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Matthias Lupri Group: Metalix
by Jim Santella
With this program of original compositions, vibraphonist Matthias Lupri takes his modern mainstream sextet through a series of musical adventures. Along with the standard timbres of an intense unit from today's contemporary jazz scene, he also employs electronic ideas to season the session with an added flair. (Another) Lost Creek, “Dream Nocturne, “Time Design, ...
Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East: Diamonds for Nat
by Jack Bowers
Throughout much of his musical career, trumpeter Nat Adderley was overshadowed by his larger-than-life sibling, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball Adderley. But Nat was a giant in his own right, not only as a player but also as a composer. (Does “Work Song ring a bell?) Nat also went out of his way to nurture ...
Sai Ghose: New Blood
by Jim Santella
Jazz's modern mainstream needs new blood in the form of emerging artists, innovative ideas, and creative new compositions. Pianist Sai Ghose comes up with a welcome plan on New Blood, bringing several new pieces to interpret with his quartet. They're tight. Everything seems to click as the four artists turn loose a spate of creative fire ...
Art Lillard's Heavenly Band: Reasons To Be Thankful
by Michael P. Gladstone
File this one under: Swingin' NYC Big Band! Drummer, bandleader and composer Art Lillard has been leading versions of this organization over the past nineteen years and has produced in Reasons To Be Thankful an upbeat and impressive album that exposes several talented and underappreciated musicians in the Big Apple. The thirteen selections are all Lillard ...
Matthias Lupri Group: Metalix
by John Kelman
While Same Time Twice (Summit, 2002) found vibraphonist Matthias Lupri emerging as a noteworthy contemporary jazz composer, Transition Sonic (Summit, 2004) represented a significant compositional leap. Lupri fashioned a suite of pieces that, while generally unrelated thematically, ultimately created a longer, more complex narrative whose whole was greater than the sum of its parts. With Metalix ...
Swingin' The Blues Away
Album: Reasons To Be Thankful
By Art Lillard's Heavenly Band
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2006
Duration: 03:55
Art Lillard: Reasons to be Thankful
by Jim Santella
Recorded in 2000, this session by Art Lillard's big band combines lively swing and a traditional mainstream essence into one original package. Lillard and members of his organization wrote the music for this romping program. Lillard, a drummer, leads the band with a swinging rhythmic foundation and comfortable strides. He brings in vocal soloists for six ...
Art Lillard's Heavenly Band: Reasons To Be Thankful
by Edward Blanco
Reasons to be Thankful, the second recording from Art Lillard's Heavenly Band since 1995, offers a toe-tapping, fun big band swing time experience. The Heavenly Big Band, a fixture amd mainstay of the New York jazz scene since 1987, is the brainchild of drummer/composer and band leader Art Lillard. Unlike most big band recordings, this album ...
Dave Schumacher: Endangered Species
by Dan McClenaghan
Back in the beginning there was Gerry Mulligan; or maybe it was Pepper Adams. We're talking baritone saxophone here, of course, especially as a lead instrument. It's still not a horn you often hear out front, regrettably. But with his Summit Records debut, Endangered Species, Dave Schumacher does his part to remedy the situation.Schmacher, ...
David Schumacher: Endangered Species
by Jim Santella
As the spice of life, variety plays a major role in David Schumacher's Summit debut. The baritone saxophonist enjoys a hearty organ combo ambience, along with tracks dedicated to Latin jazz, blues, straight-ahead jazz, and even a little hip-hop. His organ combos give the session a contemporary spirit that flows from tradition and remains timeless today.
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