By: Dee Dee McNeil, MusicalMemoirs SIVAN ARBEL – “CHANGE OF LIGHT” Independent label Sivan Arbel, voice/composition; Shai Portugaly, piano; Pera Krstajic, bass; Yogev Gabay, drums; Shai Wetzer, percussion; Ron Warburg, Trumpet; Jack Sheehan, alto saxophone; Ori Jacobson, tenor saxophone. STRING QUARTET: Meitar Farkash, violin 1.; Audrey Hayes, violin 2.; Yumi Oshima, viola; Terrence Thornhill, cello. … Read More
Daniele Camerlengo, Suono Milwaukee Avenue, una strada comune di Chicago, di quelle che portano addosso l’odore americano che intorpidisce e sazia le fameliche ambizioni di chi insegue, con la sua vita, l’arte delle sonorità contemporanee. Al 2421 c’è il The Whistler, club di cultoche ha visto nascere e crescere in salute la Rogue Parade, formazione stratosferica ideata … Read More
by Peter Quinn, Jazzwise
Dave Sumner, Bird is the Worm Artist: Ellen Rowe Octet Album: Momentum: Portraits of Women in Motion Label: Smokin’ Sleddog Records Favorite track: “Ain’t I A Woman” Style: Straight-ahead Music from: Ann Arbor, MI What I like about it: I like how every note, every expression sounds like it’s all heart. I like how this … Read More
‘The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron’ Review: Vocalist Vanessa Rubin honors Tadd Dameron with an album that highlights his compositional genius. By Martin Johnson, The Wall Street Journal The great composer and arranger Tadd Dameron (1917-1965) wrote “If You Could See Me Now,” one of Sarah Vaughan’s signature songs, but until now … Read More
Dan Ouellette Judging from vocalist Judi Silvano’s latest album, Lessons Learned on Unit Records, her sold-out Birdland Theater date on February 18 with the all-star Zephyr Band promised to be an off-center affair for a jazz club. The recording doesn’t drive straight up the standards middle of the road. First off, Silvano penned all the ten tunes … Read More
John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald If ever an opening line was going to transfix you, “I followed whiskey into the country of Legionella” should do it. The Kerouac-influenced poem Open Water is graffitied through this album in three instalments, written and delivered by John Goode, whose voice is a scythe slicing straight into your central nervous system, … Read More
By: Travis Rogers Jr. (The Jazz Owl) In November of 2013, Chiara Izzi released her debut album Motifs and splashed onto the American concert scene having already captivated European audiences. Motifs was a charming and delightful introduction for new audiences. I called her “A talent to be heard, admired and anticipated.” The great Quincy Jones … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs CHIARA IZZI & KEVIN HAYS –“ACROSS THE SEA” Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz Chiara Izzi, vocals/composer; Kevin Hays, piano/voice/Rhodes/composer; Rob Jost, acoustic and electric bass/French horn; Greg Joseph, drums; Rogerio Boccato, percussion; Chris Potter, tenor & soprano saxophone; Grégoire Maret, harmonica; Nir Felder, electric & acoustic guitar; Omer Avital, oud. … Read More
By: Travis Rogers Jr. The Jazz Owl When I reviewed Sivan Arbel’s 2016 album Broken Lines, I wrote, “She makes me think of Sarah Vaughan who had the raw power but also the sweetness that made her irresistible. And Sivan Arbel is irresistible.” It’s always rewarding to be proven right because that opinion has not … Read More
