By: George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Here’s a gorgeous and sensuous album by the team of Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini. Cressman sings in both English and soft Portuguese, melding … Read More
By: George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Chiara Izzi sings to the accompaniment of Kevin Hays/key-p, Rob Jost/b-frh, Greg Joseph/dr, Rogerio Boccato/perc, Chris Potter/ts-ss, Gregoire Maret/harm, Nir Felder/g and Omer Avital/oud … Read More
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly If you’ve never heard any albums by Hard Bop’s progenitor Art Blakey, this two disc live session with drummer/leader Ralph Peterson is an excellent … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Trends come and go; just give me the hard bop or post bop quintet, and I’m set for the day. Here are a couple perfect … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Indie-voiced Kristina Koller mixes jazz and bohemia on this clever collection of originals and standards. She teams up with Fima Chupakhim/pkey, Chris Talio/b, Joe Spinelli/dr … 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 … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Trombonist and composer Ed Neumeister conducts a rich toned big band which mixes clever charts and swinging solos. Rich Perry’s tenor is warm and strong … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Pianist JC Hopkins puts together a swinging big band that features punchy reads of swinging standards, and with vocalists including Andy Bey, Jon Hendricks, Queen … Read More
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Piano trios can have divergent paths. Here are a pair that swing with two distinct leaders at the helm. Pianist Leandro Cabral brings together … Read More
