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Tom Wetmore -The Desired Effect
February 3, 2012(Crosstown) Pianist-composer Tom Wetmore makes a fantastic debut with The Desired Effect. The player composition for this project is quite unique with a lineup that includes two lead guitarists in Brad Williams and ...
Chick Corea / Eddie Gomez / Paul Motian – Further Explorations
January 17, 2012(Concord Records) Further Explorations is pianist-extraordinaire Chick Corea’s tribute to the genius of Bill Evans and his recording, Explorations, which was released 50 years ago. This 2 CD-set was recorded ...
Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio – The 11th Gate
January 13, 2012(Motema) Trombonist Dennis Rollins is no newcomer, but his sound is a true revelation on The 11th Gate his third release as a leader. Rollins and his Velocity Trio which includes Ross Stanley on Hammond organ and ...
Stanley Jordan – Friends
December 13, 2011(Mack Avenue) Long past the years as a musical wunderkind, guitarist Stanley Jordan is still very much a solid practitioner of his craft. On Friends, he’s joined by a host of incredible talents, including ...
Harry Connick, Jr. – Music From The Happy Elf
December 9, 2011(Marsalis Music) If you’ve turned on a television any time during the yuletide season in most of the last decade, you’ve probably caught a glimpse of The Happy Elf animated special. Pianist and vocalist ...
The Tierney Sutton Band – American Road
December 6, 2011(BFM Jazz) For her latest release, singer Tierney Sutton and her band for the past 18 years dust off range of songs from the American compositional songbook and give them a new coat of paint. American Road has ...
Mitchel Forman – Sing Along with Mitch
November 18, 2011(Marsis Jazz) There’s something powerful about the marriage of piano and the human voice, and Mitchel Forman’s latest recording captures this magic so incredibly well. Sing Along With Mitch has the ...
Sonny Rollins – Road Shows 2
November 15, 2011(Doxy Records) Road Shows 2, is a snapshot of a legend who remains as dedicated to his craft as ever. Recorded in 2010 during a couple of his 80th birthday concerts shows in New York and Tokyo, tenor sax giant Sonny ...
Trombone Shorty – For True
November 11, 2011(Verve Records) Some critics have said that jazz declined when it lost its emphasis on dance, well New Orleans’ Troy Andrews, a.k.a., Trombone Shorty’s music brings back the dance in a way that is ...
Poncho Sanchez | Terence Blanchard – Chano y Dizzy!
November 8, 2011(Concord Picante) Percussionist-composer Poncho Sanchez and trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard pay tribute to legendary percussionist Chano Pozo and the great trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, whom Sanchez credits as ...