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Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb: Stickadiboom
by Woodrow Wilkins
With so many jazz artists revisiting standards, it is refreshing when an album like The Steve Haines Quintet's Stickadiboom comes out, featuring all-original music.Bassist Haines directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has recorded with some major names in jazz, including Branford Marsalis, Peter ...
Aaron J. Johnson: Songs of Our Fathers
by Woodrow Wilkins
Aaron J. Johnson serves as a reminder that the trombone is still a relevant member of the jazz family of instruments. In addition to being well-suited to larger ensembles, it can be a powerful lead instrument as well. A Washington, D.C. native, Johnson studied piano and drums before turning to the trombone. He performed ...
Tierney Sutton Band: Desire
by Woodrow Wilkins
The soft flute that is Tierney Sutton's voice slowly brings the audience in to “It's Only a Paper Moon," the opening track to Desire, an 11-song collection of titles that expresses people's fixation on fame and fortune. The Grammy-nominated Tierney Sutton band defies mainstream practices; many vocalists often surround themselves with a seemingly constant ...
Various Artists: Pirouet Jazz Compilation Vol. I: The Best Is Yet to Come
by Woodrow Wilkins
One good way to kick start a jazz collection for the beginner is to explore a compilation--if not the best of a particular artist, then perhaps the varied selections of multiple artists assigned to a label. In this effort, Pirouet Records' Pirouet Jazz Compilation Vol. I: The Best Is Yet to Come brings together 11 songs ...
Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy
by Woodrow Wilkins
Born in London, England and reared in Vancouver, Canada, saxophonist Seamus Blake has established himself as both a leader and an effective sideman. He brings those leadership skills to the two-disc Live in Italy.Blake has gained recognition from Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and he finished first in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International ...
Jon Burr Band: Just Can't Wait
by Woodrow Wilkins
Bassist Jon Burr has spent many years supporting other artists. He brings a lot of that experience into Just Can't Wait, a 14-song collection that reflects the artist's obsession with love. Burr has toured and recorded with musicians such as Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Horace Silver and Stéphane Grappelli. Vocalists who have shared the ...
Pieces of a Dream: Soul Intent
by Woodrow Wilkins
Some artists go back to their old favorites, either revisiting past recordings or covering someone else's music. Pieces of a Dream goes back to making music the way they did almost 30 years ago. Keyboardist James K. Lloyd and drummer Curtis Harmon Jr. founded the group, associating closely with Grover Washington Jr. during the ...
John Stetch: TV Trio
by Woodrow Wilkins
Pianist John Stetch makes it clear that the Great American Songbook has a sequel: television themes. With TV Trio, Stetch presents a collection of some of his favorite themes from perhaps the most influential period of this music, the '70s and '80s. Canada-born Stetch earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Montreal and won ...
Matthias Bublath: Second Angle
by Woodrow Wilkins
It's difficult to imagine good jazz without a bass, but a Hammond B3 organ in the right hands can cover the absence quite well. Matthias Bublath has such hands. Bublath, a fixture on the New York scene, has performed at many festivals around the world and toured extensively in the United States, Europe and ...
Linda Presgrave: Inspiration
by Woodrow Wilkins
Often, musicians will put together a collection of songs that honor an era, style or lead instrument. Pianist Linda Presgrave's Inspiration pays tribute to some influential women who helped lay the foundation for herself and other jazz artists. The collection features 10 songs written by Presgrave and other female artists. The pianist, composer and ...
