There’s a reason that “cleansing diets” like “Whole 30” or “Paleo” are so popular; the promise to clean out all of the junk that’s in your system. Well, that’s how I feel about organ groups like this one lead by…
Month: January 2017
Troy Roberts: Tales & Tones
Saxist Troy Roberts brings is tenor and soprano saxes to team up with the muscular post bop team of Silvano Monasterios/p, Robert Hurst/b and Jeff “Tain” Watts/dr for a collection of originals and some covers. Of the latter, the team…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Bobby Previte: Mass
The first thing you need to be reminded about an album that is given the Ringer of the Week award is that it sticks out above all the others that have been heard during that time. This album,if nothing else,…
SONGS OF THE SOUTH…Felice & Boudleaux Bryant: The Hit Songs of Felice & Boudleaux Bryant 1949-62
No, the picture on the right is not of Baptist Missionaries. Born and raised in Georgia and living in a mobile home during their early years, Felice and Boudleaux had a knack for composing some of the greatest songs that…
Carol Liebowitz & Nick Lyons: First Set
Seven of the eight tracks here are from a 2012 concert with alto saxist Nick L yons and pianist Carol Liebowitz. The last one being a 2007 duet. All the songs have a free form style of improvisation, with the…
HIP VOICES…Lori Cullen: Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs, Lawrence Morrill Glass: Extended Play, Nicole Saphos: Tiptoe
Millennials are having a voice in the modern scene, able to bridge styles while creating their own. Here are three recent discoveries… Lead vocalist Lori Cullen brings together a fun and quirky group of Kurt Swinghammer/g-etc, Maury LaFoy/b-perc, Robbie Grunwald/key,…
Brigitte DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough: Mockingbird Soul
The Nashville Skyline team of Brigitte DeMeyer and Will Kimbrough team up for a rich and intimate pairing of sounds and souls. Brigitte sings and plays ukulele, Will sings, plays guitar and blows the harmonica and bassist Chris Donohue keeps…
A TRIO OF QUARTETS…Alex Levine Quartet: Towards the Center, Phil Parisot: Lingo, Clay Giberson: Pastures
One of the perennial jazz collectives is the jazz quartet, consisting of a lead reed accompanied by a rhythm section. Here are three recent ones, but with a few tweaks within the story. Guitarist Alex Levine brings together Marcus Elliot/sax,…
Mamutrio: Primal Existence
The team of Lieven Cambre’/as, Piet Verbist/b and Jesse Dockx/dr team up for some fun bop and beyond. Cambre’ has a sweet as honey tone, gloriously sighing to Verbist’s resonant bass on “In Peace with Gravity” and relaxing on the…
Jeff Richman: Sizzle
Guitarist Jeff Richman mixes soul and jazz on this fun and funky album with a hip core team of Jimmy Haslip-Will Lee/b, George Whitty/key and Vinny Colaiuta/dr along with some cameo guests. The team shows some hip grooves with synthetic…