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Eric Bolvin: Eric Bolvin's Quorum
by Trevor MacLaren
Quorum is an unassuming knockout from the start! Bolvin is one hot player, drawing from the inspiration of the trumpet's masters and turning it into his own sound. In fact, Bolvin has a sound to which many players aspire; and he is a forthright bandleader, composer and arranger. His arrangement of Billy Strayhorn's “Chelsea Bridge" is ...
The Shuffle Demons: Streetniks
by Trevor MacLaren
The Shuffle Demons Streetniks Independent 1986 In the mid to late eighties popular jazz was traveling through some pretty murky waters. In the eyes of many young people, jazz had taken on the stodgy air that afflicts Baroque, Classical and Romantic era music. Many no longer saw jazz ...
Katie Bull: Conversations with the Jokers
by Trevor MacLaren
With the recent resurgence in female vocal jazz, a lot of competition has arisen. Katie Bull may not yet have the strongest of vocal chops, but she certainly makes up for that in the original and eclectic use of varying styles that piece together her debut, Conversations with the Jokers. Opening up with the Schertzinger/Mercer track ...
Voice: Quintet Legacy
by Trevor MacLaren
Although not the most inventive of contemporary jazz styles, Voice's Quintet Legacy is a remarkable disc that features both great players and unique arrangements. With each listen what may have seemed passive on the surface builds and deepens. The five players represent something of a who's-who of South African jazz, which helps give the ...
Nina Simone: To Love Somebody
by Trevor MacLaren
Nina Simone To Love Somebody RCA 1969 In the changing ways and times that were the late sixties, jazz was about to grasp some very revolutionary changes itself. Readers are likely to recall the work that was about to become the legendary genre of fusion. Although fusion was all about ...
Bir: Gipsy Project & Friends
by Trevor MacLaren
Once again Django disciple Biréli Lagrène has released an exquisite record: Gipsy Project & Friends is one of the finest guitar jazz discs of the year! Pulling together players like Florin Niculescu on violin, Hono Winterstein and Holzmano Lagrène on guitar, and the great Henri Salvador on vocals, Biréli Lagrène has mined the depths of Django's ...
Paul Hanmer: Naivasha
by Trevor MacLaren
Elegant tones from the piano of South Africa's Paul Hanmer make this fusion of smooth sounds an interesting disc. The pianist brings together a rather large assembly of jazz talent on Naivasha, rounding out his sound in several different contexts. Combining various percussion and horns, Hanmer and crew dissect and twist jazz's softer side. Opening with ...
Koop: Waltz for Koop
by Trevor MacLaren
Electronica is the future of jazz-fusion! Swedish jazzophiles Koop have created the perfect electronic tribute to jazz. Waltz for Koop is simply fantastic! They have utilized loops from a variety of styles mixing it with live instruments, solos and vocals to create a new fusion of gorgeous jazz-pop. Although the past decade had many DJ's trying ...
