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Gettin' It Done
By Steve Davis
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Village Blues; Gettin' It Done; Steppin' Easy; Sunny; Alike; The Beacon; Longview; Wishes.
Bob Mintzer Big Band / Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band / Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Bob Mintzer Big BandFor the MomentMCG Jazz2012 Anyone who has followed Bob Mintzer's career knows that the multi-talented saxophonist / educator has always had a special place in his heart for music from south of the border (he even recorded a big-band album, Latin from Manhattan, back in ...
Take Five With Ludmil Krumov
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ludmil Krumov: “Ludmil was one of my best students, and I have to say that I learned as much from him as he did form me! Brilliant, creative, soulful, intellectually probing--Ludmil has it all. The work he's doing with integrating Bulgarian rhythmic and melodic concepts into today's jazz, as well as the way ...
Steve Davis: Gettin' It Done
by Dan Bilawsky
Trombonist Steve Davis has never had a problem getting things done. He instantly joined the slide-wielding elite when he graduated from the Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute in 1989 and joined up with drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. That gig jump-started his career and he's never looked back. Stints with McLean and pianist Chick Corea followed, ...
Steve Davis: Gettin' It Done
by Bruce Lindsay
Calling trombonist Steve Davis a veteran is probably inappropriate--after all, he was a mere 44 year-old when he recorded Gettin' It Done in October, 2011. However, he has such a wealth of experience, such a command of his instrument and such a rich back catalog of recordings that based on his body of work rather than ...
Nova Jazz Orchestra / Christian McBride Big Band / NYJO
by Jack Bowers
Nova Contemporary Jazz OrchestraWho Sez You Can't Dance to Bebop?Nova Jazz2010 When last heard from, Minnesota's dauntless Nova Jazz Orchestra was performing alongside the legendary Stan Kenton Orchestra--well, not actually “alongside," but as part of the Tantara label's ongoing two-disc salute to Kenton, Double Feature, Vol. 2. ...
Skelton Skinner All Stars / Clare Fischer Big Band / Ron Carter's Great Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Skelton Skinner Allstars Big BandCookin' with the Lid OnDiving Duck Records2012 Back in the late 1950s, vibraphonist Terry Gibbs (with some help from his friends) put together an ensemble that became known as the Terry Gibbs Dream Band, took up residence in Hollywood and began blowing audiences ...
Jamie Dubberly And Orquesta Dharma: Road Warrior
by Dan Bilawsky
When trombonist Jamie Dubberly moved from New York to northern California in 2003, he immediately became ensconced in the burgeoning Bay Area Latin jazz scene. While he sharpened his performance skills by playing in bands like Avance and Louie Romero's Mazacote, these groups also inspired him to put pen to paper and explore the lexicon of ...
Mistaken Identity
By Jay Ashby
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2011
Track listing: Mistaken Identity; Double Take; Chega De Saudade; Nina Never Knew; Choices; Tootin' for Toots; The Odd Couple; Spirit Waltz; Stable Mates; One For All.
Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner
by Lawrence Peryer
Atlantic Records issued this collection 1976, featuring two tracks each from four of the most important pianists in the post-bop era. Excepting one piece, each pianist is represented here in trio format. The Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea offerings are from their own 1966 sessions as leaders. Jarrett contributes two original compositions and ...
