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The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman: Wild Card
by Woodrow Wilkins
Longevity is perhaps the truest sign that an artist, or group, is doing something right. After nearly two decades and some sixteen albums, The Rippingtons keep rolling. Their latest venture, Wild Card, is proof that the current lineup is the best. In their early years, The Rippingtons consisted mainly of Freeman on guitars, keyboards, and programming; ...
Marlon Jordan: You Don
by Woodrow Wilkins
There's a little bit of Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and perhaps such contemporaries as Rick Braun and Chris Botti on You Don't Know What Love Is. However, there's a whole lot of Jordan. More to the point, lots of Jordans. This recording, featuring Stephanie Jordan, is definitely a family affair. The Jordans rank with other noted ...
Matt Shulman: So It Goes
by Woodrow Wilkins
Matt Shulman's second self-produced CD, So It Goes, is fresh, innovative, and just plain different. With hints of Chris Botti, Miles Davis, and others, the album is a pleasant, perhaps even enchanting, collection of six original tunes and three standards. Shulman, who handles vocals, trumpet and effects--aided by sidemen Matt Clohesy on acoustic bass and Jason ...
Tyrone Davis: Give It Up (Turn It Loose): The Very Best of the Columbia Years
by Woodrow Wilkins
Typically, when Greenville, Mississippi and music are mentioned in the same breath, Delta blues singers come to mind--like Lil' Dave Thompson, Willie Foster, Roosevelt “Booba Barnes, and Eden Brent. But this small city along the river has produced singers in other genres as well. Bud Cockrell was one of the founding members of the rock group ...
David Benoit: Orchestral Stories
by Woodrow Wilkins
David Benoit was in bed the morning of September 11, 2001, when he was stirred by a phone call from Japan. It was his mother-in-law. She sprung the news about the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. “I turned on the TV ...
Robert Glasper: Canvas
by Woodrow Wilkins
Robert Glasper Canvas Blue Note Records 2005 Wow! That's the first expression that came to mind when I heard “Rise and Shine, the opening track on Canvas. Pianist Robert Glasper's trio--including Vicente Archer on bass and Damion Reid on drums--is as tight as a unit can. This aptly named tune, ...
Various Artists: Italian Cafe
by Woodrow Wilkins
To an English-only American, foreign words and phrases can be most daunting. However, when put to music, the picture can be quite different. Fred Buscaglione demonstrates that on “Juke Box, the opening track to Putumayo's Italian Café, a charming, delightful collection of twelve songs that blend Italian heritage with some American musical styles, such as jazz ...
Eric Lewis: Hopscotch
by Woodrow Wilkins
Eric Lewis Hopscotch Fortress Records 2005 Sound is best reserved for the ears. I can appreciate videos of concerts or even studio sessions as much as the next guy, but something about the Hopscotch DVD by jazz pianist Eric Lewis leaves me with the question: Why bother? Lewis ...
Najee: My Point of View
by Woodrow Wilkins
There's something about instrumentalists in contemporary jazz that can make a critical listener nervous. There's an expectation that the music will be bland, if not awful. Guitarists, bassists, and drummers don't seem to fall into this trap--at least not in great numbers. However, smooth jazz players of wind instruments seem almost invariably locked into creating formulaic ...
Lee Ritenour: Overtime
by Woodrow Wilkins
In his three decades as a solo artist, guitarist Lee Ritenour has covered a lot of territory. While cranking out one excellent album after another as a frontman, he's also found time to sit in as a guest with other artists and even spent a few years as a member of the supergroup, Fourplay. Among those ...
