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Marcus Miller – A Night in Monte-Carlo
March 11, 2011(Concord Jazz) Bassist extraordinaire Marcus Miller was requested by the principality of Monte-Carlo to perform at its 2008 jazz festival, the result is the new release, A Night In Monte-Carlo. Miller’s deep, ...
Disney Jazz Vol. 1 – Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
March 8, 2011(Walt Disney Records) Where to start? When we see a project bearing the Disney name, there’s a natural tendency to think that it’s going to be something just for kids. That’s not the case with ...
Dado Moroni – Live in Beverly Hills
March 4, 2011(Resonance Records) Live in Beverly Hills is the latest from Italian pianist Dado Moroni, recorded in a city that’s known more for movie stars than jazz bars. Moroni and his trio of drumming great Peter ...
Amy London – Let’s Fly
March 1, 2011(Motema) Let’s Fly is singer Amy London’s fantastic followup to her 2007 debut recording for Motema Records. London, a 30-year veteran of the jazz vocal scene dedicates this recording to her mentor and ...
Robert Hurst – Unrehurst, Vol.2 – Bob Ya Head
February 25, 2011(Bebob Music) Robert Hurst, who spent eighteen years in the bass chair at the Tonight Show, is out with not one, but two bold new recordings. UnRehurst ,Vol. 2 has Hurst in a trio setting with the herald-pianist ...
Russell Malone – Triple Play
February 22, 2011(MaxJazz) Triple Play is simply Russell Malone at his best. Believe it or not, this is Malone’s first trio album, as he didn’t think he was ready – until now. Well, the time is right. Malone sounds ...
Tony Guerrero – Blue Room
February 18, 2011(Charleston Square Recordings) Veteran flugelhorn and trumpet player Tony Guerrero has that ‘sweet sound’ that horn players work hard to achieve. On his latest recording, Blue Room, that sound comes ...
Matthew Rybicki – Driven
February 15, 2011(Matthew Rybicki Music) After many years working behind the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Terrell Stafford, Nneena Freelon and host of others, 37-year old Cleveland-born, New York-based Matthew Rybicki offers an ...
Esperanza Spalding Is Grammy’s 2011 Best New Artist
February 14, 2011In the past decade there has been a steady movement away from presenting jazz at the Grammy Awards primetime telecast, so it came as a shock to many people when bassist/composer Esperanza Spalding was presented the ...
Kurt Elling – The Gate
February 8, 2011(Concord Records) You’d be hard-pressed to find a more inventive vocalist in music today than Kurt Elling. On The Gate, produced with Don Was, Elling finds the gem in songs most music lovers have heard ...
