Origin Records Reviews

Flatland - Origin of Species
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide

A trio of musicians from Oregon working without one of the usual lead instruments can make for an interesting sound in the world of jazz. The fact that they're primarily electric and working on their own songs adds to that. The sound on Origin of ... read more

Les DeMerle - Cookin' At The Corner, Volume 1
by Edward Blanco, All About Jazz

A veteran first-call musician and leader of many bands who has also shared the stage with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Mel Torme, power drummer Les DeMerle’s fourth album on the Origin label, Cookin’ at the Corner, Volume One, was ... read more

Phil Kelly - My Museum
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz

To paraphrase the peerless Bard of Avon, a wind from any other clime would blow as hotóor as cool. Last year, composer/arranger Phil Kelly happily introduced big band enthusiasts to the turbulent NW Prevailing Winds (Seattle) on the stormy album ... read more

Giacomo Gates - Centerpiece
by Jazz Society of Oregon, Jazz Scene

Thespirit of the joyous, scat singing, bebop giant Eddie Jefferson is clearly present in the work of Giacomo Gates. This, his third album, easily measures up to the first two, and maybe even surpasses them. Part of the reason is the presence of a ... read more

Bobby Broom - Song And Dance
by Michael Jackson, Downbeat, April 2007

Bobby Broom is so steeped in the music, whether his own or plumbing the structure of an ostensibly cheesy pop song, that you feel the guitarist could keep weaving lines endlessly, a proclivity he shares with Pat Metheny, Pat Martino and English ... read more

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