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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 ...
Kenny Garrett – Seeds From The Underground
March 2, 2012(Mack Avenue) Grammy-winning, journeyman saxophonist Kenny Garrett is back with his first acoustic studio album since 2006. Seeds From The Underground (due out on April10) picks up where he left off very nicely. ...
Triosence with Sara Gazarek – Where Time Stands Still
February 28, 2012(Charleston Square) Where Time Stands Still brings Triosence, the trio of German-born pianist Bernhard Schüler, bassist Ingo Senst, and drummer Stephan Emig, together with American vocalist Sara Gazarek for their ...
Ruslan Sirota – Ruslan
February 21, 2012(Roxboro) Ruslan,from pianist-keyboarder Ruslan Sirota, is the debut of a talented contemporary composer and musician. His playing is stellar, as are his color-filled compositions on this recording. Sirota sings and ...
Gregory Porter – Be Good
February 17, 2012(Motema) You can count on one hand the number of times you hear an artist these days whose sophomore recording is better than their first. Gregory Porter is one of those rare artists. Porter’s Be Good goes ...
Hiroe Sekine – After The Rainfall
February 14, 2012(SekaiMusic) After a impressive debut recording, pianist Hiroe Sekine follow things up with an equally impressive second effort, After The Rainfall (due out March 9th). Produced by Russell Ferrante, who also ...
Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play – Live at Arthur Zankel Music Center
February 10, 2012(Blue Forest Records) Chris Brubeck and his trio of Joel Brown and Peter Madcat Ruth produce a lively jam session on their latest release, Live at Arthur Zankel Music Center. Recorded live at the Saratoga Arts ...
Lorraine Feather – Tales of The Unusual
February 7, 2012(Jazzed Media) Singer Lorraine Feather’s latest, Tales of The Unusual, is as quirky as its title, but it’s a recording that is highly engaging. The combination of Feather’s lilting voice and ...
