Results for "Summit Records"

Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Jack Bowers
December 12, 2024

On a personal note, this is unlike any “best of the year" summaries I've written during my more than twenty-five years as a reviewer for All About Jazz. The reason is that I fell in late April and broke my left femur. As a result, I completed no reviews from that time until early September, a ...

Pierre Giroux's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Pierre Giroux
December 10, 2024

These recordings showcase a remarkable range of artistry, from innovative compositions to heartfelt tributes. They celebrate the genre's vibrant evolution while honouring its deep traditions. They offer a tapestry of sounds that redefine boundaries and affirm jazz as a timeless and ever-relevant musical force. Roger KellawayLive At Mezzrow Cellar Music Group ...

John Fedchock: Justifiably J.J.

by Jack Bowers
November 13, 2024

Among jazz trombonists with a sense of history, the name J.J. Johnson is spoken with an admiration that borders on reverence. Johnson was a pacesetter, a creative and articulate slideman and improviser who, either alone or with sometime partner Kai Winding, held the keys to the trombone kingdom from the early 1940s until his retirement more ...

John Fedchock: Justifiably J.J.

by Pierre Giroux
October 3, 2024

The accomplished trombonist John Fedchock has released Justifiably J.J., a heartfelt tribute to one of the most innovative figures in jazz, trombonist J.J. Johnson on the occasion of his centennial. Recorded live at The Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 3, 2024 (Johnson's hometown), Fedchock was accompanied by three top players: pianist Steve Allee, bassist Jeremy ...

John Fedchock: Justifiably J.J.

by Dan McClenaghan
September 3, 2024

J.J. Johnson saved his instrument from possible obscurity. Rarely used as a front-line instrument pre-Johnson, the trombone might have faded away when bebop came along. Bebop--all those rapid-fire notes from trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. At that time, the trombone was considered too cumbersome to navigate the chord changes and the rhythmic fury ...

Chris Mondak: Blank With Colour

by Richard J Salvucci
March 7, 2024

Chris Mondak is a fine, NEC-trained bassist who works in a variety of genres. But this recording really has him in a secondary role, as part of the rhythm section of what must be a version of his working band. The band is good; funky from soft to shout, turn up the volume. Dan Hitchcock's lead ...

Skunk Funk

March 4, 2024

Album: Blank With Colour
By Chris Mondak
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 4:09

Mark Sullivan's Favorite Albums Of 2023

by Mark Sullivan
January 1, 2024

2023 was a very good year for creative music recordings of all sorts. My list includes eclectic music with no specific genre identifier; contemporary jazz; Latin jazz; and reissues of classic jazz and fusion. It would have been easy to create a list three or four times longer. Mata AtlanticaRetiro e Ritmo

The Stage Door Still Swings (And Movies Too)

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Lullaby of Birdland, Tonight, Young at Heart, My Foolish Heart, Young and Restless, I Have Dreamed, Baubles, Bangles & Beads, Through the Eyes of Love, How High the Moon/Orinthology, Yesterdays, Shadow of Your Smile, Love Theme from "Hair," Pennies from Heaven, All the Things You Are. The Party's Over

Boomer Vibes, Volume 1

By Tom Collier

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Magic Fingers; At Last; Both Sides Now; We Gotta Get Out Of This Place; People Make The World Go Round; Just A Little Lovin’ (Early In The Morning); There’s Always Something There To Remind Me; Wild Horses; One Fine Day; Yes It Is; As Tears Go By