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Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
By Dave Stryker
Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Van Gelder's Place; Blue Fire; The Fool On The Hill; Dexterity; Waiting For Ruby; Back and
Forth; The Folks Who Live On The Hill; Every Dark St.; Summer Night.
Dave Stryker: Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
by Pierre Giroux
Dave Stryker's Blue Fire--The Van Gelder Session features the guitarist performing at one of the most revered venues in recorded jazz, and the chosen setting is anything but incidental. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's legendary Englewood Cliffs studio in July 2025, the album benefits from the ambiance itself. Its warmth, clarity, and a sense of history, ...
Ben Boddie On Jazz 2025
by Benjamin Boddie
Every year, jazz reminds us of its vastness, and 2025 was no different. These recordings consistently graced Ben Boddie on Jazz, showcasing a blend of deep tradition and bold exploration. From grand ensemble pieces to intimate, personal recordings, the albums on this list capture the creativity, curiosity, and emotional depth that keep jazz moving. These are ...
C. Andrew Hovan's Best Jazz Albums of 2025
by C. Andrew Hovan
On many levels, 2025 proved to be a challenging year marked by considerable strife. Fortunately, as Art Blakey once observed, “Music washes away the dust of everyday life." And yet, given the current state of affairs, the moment might be more accurately captured by a line from The Police: “When the world is falling down, you ...
Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
by Richard J Salvucci
If this recording were named “Dave Stryker Plays Bernard Hermann" (or Miklós Rózsa or Elmer Bernstein), well that would be just fine. They were all gifted composers who wrote film scores. The consensus would likely be that a musician like Stryker was hardly wasting his time, but Stryker With Strings Goes to the Movies hits the ...
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Dave Stryker
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Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 35 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and many others, you know why Gary Giddins in the Village Voice called him “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.” He was recently voted once again one of the Top Guitarists in the 2025 Downbeat Critics and Readers polls. His most recent CD Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies with a 30- piece studio orchestra received 4 Stars and Editor's Pick in Downbeat magazine.
Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
by Jack Bowers
Guitarist Dave Stryker, who is at home in any venue, Goes to the Movies on this ambitious album, wherein his working quartet is greeted by a thirty-piece orchestra with strings and four talented guest artists. There are some gems here--Henry Mancini's “Dreamsville," Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Edelweiss," Ennio Morricone's theme from Cinema Paradiso among them--and a few ...
Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
By Dave Stryker
Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: In Your Eyes; Cinema Paradiso (main theme); You Only Live Twice; Taxi Driver (main title);
Theme from Shaft; Cavatina; Flirtibird; Low Key Lightly; Moonglow; Dreamsville; Edelweiss.
Richard J Salvucci's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024
by Richard J Salvucci
Bandleader Glenn Miller would introduce a part of his 1930s radio broadcast with the phrase “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." If you review enough classic vinyl rereleases, you get plenty of something old. The new here is obvious and a joy to hear. Only problem is that it will be 2025 before making ...
Dave Stryker: Groove Street
by Richard J Salvucci
This is a throwback recording, but in a very good way. Time was someone could get in a car on a weekend morning, roll the window down, turn the FM up and drive to a happy place. It really did not matter much where: the music got you there because it was just that kind of ...
