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Jerry Bergonzi
April 28, 2010Three For All (Savant Records) Three For All, the latest recording from saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi is a snapshot of trio work at its finest. Bergonzi, who comes out of a generation of New York brass men heavily ...
Tia Fuller
April 16, 2010Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue Records) Saxophonist Tia Fuller proves that her sophomore recording was no fluke. On Decisive Steps she goes deeper into the tradition than on her previous efforts, perhaps swinging a bit ...
Pat Metheny
April 13, 2010Orchestrion (Nonesuch Records) One of guitarist Pat Metheny’s treasured memories as a child was watching his grandfather’s player piano, a 19th-century invention which played on its own using metallic ...
The Ian Carey Quintet
April 9, 2010Contextualizin’ (Kaboocha Records) Contextualizin’, the latest from the Ian Carey Quintet, is the stuff that great jazz is made of, a blend of solid musicianship and writing. Carey’s trumpet and ...
Mort Weiss
April 7, 2010Raising The Bar: The Definitive Mort Weiss (SMS Jazz) For his latest recording, Raising The Bar, clarinetist Mort Weiss accomplishes just that, recording a solo album, something he says has never been done on a ...
Cindy Blackman
April 2, 2010Another Lifetime (Four Quarters Entertainment) Drummer Cindy Blackman returns from her more rock-oriented work with Lenny Kravitz to the inspiration of a mentor, the late, great Tony Williams. Another Lifetime is ...
Lionel Loueke
March 27, 2010M’Waliko (Blue Note Records) Guitarist Lionel Loueke’s latest release M’Waliko, is a true sonic journey. Combining his percussive finger-style playing, mouth clicks and vocalizing, Loueke makes ...
Sheryl Bailey
March 20, 2010A New Promise (MCG Jazz) Sheryl Bailey was 18 years old when she saw the late guitarist Emily Remler perform at the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Festival and promised herself that she too would one day master the ...
Jeremy Pelt
March 12, 2010Men of Honor (HighNote Records) If there was ever such a thing as, “this is what jazz should sound like”, then this, the latest from trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, is what jazz should sound like. Right from the ...
Tobia Gebb and Unit 7
March 5, 2010Free At Last (Yummyhouse) Free At Last, the latest from drummer and composer Tobias Gebb, blends a first class roster of musicians with an energetic mix of originals and classics to great creative effect. For ...