Entries from April 2016
Marcus Strickland’s Twi-Life: Nihil Novi
When you wipe away all of the minutiae and technical matters involved with the recording process, there are really only two schools of thought on the subject: You either aim to capture what’s literally there or you choose to produce something that’s not. Everything else is semantics and dealing with… [ read more ]
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·Rich Robinson: Rich Robinson: Solo Reissues
The co-founding siblings of the (now defunct?) Black Crowes, Chris and Rich Robinson have taken markedly different approaches to their projects outside the confines of that now-defunct (?) band. During the group’s first self-imposed hiatus the former put together a band to tour as well as record, ta… [ read more ]
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·Randy Simon Jazz Project: The Linda Sessions
The m: Randy Simon Jazz Project brings to mind, on The Linda Sessions, a high end sports car in top condition zooming down a straight highway, with a rhythm section/drive train boosted by a piano and a guitar. The sound is clean, momentum smooth and straight forward. The tune–the opener..
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·CafA zz: Sol Boricua
Coffee was introduced by the Spanish to the island of Puerto Rico in the mid 1700’s, it’s history coinciding with the hybridized Spanish/African musical entity which has come to define the island. The local jazz ensemble CafA zz based their name and repertoire around coffee inspired themes–releasin… [ read more ]
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·Terrence McManus and John Hebert: Saints and Sinners
Here’s an album that was recorded in 2010 and released in 2015. Hence, It’s better late than never, especially since this duo production by rising star experimental guitarist Terrence McManus and all-universe jazz session bassist and leader, John Hebert tease our imaginations via these nine contrast… [ read more ]
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·Mark Murphy: Live in Athens, Greece
No figure in jazz personified hip the way that the late Mark Murphy did. For more than half a century he taught the world what it meant to be a true artist, pushing boundaries, walking the tightrope, and going where he pleased. He had it all–wit, charm, guile, good taste, a pure improviser’s spirit… [ read more ]
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·Dan Whieldon Trio: Positive Changes
Pianist Dan Whieldon hails from Manchester and has been active in the North West of England’s jazz scene for the last decade. Positive Changes is his debut release as leader, made not with fellow Mancunians but with players from Belgium–where he studied and where the album was made–and Holland… [ read more ]
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