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Continue reading →: Anthony D’Alessandro: Searchin’ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL (NO RECORDIN DATE) I am not certain what pianist Anthony D’Alessandro was searching for on Searchin’.If he was searching to cement his reputation as a piano player steeped in the hardbop tradition of Horace Silver and the soul jazz of Les McCann, he succeeded. If he was…
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Continue reading →: Brandon Goldberg: Live at Dizzy’sCELLAR MUSIC 50123 (RECORDED JANUARY 2023) I am not certain where it came from, but my father would always say, “Blessed is a time when the young listen to the old and the old listen to the young.” Pianist Brandon Goldberg’s latest release, Live at Dizzy’s, is a perfect example…
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Continue reading →: The Brenan Brothers: Valley of SilenceDEATH DEFYING RECORDS 28694 (NO RECORDING DATE) Brothers Craig and Jim Brenan wax “musically” on the first jazz concert they attended in 1979 — a performance by the Woody Shaw quintet. Forty-five years later they capture the musical energy of that session on Valley of Silence. More than simply a…
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Continue reading →: Steve Luciano: Under the CoversSELF-RELEASED (NO RECORDING DATE) Guitarist Steve Luciano has the skill to fit right in as a staff musician at Walt Disney World, a member of the Larry Elgart Orchestra, playing for various performing arts centers in Florida and teaching guitar. Under the Covers gives him an opportunity to demonstrate those skills in…
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Continue reading →: Sean Fyfe: Stepping StonesCELLAR MUSIC 32924. (RECORDED MAY 2023) With original compositions such as “See Ya!,” “Stepping Stones,” and “Skitch,” Canadian pianist Sean Fyfe has added to the hard bop songbook. With his latest recording, Stepping Stones, he has also added to Cellar Music’s collection of hard bop infused releases. Everything about Stepping Stones is reminiscent…
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Continue reading →: The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra: Flying ColorsSUMMIT 818 (NO RECORDING DATE) There are swing big bands. There are modern jazz big bands. There are free jazz big bands. There are high school stage bands. There are dance bands. There are Afro-Latin big bands. There are jazz repertoire bands. There are big bands that blend contemporary classical…
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Continue reading →: Mike Clement: Hittin’ ItCELLAR MUSIC 803224 (RECORDED MAY 2023) Back in the day, jazz organists would travel city-to-city, find a local drummer and guitar player, then set up shop at a club that had a mighty Hammond B3. Had he been alive back in the day, Mike Clement would have been the first…
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Continue reading →: Angela Verbrugge: SomewhereOA2 RECORDS 22228. (RECORDED BETWEEN 2017 AND 2021) Angela Verbrugge will not impress you with her dynamic range, her scatting or any vocal tricks of the trade. She will, however, impress you with her pure honesty and warmth as she embraces this set of seven songs. You will also be…
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Continue reading →: Eric Alexander: Timing Is EverythingCELLAR MUSIC 70423 (RECORDED APRIL 2023) In the vernacular of a weather forecaster, expect flurries, and lots of them, on Eric Alexander’s newest release. A muscular and effusive tenor player ever since his first recordings back in the early 1990s, Alexander fills Timing Is Everything with a constant flurry of notes. Whether…
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Continue reading →: Alvin Queen: Feeling GoodSTUNT 24042. (RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2023) Look up the term “in-the-pocket” and you’ wi’ll disover that it means being in tempo and following the groove of the instrumentation with which you’re playing. Need an example? Listen to Alvin Queen’s Feeling Good with pianist Carlton Holmes and drummer Danton Boller. While most…
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