REVIEW: Jazz Podium (Germany) Reviews Gene Ess’ “Apotheosis”

June 8, 2019

Alexander Schmitz, Jazz Podium English translation: That Gene Ess is Japanese, you can see especially on song titles such as “Sands of Time (Okinawa)”, “Tokyo Red”, and “Fireflies of Hiroshima” three out of eight of his compositions on the fourth album of his quintet Fractal Attraction. Otherwise, the New Yorker of choice since 1991, a … Read More

REVIEW: Jazz Podium (Germany) Reviews Jeff Siegel’s “London Live”

November 12, 2018

Detlef A. Ott, Jazz Podium The recordings were made on November 3, 2010, the last evening of a two-week tour through Germany and Austria at the London Pizza Express Jazz Club, which was sparsely populated due to a public transport strike. It was the fourth European tour of drummer and composer Jeff Siegel, who has … Read More

REVIEW: Jazz Thing (Germany) Reviews Judi Silvano’s “Lessons Learned”

September 13, 2018

Rolf Thomas, Jazz Thing Die amerikanische Jazzsängerin Judi Silvano hat Koryphäen wie den Gitarristen Kenny Wessel, den Bassklarinettisten Adam Kolker und den Tenoristen Joe Lovano, der das Album überdies auch produziert hat in ihrer Zephyr Band, man kann also davon ausgehen, dass sie nicht gerade einen schlechten Ruf in der Szene genießt. In schrägen, manchmal … Read More