By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Jazz vocals is a lot like college classrooms; they seem dominated by a surfeit of women in attendance. So, when a guy comes around that doesn’t sound like a Buble’ clone, he gets my attention. Read more here.
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly “I don’t know how one gets that indefinable thing called “IT”, but vocalist Lauren Henderson definitely is blessed with that intangible quality of making a lyric speak directly to you.” Read the full review here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Female singers of independent minds. Read this article here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Jeff Coffin plays just about every type of reed and beyond, teamed with Helen Gillet on cello and beyond on this collection of experimental tunes. Read more here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly “This set is obviously a must-have for Armstrong fans, but it also serves as an inspiration for artists to stick with their vision, and not succumb to the changing trends of the time. Some people adapt to the times, others transcend them, which is what this set shows Armstrong … Read More
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Vitellos is the venerable jazz club/restaurant best known for a) the hang out for the Rat Pack guys where they’d bring their broads up stairs for carousing and music and b) where Robert Blake shot his wife. It’s still a fantastic restaurant, and before the stupid COVID lockdown, hosted … Read More
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Dave Pietro leads a post bop team of Alex Sipiagin/tp-fh, Ryan Keberle/tb, Gary Versace/key, Johannes Weidenmueller/b, Johnathan Blake/dr and Rogerio Boccato/perc as he interpretes his compositions with his alto, soprano and C melody sax along with flute in tow. Read more here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Read the album announcement here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly The best of music is to bring people and ideas together. Mehmet Ali Sanlikol brings his voice and middle eastern instruments of the ney, zurna and ud to team up with guest soprano saxist Dave Liebmen and the 18 member orchestra conducted by Ken Schaphorst to speak to “our … Read More
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Trombonist Javier Nero leads a swinging and spirited septet of Tom Kelley/as-ss-fl, Jean Caze/gp-fh, Melvin Butler/ts-ss, tal Cohen/p, Dion Kerr/b, Aaron Kimmel/dr along with a collection of guests including Brian Lynch on this celebratory session. Read more here.
