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Ernestine Anderson – Nightlife
April 1, 2011(HighNote Records) Singer Ernestine Anderson knows how to have a good time and make sure an audience has a good time as well. This is exactly what you hear on her latest release, Nightlife, the product of ...
Alex Pinto Quartet – Inner State
March 29, 2011(Pursuance Records) The son of a father from India and a mother from the American midwest, San Francisco-based guitartist Alex Pinto brings the fusion of these cultural elements to his debut recording, Inner State. ...
Randy Weston – The Storyteller
March 25, 2011(Motema Records) The Storyteller , the Motéma recording debut of the venerable virtuoso pianist-composer Randy Weston, coincides with the 50th Anniversary of his landmark 1960 recording, UHURU Afrika which fused ...
Lisa Lindsley – Everytime We Say Goodbye
March 22, 2011(Blondsongstress Productions) From the very first note she sings on Everytime We Say Goodbye, it’s clear that Lisa Lindsley is a true jazz singer. This is made even more clear by the fact that the album came ...
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 ...
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 ...
Christian Howes – Out Of The Blue
December 3, 2010(Resonance Records) Christian Howes is a classically-trained violin whose path was changed when he started playing in African-American churches. You can hear the strong bluesy influence in his work on his latest ...
The Trio of OZ
November 26, 2010(OZmosis Records) The collaboration of pianist Rachel Z and drummer Omar Hakim is a potent musical marriage. Both Z, whose family name is Nicolazzo, and Hakim play with a wonderfully colorful, lyrical feel and ...