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Herring/Lavitz/Hayward/Gradney: Endangered Species
by Todd S. Jenkins
A new breed of jam band, combining the outward-looking aesthetic of the Grateful Dead with the Southern-fried funk of Little Feat. Herring and Lavitz, members of the Dead-tribute collective Jazz Is Dead, met up with the Feat's rhythm section for an edgy, exciting session that stands with the best of Tone Center's releases so far. This ...
Boston Horns: Boogie Stop Shuffle
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by Todd S. Jenkins
Afros are back, so it figures that the best of the 1970s' music should also make a welcome return. The funky jazz stylings of Maceo Parker, the Crusaders and Galactic are taken to a new level on this excellent disc by the Boston Horns. Douglas and Saviuk, alumni of the Heavy Metal Horns, rock the house ...
Chris Greene/New Perspective: On the Verge
by Todd S. Jenkins
New Perspective is a hot, young group that's deeply immersed in the funk. Altoist Chris Greene and friends conjure up phat grooves that guarantee good times and shaking of booty. The opener, “Mister Congeniality", sets the pace for the whole disc with a relentless drum groove sliced up by Charles D. Bayne's bluesy keyboards and Kohki ...
The Sardonics: Catch the Red Eye
by Todd S. Jenkins
Northern California's fun-loving jazz quartet emerge from their hole again with a full-length offering that's a real blast. The Sardonics come by their jazz sensibilities honestly, but they temper technique with a hearty sense of humor and a rejuvenating disregard for artsy pretension. Musicianship never takes a back seat to wit, though they might bicker over ...
Gregg Bendian's Interzone: Requiem for Jack Kirby
by Todd S. Jenkins
An impeccable tribute to an incomparable artist. Jack Kirby was one of the great comic-book creators, a dweller in places of long shadows and stark colors who fathered the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-Men and other legendary Marvel Comics. A musical tribute to a visual artist working in that medium might seem strange, but Interzone ...
Benny Rietveld: Mystery of Faith
by Todd S. Jenkins
Benny Rietveld emerges from the first-call sideman shadows into a feral fusion adventureland. The exotic bassist paid some early dues in one of Miles Davis’ last lineups and recently broke into stardom with Carlos Santana’s smash Supernatural band. Benny obviously cribbed notes during his past gigs, as he has crafted some incredible tunes for his strikeforce ...
Rick Washbrook: A Gypsy's Bed
by Todd S. Jenkins
There are fans, and then there are fans. When it comes to the late Lenny Breau, Rick Washbrook is a fan. Breau was a Canadian jazz guitar genius whose distinctive style of fingering two-note chords while playing the melody on top was highly influential to mainstream jazz guitarists. For some reason Breau never became as well-known ...
Lucas Pickford and Steve Hunt: Blown Fuse
by Todd S. Jenkins
Red-hot fusion explorations that draw strongly from the genre’s past peaks. Lucas Pickford is an up-and-coming bass wizard who has found his own voice amid the saturating influences of Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Berlin. Pickford is indebted to all the above but derivative of none. Here he partners with keyboardist Steve Hunt, who ...
Pedro Menendez (Contemporaneo: Luna
by Todd S. Jenkins
Wonderfully sensual evocations from South America. Pedro Menendez is a multi-instrumentalist from Argentina who has a fresh ear for blending the sounds of different musics. His brand of world-jazz fusion keeps more than an arm’s length from both the New Age and rock-flavored camps. The jazz elements are most predominant, particularly in his expansive piano sounds. ...
Shane Ashley: My Emotions
by Todd S. Jenkins
Rising star Shane Ashley embodies all that is good and fine about contemporary vocal jazz: a profoundly personal sense of deep soul, an gift for creating truly ear-catching melodies and harmonies, and a tasteful avoidance of the cliches that so often drag the genre down into cheesiness. From stem to stern, My Emotions is a warm, ...
