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 […]
Noir album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Collin Sherman: Noir ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Miles Davis (or any other of your favorites) calls his guys into the studio or to the stage where they bump elbows and trade riffs, drawing their individual personalities out to form a collection of sound waves to craft a finished work […]
Elsa Nilsson: Atlas Of Sound
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Elsa Nilsson: Atlas Of Sound – Quila Quina Imagine someone coming up to you selflessly offering the gift of timetime to step away from the struggle; to hold a baby highand that someone is flautist/composer ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Elsa Nilssonand she is playing her most translucent aria, “The […]
Together Again!!!! album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Teddy Edwards / Howard McGhee: Together Again!!!! ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Howard McGhee was one of the cats present at the creation, when bop became a thing. His life embodied a classic redemption story, complete with death (metaphorically) by drugs, years in exile and finally, by dint of his […]