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Catherine Russell – Strictly Romancin’
May 9, 2012(World Village) It’s not just the fact that Catherine Russell has a voice that sounds like a throwback to earlier singers (including a touch of Billie Holliday), while still being very much in the present, or ...
Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group – Signing
May 4, 2012(Record Label) Vibraphonist Joe Locke and pianist Geoffrey Keezer join forces to lead a stellar lineup musicians on their collaboration Signing. The album acquired its title from a touching story that Locke tells of ...
Anne Sajdera – Azul
May 1, 2012(Bijari Records) Azul is the terrific recording debut of San Francisco-based pianist and composer Anne Sajdera. The project, co-produced with guitarist Ray Obiedo, has a wonderful melodic feel. Sajdera is joined on ...
Brad Mehldau Trio – Ode
April 20, 2012(Nonesuch Records) Ode is the first recording from the Brad Mehldau Trio in 4 years. The project’s title references its musical odes to many different people, fictional and nonfictional, including the late, ...
Sara Leib – Secret Love
April 17, 2012(OA2 Records) Vocalist Sara Leib makes a wonderful recording debut with Secret Love, produced by Matt Pierson. Leib delivers warm, inviting vocals over fresh new arrangements of classic and contemporary tunes. ...
Dan Cray – Meridies
April 13, 2012(Origin Records) On his latest, Meridies, pianist Dan Cray provides a fantastic portrait of contemporary quartet of musicians at work. Cray is joined by a terrific group comprised of Noah Preminger on saxophone, ...
Paco De Lucia – En Vivo Conciertos: Live In Spain 2010
April 10, 2012(Decca Records) Guitarmaster and legend Paco DeLucía puts on a quite show on his latest, En Vivo Conciertos Live in Spain 2010. The 2-disc recording captures DeLucia live in front a very enthusiastic home audience ...
Andrea Veneziani Trio featuring Kenny Werner – Oltreoceano
March 27, 2012(Andrea Veneziani) Oltreoceano is the wonderful self-produced recording debut of bassist Andrea Veneziani. The Italian-born, New York-based musician has a fantastic voice on the instrument and does terrific work as ...
Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society
March 20, 2012(Heads Up International) After becoming the first artist from the jazz community to receive the Best New Artist Grammy award last year, and achieving yet more notoriety, one might have expected Esperanza ...
Cathy Segal-Garcia & Yoonseung Cho – Bohemian
March 6, 2012(Dash Hoffman Publishing) Singer Cathy Segal-Garcia and pianist Yoonseung Cho weave a wonderful tapestry of sound on Bohemian. The duet recording has a ‘live art’ feel to it and not the sometimes ...
