSpina: Play Room
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Juggling a whirlwind schedule as a musician, father and student means that bassist Steve LaSpina is always in constant motion. Play Room is a selection of original compositions that comment on the recent state of affairs in his life. The music is lively, contemplative, playful and always involving. The title cut serves as ...
