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Roberta Piket – One for Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland
July 29, 2016(Thirteenth Note Records) Pianist-composer Roberta Piket turns in one of our favorites of the year with this recording. One for Marian: Celebrating Marian McPartland is indeed a colorful celebration of the late ...
Mimi Jones – Feet In The Mud
July 8, 2016(Hot Tone Music) Bassist Mimi Jones’ latest is a beautifully contemplative work. With melodic compositions and solid musicianship, Feet In The Mud is an engaging sonic tapestry. The music is at times ...
Mark Murphy – Live in Athens, Greece
July 5, 2016(Harbinger Records) Live in Athens, Greece is a fantastic documentation of the late, great singer Mark Murphy recorded at the Gazarte Club, one of the city’s hottest night clubs in 2008. Once things gets ...
Joe Policastro Trio – Pops
July 1, 2016(JeruJazz Records) Pops, the second recording from Joe Policastro and his trio, takes its name from the Chicago-based Pops for Champagne venue where the band has performed since 2011. The project’s name also ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling – Upward Spiral
June 28, 2016(OKeh) A collaboration between an established bandleader and band with an established singer is something that harkens back to a bygone musical age. The teaming of the Branford Marsalis Quartet and singer Kurt ...
Marquis Hill – The Way We Play
June 24, 2016(Concord Jazz) Marquis Hill is one of the most compelling voices on the trumpet today. On The Way We Play, his debut recording for Concord Jazz, he pays tribute to the jazz standards and American songbook classics ...
Arthur Sadowsky & The Troubadours – Beautiful Moments
June 17, 2016(Arthur Sadowsky) Growing up in the Soviet Union, Arthur Sadowsky was raised on Russian classical music, but that all changed with his introduction to the genius of Joe Zawinul. That feeling comes through in the ...
Sari Kessler – Do Right
June 14, 2016(Sari Kessler) Vocalist Sari Kessler has a bright tone to her voice that draws you to what she’s singing. On Do Right , her debut recording, what she’s singing are nicely constructed renditions of ...
Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics
June 7, 2016(True Groove) Trumpet and trombone man Mac Gollehon has been a standout on the recordings of many other more known artists, including David Bowie, Grace Jones, Duran Duran, now comes his own visionary project. Mac ...
Sonny Rollins – Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4
June 3, 2016(Okeh Records) More of evidence of the enduring greatness of Sonny Rollins is what you hear on Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol. 4. The recording is the latest release in a series of Rollins live performance stops ...