Origin Records Reviews

Bridge Quartet - Night
by Jerome Wilson, Cadence

Night has a talented quartet pinning their ears back and playing their butts off on a variety of familiar pieces. the opening "Wouldn't it be Loverly" quickly establishes that Phil Dwyer is one of those saxophonists who likes to go on ... read more

Geof Bradfield - Urban Nomad
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Geof Bradfield's second date as a leader shows a great degree of maturity for a relatively young player. Doubling on tenor and soprano saxes, he penned six originals for the session, which includes pianist Ron Perrillo, bassist Clarke Sommers, and ... read more

Darrell Grant - Truth And Reconciliation
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recap

Double disc jazz vocal outing rounds up some serious progressive players for a set that mixes jazz, art, politics and more. The kind of set someone like Goddard Lieberson might subsidize in the past, this is now firmly the kind of indy set that has ... read more

Phil Kelly - Convergence Zone
by Shaun Dale, Jazz Review

Composer/arranger Phil Kelly has some first call help on his latest effort, including Pete Christlieb, Gary Smulyan and Bill Ramsey on woodwinds, Andy Martin and Jay Thomas on brass and pianist Pat Coil, but while they, and others in the ensemble, ... read more

Ben Thomas - THE MYSTAGOGUE
by John Barrett, Jr., Jazz USA

Power -it's here by the truckload. While Ben Thomas brings his mallets down hard, his band stretches in serpentine, Zappa-like themes. There's tons of sustain on the title track, endless harmony for the drums to crash against. After Ben's mighty ... read more

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