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Giacomo Gates - Centerpiece
by Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times
Another extraordinary vocal stylist we never hear enough from is Giacomo Gates. He's often and accurately credited as a contemporary Eddie Jefferson, but with his full bodied baritone and blazing inventiveness, he sounds like the love child of Billy Eckstine and Kurt Elling. As bracing an innovator as he is an interpreter, Gates transforms his third studio album, Centerpiece (Origin), into a cornucopia of delicacies that extends from a smooth,... read more
Chuck Owen & ReSurgence - Magic Light
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The pianist, composer and arranger Chuck Owen pens a lyrically rich affair that's quite diverse, where the sextet use improvised ideas to flesh out the creative 8 tracks.
The gritty, nearly country spirit of "Spinning Wheel" starts the listen with Kate McGarry's warm voice alongside Jack Wilkins' booming sax, and "Can't Remember Why" follows with a strong attention to mood, as Sara Caswell's stirring violin mesmerizes, as does Danny... read more
Mark Zaleski - OUR TIME: REIMAGINING DAVE BRUBECK
by Héctor Martin, Canción a Quemarropa (Canary Islands)
This next September 17, 2021 will see the light of the last release of the record company Origin Records under the title of Our Time: Reimagining Dave Brubeck, a recording of Mark Zaleski Band. The Mark Zaleski Band is a powerful sextet led by the saxophonist and arranger that gives the band its name.
On Our Time, Mark serves as frontman for the Boston-based band and presents several fresh insights into the genius' classic compositions: Dave... read more
Roxy Coss - Restless Idealism
by Travis Rogers, Jr., The Jazz Owl
Restless Idealism (Origin 82705) is the title and theme of the second album by saxophonist Roxy Coss. It comes from something that Hunter S. Thompson once said, "It was the tension between...two poles - a restless idealism on the one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other - that kept me going." It is that notion that gives such impetus and, dare I say, fearlessness to the music that Roxy Coss composes and performs.
She gained a name... read more
John Moulder - Decade: Memoirs
by Mateusz Krępski, MultiKulti Project (Poland)
5-STARS I met John Moulder thanks to the Chicago drummer Paul Wertico, who presents avant-garde fusion with his teams with Moulder. He remains one of the most underestimated jazz guitarists in the world. His work combines elements of both jazz tradition, jazz-rock, blues and folk. This Chicago guitarist and composer has developed a characteristic, recognizable style over the years - intense and rapacious, he is a hellishly exact,... read more
Jim Knapp Orchestra - It's Not Business, It's Personal
by Chris Spector, Midwest Review
A 2009 date from one of the great modern jazz insiders that can wrap a big band around his little finger, no less than Maria Schneider confirms all this in doing her part to help make his work get wider renown. This is a highly right on stop to make for jazz orchestra that almost the last word on the subject. Great playing and writing... read more
Chad McCullough Bram Weijters - Urban Nightingale
by Dave Sumner, eMusic
Follow-up album to last year?s excellent Imaginary Sketches. McCullough?s trumpet and Weijters? piano have a symbiosis that should be the envy of others. This is jazz for a rainy day, no matter if it?s the cabin-fever variety or the kick back and relax sort of thing. McCullough gets to soaring, but has weight on those wings, and Weijters has a nice way of balancing the piano?s melodic and rhythmic traits. For this album, Piet Verbist is... read more
Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott - East West Trumpet Summit: Coast to Coast
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott bring their trumpets to these jazz-fueled pieces that celebrate Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw's recordings, and they've got Orrin Evans, Michael Glynn and Roy McCurdy along for the ride.
"One Day at a Time" opens the listen with the bright brass and McCurdy's swift drums making for a lively and melodic landscape, and "I Told You So" follows with Evans' meticulous piano helping... read more
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