Chasing Shadows album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Zacc Harris: Chasing Shadows Long a fixture in the Minneapolis jazz scene, guitarist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Zacc Harris has been at the nexus of a strong group of musicians, many of which are featured on Chasing Shadows, Harris’ follow-up to 2021’s well-received Small Wonders (Shifting Paradigm Records). Utilizing […]
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 […]