Hot Wax: December 2017
New Jazz Releases: December 2017
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Read More…Bill O’Connell Monk’s Cha Cha – Live at the Carnegie-Farian Room (Savant) Bill O’Connell – solo piano Pianist Bill O’Connell is something of a self-effacing jazz player – though he’s been active since the 1970s, he’s helmed only about a dozen albums since 1978. But O’Connell has kept very busy, accompanying Sonny Rollins and Chet […]
Read More…Album reviews of new jazz releases – March 2017.
Read More…Dave Douglas Quintet Brazen Heart (Greenleaf) Dave Douglas – trumpet Jon Irabagon – tenor saxophone Matt Mitchell – piano Linda Oh – acoustic bass Rudy Royston – drums The protean trumpeter Dave Douglas strikes again – yet another album of creative, immediate, and rousing post bop with a crack band of exemplary young–ish players. Douglas’ […]
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Read More…Steve Torok: Eye To Eye (Key of Z Music) Steve Torok – tenor & alto sax Llew Matthews – Dan Siegel, keyboards Reggie Hamilton – acoustic & electric bass Carmen Grillo – electric guitar Allen Hinds – acoustic guitar Rayford Griffin – drums Yvette Cason – vocals Nelson Guzman – […]
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