Alan Young, New York Music Daily The sound of a siren in passing traffic opens pianist/singer Kelly Green’s new album Life Rearranged, streaming at Spotify. In addition to a mix of standards, some striking originals with flashes of greatness pervade this urbane, classy, purist album: Green is someone to keep your eye on. The material is typically … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Guitarist Rick Vandivier goes both electric and acoustic with Dan Robbins/b and Lorca Hart/dr-perc on this mix of originals and covers. On acoustic, he is intimate and flows gently on “New Man” while doing some nice interplay with Robbins on “Night Walker.” Hart delivers a hp beat for the funky … Read More
Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene It is difficult to believe that Life Rearranged is Kelly Green’s recording debut (not counting an album of originals that she recorded while in high school). Her piano playing is sophisticated and modern while also being connected to the tradition. Her vocals (heard on half of the numbers) are subtle, … Read More
Raul da Gama, World Music Report North American listeners have been introduced to the music of the British-born multi-instrumentalist, writer and vocalist, Joanna Wallfisch. She has regaled her audiences from New York to Los Angeles with her genre-bending music on stage and on three albums including the celebrated Gardens In My Mind (Sunnyside, 2016), which featured pianist … Read More
Chris Spector, Midwest Record That Sunday afternoon kind of chanteuse, Green knows well how to attract top jazz cats to help her with her vision of the tortured artist effect. Seemingly steeped in cabaret drama tilted to the down side, this is for people that find “Lush Life” a song they can relate to.
DanMichael Reyes, Revive Music Released last Friday, November 3, Hailey Niswanger‘s newest album Vol. 1: Inter-be features 8 tracks that allows listeners to pause from the buzzing of their daily lives and meditate. Backed by her new band, MAE.SUN, which enlists the talents of Nikara Warren on vibraphone, guitarist Andrew Renfroe, Axel Laugart on keys, bassist Aaron Liao, and David Frazier Jr.behind the kit, Vol. 1: Inter-be offers … Read More
Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs’s Blog SAMUEL POMPEO QUINTETO – “QUE DESCAIDA” Independent Label Samuel Pompeo, baritone & soprano saxophones/clarinet; Dino Barioni, guitar; Fabio Leandro, piano; Gibson, Freitas, contra bass; Paulinho Vicente, drums. Samuel Pompeo’s baritone saxophone is startling! To hear a baritone being played at this double-time pace is quite exciting. That’s the way … Read More
Backstage When I was a child, Ella Fitzgerald sang me to sleep. My father would be listening to her—or to any number of the jazz greats—on his stereo in the other room, and I would cozily drift off to dreamland nestled in the arms of the Great American Songbook. During the day, I would regale … Read More
Abe Beeson, KNKX Trumpet player, composer and jazz educator Jared Hall grew up in Spokane, Wash. His jazz studies took him to Whitworth University in his hometown, then to Indiana and Florida. But Hall has recently returned to the northwest, adding another potent voice on trumpet to the growing Seattle jazz scene. “Love, Laugh and … Read More
