In 1943, you had popular movies like Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Sahara and Watch on the Rhine. The airwaves were dominated by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Harry James, Benny Goodman, Nat King Cole,…
Month: October 2017
GOD’S GREATEST HITS…Graham Ross: Reformation 1517-2017
In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Cambridge’s Choir of Clare College along with the Clare Baroque conducted by Graham Ross puts together 5 centuries of music inspired by the earth shattering and heaven cheering work of Martin…
The Who: Tommy Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in April 2017, this Blu-Ray concert of Who founders Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend along with Simon Townshend/g, Zak Starkey/dr, Jon Button/b, Frank Simes/key, Loren Gold/key and John Corey/key captures the entire Tommy album…
A BALM IN GILEAD…Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: Body and Shadow
While having a musical relationship for 20 years, drummer Brian Blade’s Fellowship Band has only released five albums, including this one. The benefits of non-demanding relationships is the appreciation of the get-togethers. This latest one with Myron Walden/as-bcl, John Cowherd/p,…
Troels Jensen & The Healers: My Love
Leave it to Scandinavian Troels Jensen to deliver an album that sounds like it came from New Orleans’ French Quarter. Featuring vocalist Miriam Mandipira and a team of Michael Lee/g, Knut Henriksen/b, Tobias Leonardo Pederson/dr and a rotating sax team…
Pat Martino: Formidable
Guitar vet and star Pat Martino brings together his touring band of Pat Bianchi/B3 and Carmen Intorre Jr/dr along with guest horns Adam Niewood/ts and Alex Norris/tp-fh for classy modern sounds. Sans horns, Martino is clean and elegant as always,…
BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR: Richard Sorce: Samba Para A Vida
Here’s a guy who brings a fresh set of material to the Brazilian jazz scene. Pianist Richard Sorce wrote and arranged all of the material here, and it’s all strong and impressive stuff. He mixes and matches his arrangements with…
Justin Young: Blue Soul
Justin Young plays tenor, alto and soprano sax on this soulful smooth jazz session His tone on the straight sax is Kenny G clear teaming on the upbeat “Always There” while on tenor he teams up with some synth sounds…
Scott Ramminger: Alive and Ornery
You know when you have those family get togethers like Christmas, Thanksgiving or weddings, and there’s that uncle that the young boys love, the young girls seem strangely interested in, the male guys kind of re-live their single days through,…
Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band: What Now?
Guitarist Carll Filipiak mixes vintage 70s guitar thoughts with some flexible jazz moods on this intriguing album with Matthew Everhart/b, Paul Hannah/sax and Frank Young/dr-perc. He knows how to take the pedal to the metal, changing tones and string sounds…