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Eva Kess | Sternshnuppen: Fallen Stars
August 28, 2020 / No CommentsThe bassist, composer and bandleader Eva Kess has released Sternshnuppen: Fallen Stars. The project, Kess’ fourth release, fuses the Swiss musician’s rhythm section with a string quartet to create an amazing new body of music.
Kenny Washington | What’s The Hurry
August 22, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Ami Molinelli-Hart, Dan Feiszli, Gary Brown, Jeff Cressman, Josh Nelson, Kenny Washington, Lorca Hart, Mike Olmos, Peter Michael Escovedo, Victor GoinesKenny Washington has emerged as one of the preeminent jazz vocalists of the current day. What’s The Hurry is further evidence of this opinion. Washington’s ease of delivery and warm tone makes listening to anything he croons a real pleasure. On this effort, he takes on a bevy of ...
Antonio Adolfo | BruMa : Celebrating Milton Nascimento
July 28, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Antonio Adolfo, Claudio Spiewax, Dada Costa, Danilo Sinna, Jesse Sadoc, Jorge Helder, Leo Amuedo, Lula Galvao, Marcelo Martins, Milton Nascimento, Rafael BarataPianist Antonio Adolfo delivers an incredibly well-done tribute with BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento. Replete with outstanding arrangements, the recording showcases fantastic performances of tunes that Nascimento wrote or co-wrote. The high level of musical excellence heard here starts ...
BK Trio | Hit It
July 24, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: BK Trio, Brian Kooken, Greg Hatza, Robert Shahid, thejazzpage.comHit It by the BK Trio is a total groove fest from beginning to end. The trio comprised of bandleader Brian Kooken on guitar, Greg Hatza on Hammond B3 organ, and Robert Shahid on drums have incredible synchronicity that threads throughout the recording. The set is made up completely of ...
Noa Levy and Shimpei Ogawa | You, Me & Cole
July 16, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Noa Levy, Shimpei OgawaYou, Me & Cole is a wonderful duet album between featuring Noa Levy’s vocals and Shimpei Ogawa’s bass work. Really nice chemistry between singer and bassist covering the tunes of Cole Porter. Really interesting album concept and nice chemistry between the two. Check it out!
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade | RoundAgain
July 10, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, thejazzpage.comSaxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Brian Blade reunite for their first recording since 1994, when they were bandmates in Redman’s quartet. RoundAgain is the fantastic recorded result of their reunion. The four musicians have all become ...
3D Jazz Trio | I Love To See You Smile
July 9, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Amy Shook, Jackie Warren, Sherrie Maricle, thejazzpage.comI Love To See You Smile is the outstanding latest release by the 3D Jazz Trio. The unit, featuring Jackie Warren on piano, Amy Shook on bass and Sherrie Maricle on drums, performs under a few different banners, but always at the core of the various settings. The trio is as together as a band ...
Fred Randolph | Mood Walk
June 16, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Brian Rice, Dan Zemelman, Dillion Vado, Erik Jekabson, Fred Randolph, Greg Sankovich, Greg Wyser-Pratte, Sheldon Brown, Silvestre MartinezMood Walk is bassist Fred Randolph’s fourth release as a leader and what a great recording he has produced. The effort is buoyed by great compositions, all of which Randolph penned for the effort. The notes are joined by equally great performances from some very talented players. The band ...
Esperanza Spalding and Fred Hersch | Live at the Village Vanguard
June 12, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Esperanza Spalding, Fred Hersch, Jazz Foundation of America, The Village VanguardBassist/singer Esperanza Spalding and pianist Fred Hersch teamed up for a series of shows in 2018 at venerable New York jazz spot and the result is now a recording of their work is being released for a special purpose. Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch: Live at the Village Vanguard – ...
Netflix’s series ‘The Eddy’ is as much about family as jazz
June 12, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Adil Dehbi, André Holland, Damian Nueva Cortes, Damien Chazelle, Houda Benyamina, Joanna Kulig, Jowee Omicil, Lada Obradovic, Laïla Marrakchi, Leïla Bekhti, Ludovic Louis, Randy Kerber, Tahar RahimThe Eddy on Netflix is a fantastic show based in modern-day Paris. The shows centers around Elliot Udo (played by André Holland), an American pianist who has exiled himself to the City of Lights to deal with a loss that has taken away his passion for performing on stage. Instead, Udo finds a ...
