Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz The 13-piece all-star salsa big band Spanish Harlem Orchestra celebrates their 15-year anniversary in grand style with Anniversary, their sixth studio album. Champions of salsa dura (“hard salsa”), this is a band whose technical skill is matched only by their consistent high energy. They have three lead vocalists, so the chorus singing is … Read More
Shifting Paradigm Records is proud to announce the October 5th release of Mestizo, the new album from bassist and composer Evan Salvacion Levine. Mestizo, Levine’s sophomore release as a leader, debuts his new trio project, which features Matt Gold on guitar and Andrew Green on drums. This seven-track collection of originals – each penned by … Read More
Daniele Camerlengo, SUONO Un altalenante dedalo di geometrie, vallate e dolci pendici, spazi dove rasserenare lo spirito ed oblare le conseguenze della frenesia del mondo contemporaneo. Parliamo del piccolo borgo toscano di Asciano e del suo circondario meraviglioso, visitato e mai dimenticato dalla sassofonista Adison Evans tant’è che ne ha tratto ispirazione per Meridian, il suo ultimo … Read More
William Kates, Music & More When I find an album that I like as much as this one on my first listen, I have to check myself by listening to it again the next day to make sure I heard what I thought I heard. As I played it again on day two I was … Read More
Nate Chinen, WBGO An Israeli flutist on the Afro-Latin scene — that’s an oversimplification of the musical profile that Itai Kriss cuts in New York, but not an inaccurate one. Kriss, who moved to the Big Apple from his native Tel Aviv some 15 years ago, has devoted his career to exploring the commonalities between Cuban, … Read More
Thomas Cunniffe, Jazz History Online With a highly acclaimed documentary now playing in theaters, and several noteworthy television retrospectives in broadcast rotation, the world is re-discovering the work of Mister (Fred) Rogers. Since the gentle friend of children passed away in 2003, several recordings have attempted to place Rogers’ original songs into an adult context. I can’t say … Read More
C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz 2 of a Kind is a wholly organic jazz recording. Vocalist Gregory Generet and pianist Richard Johnson(notable for his past membership in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis’ septet) join forces on a potent collection of original compositions and standards, split half and half. The arrangements for all are progressive and … Read More
George Harris, Jazz Weekly Bassist Adi Meyerson delvers a strong post bop album of originals with a strong cast of Joel Frahm/ts-ss, Freddie Hendrix/tp, Camila Meza/g-voc, Mike King/p and Kush Abadey/dr. The front line of horns are Horace Silver hip as they cruise with nimble work by Meyerson and King on “Rice & Beans” and … Read More
Lorens Chuno, Doing Jazz Podcast On her new album, Where We Stand, bassist and composer, ADI MEYERSON presents a classic yet personal interpretation of her original compositions. Join Adi and Lorens as she talks about Nina Simone, Rice and Beans, Israel, and other unrelated but musical themes. (music credit: ‘Where We Stand’, ‘Eunice’, ‘TNT’, ‘Rice … Read More
