Living Standards II album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Karl Latham: Living Standards II ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Karl Latham‘s Living Standards II offers a daring sonic voyage, boldly blending jazz and classic rock into a transformative musical journey. Following its predecessor, Living Standards (Dropzone Jazz Records, 2016), Latham’s quintet breathes remarkable new life into rock anthems, reimagining […]
La Grande Crue album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Rodrigo Amado, one consistently sure bet is his Attic trio, which has been a working ensemble since at least 2017, with a series of stellar recordings that have helped stake Amado’s claim as one of the premier […]
No Wonder album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Judy Wexler: No Wonder ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Judy Wexler imbues every song she touches with a sense of realism, wonder and depth that’s ever so rare. An inimitable artist, this celebrated singer adds volumes to each story she encounters, be it a post-millennial jazz tune, ’60s counterculture anthem, […]
Live From Studio Rivbea, July 6, 1976 album review @ All About Jazz
” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gil Evans. This gem from Sam Rivers saxophone, tenor1923 – 2011 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Sam Rivers‘ Studio Rivbea archive constitutes his debut as a leader, recorded some seven months before the previous contender for that title, The Grip (India Navigation, 1977). While he later signed for CBS (now Sony) and released a string of […]
Time & Place album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Joel Jeschke: Time & Place ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Joel Jeschke, a versatile Canadian drummer from Edmonton, Alberta, has made a name for himself across multiple genres, from rock to jazz. Having performed and recorded with numerous artists including rock bands like Royal Tusk and Whale and the Wolf […]
At The Renaissance album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Ben Webster: At The Renaissance ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Scott Hamilton first came up in the 1980s, his style was so, well, unusual, that a live audience would sometimes tentatively ask “Ben Webster?” Whether Hamilton regarded that as a complimentit wasor the musicological equivalent of “Play Melancholy Baby for […]
Julia Danielle album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Julia Danielle: Julia Danielle ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Julia Danielle is a young Chicago-based singer whose debut album shows considerable promise. Aside from a limpid contralto voice, good time, and a dead-on resemblance in profile to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (it cannot hurt), she is the epitome of effortlessness […]
7X7BY7 album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Brian Lynch: 7X7BY7 The number seven, which for reasons shrouded in mystery, has long been considered a symbol of good luck. The number lies at the core of trumpeter ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Brian Lynch‘s latest album, 7X7BY7, which consists of seven themes performed by seven musicians with each […]
Motion I album review @ All About Jazz
” data-original-title=”” title=””>Kendrick Scott, and bassist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Matt Brewerhijack the lead track “Ofafrii” with a brazen romp of everything tuneful and tasty. Wilkins and Ross virtually ground the driving ethic while power-gliding above the whole enterprise. It is a hellion ride, considering that Clayton, Scott, and Brewer have a few things they wish to […]
In Norway album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Bill Evans: In Norway Pianist Bill Evans’ career lasted from the late 1950s until his passing in 1980, but beginning around about 20 years into the 21st century CD releases under Evan’s name have been rolling along at a brisk clip, thanks to the Resonance, Elemental and […]