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Denise King & Olivier Hutman – Give Me The High Sign
May 24, 2013(Cristal Records) Vocal Denise King and pianist Olivier Hutman are a formidable musical team. They reunite for their latest project, Give Me The High Sign, and what a wonderful work it is. Hutman, the compositional ...
David Weiss & Point Of Departure – Venture Inward
May 17, 2013(Positone) Trumpeter David Weiss and his band Point of Departure of musical proof that jazz is very much alive. On Venture Inward, the acoustic quartet creates a brand of music that is electric. Weiss and company ...
Caswell Sisters – Alive In The Singing Air
May 14, 2013(Turtle Ridge Records) After many years working seperately, vocalist Rachel Caswell and violinist Sara Caswell decided to work together and the result is heavenly. Alive In The Air , the sisters’ debut ...
Geof Bradfield – Melba!
May 3, 2013(Origin Records) Saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield’s Melba is a brassy and powerful tribute to the great arranger and trombonist, Melba Liston. The recording is a work which was commissioned by Chamber Music ...
Anthony Branker & Word Play – Uppity
April 26, 2013(Origin Records) Bandleader, composer and producer Anthony Branker directs Wordplay, a collective of talented musicians, on his latest release Uppity. The sound is forward-thinking, with a nice mix of swing and ...
Raquel Bitton – Rhythm of The Heart
April 23, 2013(Raquel Bitton) Rhythm of The Heart is Raquel Bitton’s beautiful and innovative marriage of French vocals with Afro Cuban rhythms. The result is music of great zest and je ne sais quoi (a certain something) ...
Gerald Clayton – Life Forum
April 19, 2013(Concord Records) Gerald Clayton’s debut for Concord Records is another great venture in sound. Life Forum co-mingles the pianist’s syncopated rhythms with voice and brass for a magnificent musical ...
Jeffrey Gimble – Beyond Up High
April 16, 2013(Cafe Pacific Records) Vocalist Jeffrey Gimble is a unique new voice on the jazz scene. What makes Beyond Up High ,Gimble’s debut effort, such a pleasure to listen to is hearing the joy in his approach to the ...
Dave Haskell Group – Pivot Point
April 12, 2013(Coastal Sky Productions) Guitarist Dave Haskell is proof that sometimes it is possible to live more that one big dream in the course of lifetime. Haskell lived the life of a commercial airline pilot for many years ...
Sean Nowell – The Kung-Fu Masters
April 5, 2013(Positone) The Kung-Fu Masters, the latest release from tenor saxophonist Sean Nowell moving through a cacophony of sonic landscapes and moods. The Birmingham, Alabama native embraces a rich spectrum of sounds while ...