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Troy Roberts | Stuff I Heard
April 14, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Jimmy McBride, Troy RobertsSaxophonist/composer Troy Roberts takes a trip back to his roots on his 12th recording as a leader. Stuff I Heard is a collection of completely original compositions with a more decidedly orchestral vibe. The tunes are an interesting blend of classical and jazz sounds. Roberts takes on even ...
Benjamin Boone with the Ghana Jazz Collective | Joy
March 31, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Benjamin Boone, Bernard Ayisa, Bright Osei, Frank Kissi, Jr., Sandra Huson, thejazzpage.com, Victor DeyWith Joy, composer and saxophonist Benjamin Boone showcases his musical collaboration with some of the outstanding musicians he met and performed with while living in Ghana for a year as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. The music, recorded in Boone’s final week in the country, is definitely ...
Lizzie Thomas | New Sounds From The Jazz Age
March 12, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Bernard Linette, Boots Maleson, Doug Hendrich, Felix Peikl, Jay Leonhart, John Colianni, Lizzie Thomas, Matt Chertkoff, Omar Daniels, Russell MaloneSinger Lizzie Thomas’ 4th album New Sounds From The Jazz Age is a wonderful homage to some classic tunes. Thomas delivers fantastic renditions of timeless compositions by Ray Noble, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter, among others. The arrangements provided by the ...
Pat Metheny | From This Place
March 3, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Alan Broadbent, Antonio Sanchez, Gil Goldstein, Gregoire Maret, Gwilym Simcock, Joel McNeely, Linda May Han Oh, Luis Conte, Meshell Ndegeocello, Pat Metheny, thejazzpage.comGuitarist/composer Pat Metheny’s From This Place is an absolute epic. The recording is a multi-layered, multi-colored cacophony of music and sounds joined to great effect. For this project, Metheny decided to take a page out of Miles Davis’ playbook by going into the studio with a ...
Sinne Eeg & The Danish Radio Big Band | We’ve Just Begun
February 21, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Jesper Riis, Nikolai Røgelund, Peter Jensen, Roger Neumann, Sinne EegWe’ve Just Begun is wonderfully pairing of the much-heralded Danish Radio Big Band and Sinne Egg, a singer who continues to rise and impress with each production. Eeg’s vocals here are impeccably soulful with the wonderful tone and delivery of the album’s diverse array of ...
Jeff Rupert-George Garzone | The Ripple
February 13, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: George Garzone, Jeff Rupert, Jeremy Allen, Marty Morell, Richard Drexler, thejazzpage.comTenor sax men Jeff Rupert and George Garzone lead a stellar band of excellent music makers on their duet release. The Ripple is a solid production featuring quality interplay between the two leads a whole lot of swing, with a couple of nice ballads in the mix as well. The set is comprised of a ...
Brian Scanlon | Brain Scan
January 29, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Andrew Synowiec, Avery Scanlon, Brian Scanlon, Ed Czach, Joey De Leon, Larry Koonse, Peter Erskine, thejazzpage.com, Tom Ranier, Trey HenryBrain Scan marks veteran saxophonist and woodwind musician Brian Scanlon’s debut recording as a leader. It’s a quite wonderful debut with an emphasis on original compositions that bear significant meaning to Scanlon, with dedications to his late brother Mark, his girlfriend, Grover ...
Darren Barrett | The EVI Sessions: Mr. Steiner
January 24, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Chad Selph, Daniel Ashkenazy, Darren Barrett, François Chanvallon, Gonn Shani, Jeffrey Lockhart, Judy Barrett, Kenny Garrett, Mathéo Techer, Noah Preminger, Roni Kaspi, Roy Ben Bashat, Santiago Bosch, thejazzpage.comOn his 11th release as a frontman, trumpeter and composer Darren Barrett explores the innovations of electronic music. Mr. Steiner is a colorful tribute to EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) and EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) founder and pioneer Nyle Steiner. Barrett applies NuEVI, a new ...
Jimmy Heath, NEA Jazz Master and link to bebop era of 1940s, dies at 93
January 22, 2020 / No Comments“When he walks into a room,” trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis once said of Jimmy Heath, “jazz history is made.” Not only was Mr. Heath one of the most accomplished saxophonists and composers of his time, but he was recognized as a living link to a dynamic period of jazz innovation, as ...
Erik Jekabson Sextet III | One Note At A Time
January 21, 2020 / No Comments / Tags: Alisa Rose, Avotcja, Dave Ellis, Dave MacNab, Erik Jekabson, Gregory Howe, John Santos, John Wiitala, Mads Tolling, thejazzpage.comTrumpet and flugelhorn player Erik Jekabson delivers a very entertaining collection of music on One Note at a Time. Jekabson wrote all of the tunes on this sturdy work, produced by Gregory Howe, which is a nice blend of upbeat numbers and ballads. There’s a percussive Latin flavor to many ...
