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Dan Moretti & The Hammond Boys – Live at Chan’s
September 19, 2014(Roots Grooves Records ) Saxophonist Dan Moretti and The Hammond Boys have released one of the best live records we’ve heard this year. Right from the top on Live at Chan’s, they hit you. This is not ...
Remembrance: Kenny Wheeler , Influential Sound In Jazz
September 18, 2014Kenny Wheeler, a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer who was as comfortable improvising with uncompromising avant-gardists like the saxophonist Anthony Braxton as he was writing challenging arrangements for a ...
Medeski Scofield Martin Wood – Juice
September 16, 2014(Indirecto Records) The quartert of keyboardist John Medeski, guitarist John Scofield, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood is back for another fun and funky musical romp. Juice is the third studio recording ...
Joe Sample, Pianist Fused Jazz, R&B, Acoustic and Electric, Dies at 75
September 13, 2014Maane Khatchatourian Variety Legendary jazz pianist Joe Sample died on Friday morning in Houston. He was 75. Sample, who revolutionized jazz fusion in the ’60s and ’70s, was also a keyboardist and composer for more ...
Mark Turner Quartet – Lathe of Heaven
September 12, 2014(ECM) Lathe of Heaven by saxophonist Mark Turner is a deep, winding exploration of the bounds of musical composition. Structurally, the music seems to ebb and flow with moments of dissonance and synchronicity, ...
Julie Kelly – Happy To Be
September 9, 2014(Jazzed Media) Julie Kelly has a voice and delivery that is timeless and thoroughly engaging. The West Coast singer, who can swing as nicely as she delivers a ballad, offers up a thoroughly enjoyable production with ...
The Sean Jones Quartet – im•pro•vise
September 2, 2014(Mack Avenue) Sean Jones is among of the great trumpet players of the day. On his latest work, im•pro•vise,he leads his quartet through a lively set of great music. On this effort, produced by Christian McBride and ...
Reggie Watkins – One For Miles One For Maynard
August 29, 2014(Corona Music) Reggie Watkins is a force on trombone. On One For Miles, One For Maynard, his second recording, Watkins brings the energy of a player who has always been out front, and yet he spent a bit of time ...
Audrey Martin – Living Room
August 26, 2014(Blue Hydrangea Records) Audrey Martin’s Living Room is proof that one should never give up on a dream. Martin, a vocalist inspired by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Abbey Lincoln and Laura Nyro, step away from ...
Michael Carvin Experience – Flash Forward
August 22, 2014(Motema) The Michael Carvin Experience is a great experience. Led by drummer Michael Carvin, Flash Forward is a outstanding recording of a master musician collaborating with talented lineup of next gen players. The ...
