Yes, there are a plethora of songs about summer, from Nat “King” Cole’s “Hazy Lazy Crazy Days of Summer” to Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summertime” to Sly and the Family Stones “Hot Fun in the Summertime” and concluding with Eddie…
Month: July 2021
JAMISON ROSS’ VISION OF JOY AND SOUL
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18 FEW MUSICIANS CARRY AS MANY MUSICAL HATS AS JAMISON ROSS. SOME MUSIC FANS KNOW HIM AS THE DRUMMER FOR THE POPULAR JAZZ BAND SNARKY PUPPY. OTHERS FOR HIS SOULFUL VOCALS…
TIVON PENNICOTT: THE FRUIT (AND VEGETABLES) OF THE SPIRIT
GIVE A GLIMPSE TO THE SONG TITLES THAT YOU LISTEN TO. WHAT ARE THE TOPICS. ODD ARE IT’S EITHER ABOUT 1) “LOVE 2) THE LACK OF “LOVE” 3) BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE 4) SOCIETY/SOCIAL PROBLEMS OR ISSUES. ANY SONGS ABOUT…
****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Nikolaj Hess: Spacelab & Strings
Pianist Nikolaj Hess adroitly walks the balance of jazz piano and modern strings on this rich and satisfying album of juxtapositions of jazz and classical. He combines his trio of Anders Ac Christensen/b and Mikkel Hess/dr with a string quartet…
Gabriel Vicens: The Way We Are Created
Lyrical post bop originals are delivered by rich toned guitarist Gabriel Vicens and his team of Roman Filiu/as, Glenn Zaleski/p, Rick Rosato/b, EJ Strickland/dr and Victor Pablo/perc. Vicens demonstrates his creativity on a solo piece that includes echoes, melody and…
Eamonn McCormack: Storyteller
Bluesrocker Eamon McCormack plays a wide variety guitars while singing and blowing the harmonica in a wide range of indigo patterns with his team of Edgar Karp/b, Max Jung-Poppe/dr-perc and guest Arne Wiegand/p-org. McCormack’s voice is rough and ready, at…
Fifth Element: Fifth Element
Upbeat swinging sounds and optimistic vocals are delivered by the live-sounding team of Dale Scaife/p, Dave Coules/ts, Glenn Anderson/dr, Ron Johnston/b and girl-next-door vocalist Nina Richmond. Coules has a big and vintage sound on his tenor sax, and blows like…
Tim Brady: Actions Speak Louder
Guitarist used the solitude resulting from the draconian COVID lockdown to re-asses his musical career and ambitiously undertake a 3 disc opus of likewise diverse musical directions, namely featuring his guitar with a quartet, orchestra and voices respectively. The “Solos…
Shawn Maxwell: Expectation & Experience
Shawn Maxwell plays mostly alto sax on this album of various duets, solos, quartets and trios, along with a dash of soprano sax and clarinet. The teamings are quite clever, and the titles reflect his opinions on various social and…
BIG BANDS ARE ALIVE…Dan Radlauer and His Quarantined Big Band: Jazz In The Time of Social Distancing, Saskatchewan All Star Big Band: Saskatchewan Suite
Big bands, even during COVID, can still swing… Dan Radlauer finally got fed up with the whole COVID draconian lockdown and did a session with some LA cats, most notably for Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, in this satisfying swinging…