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Corey Christiansen - Lone Prairie
by Robert Ratajczak, LongPlay: RadioJAZZ - Poland
[translated from Polish] Lone Prairie is the fifth album by Corey Christiansen in recent years (third released by the American label Origin Records), successfully strengthening his position among the greatest jazz guitarists in the world. After a stunning debut in 2004 (The Awakening), an album he recorded with trio MB3 (Hits Jazz Vol.1), and two albums highly accepted in the United States: Roll With It and Outlaw... read more
Kim Richmond Ensemble - Live At Cafe Metropol
by Ric Bang, The Davis Enterprise, Feb 7, 2008
"Live at Cafe Metropol" is this sextet's first live album, following one earlier studio release; members of the group also have been featured on CDs by other groups. Kim Richmond, once a member of the Stan Kenton orchestra, plays alto and soprano saxophones; trumpeter John Daversa is the son of Jay Daverso who, like Richmond, was a member of the Kenton group. Joey Sellers is the trombonist; pianists Rich Eames and Brian Freidland split the tunes... read more
Jordan VanHemert - Survival of the Fittest
by Larry Hollis, Cadence Magazine
For VanHemert's newest recorded effort, producer Michael Dease has assembled a crack combo that should ring a few bells among regular readers. Joining the two other horns are the same names that graced Sharel Cassity's recent Sunnyside disc reviewed in the last issue of this mag. Also present is the same drummer along with Helen Sung and Rodney Whitaker rounding out the solid underpinning. The leader has a handful of discs out and while he's... read more
New Stories - Hope is in the Air
by Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Elmo Hope was a contemporary of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. He only lived to be 43 and never achieved much fame or fortune, but he was a talented bop pianist and composer with a style of his own. New Stories, a trio consisting of pianist Marc Seales, bassist Doug Miller, and drummer John Bishop, revives 11 of Hope's better songs on this CD, including "Dee-Dah," the moody "Stars Over Marrakech," and "Carving the Rock." Although their playing... read more
John Gross / Billy Mintz - Beautiful You
by Tim Duroche, Willamette Week
Recorded live at the Tugboat Brewing Co., Beautiful You is a stunning document. Tenor saxophonist John Gross and New York-based drummer Billy Mintz-both veterans of the L.A. studios and big bands-are singular forces on their respective instruments. Truly a musician's musician, Gross is a coolly compelling player with an elevated sense of beauty and tension. From his opening notes on "Shmear"-reminiscent of Sonny Rollins' thematic stabs on "East... read more
Dan Cray - Meridies
by Jayson Greene, emusic Review
Nice straight-ahead set of tunes featuring former Chicagoan Dan Cray on piano leading a quartet that includes new sax wunderkind Noah Preminger. Nothing groundbreaking, just decent jazz. Album ender ?March of the Archetypes? not only sends the album off on a terrifically addictive note, but has me intrigued to see where Cray goes with his next recording. I love an album that ends on a strong... read more
Rich Thompson - Who Do You Have to Know?
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
4-STARS The title of drummer Rich Thompson's 2023 release is Who Do You Have To Know?. The answer to that: John Bishop and Matt Jorgensen, the team that runs the Origin and OA2 Records labels that boast prolific and consistently good outputs, featuring an array of well-known and a goodly number of not-so-well-known, but always interesting, often terrific, jazz artists. Thompson has released four albums of his own on Origin, including the... read more
Delia Fischer - Delia Fischer: Beyond Bossa
by Joana Aleixo, Soirée de Grã Finos
The pianist, singer and songwriter Délia Fischer released her first international album, "Delia Fischer Beyond Bossa", by the label Origin Records (Seattle, USA), with the first recordings of her authorial repertoire in which she sings the songs with lyrics in English in versions recreated by the American composer, pianist and journalist Allen Morrison and with the participation of several Brazilian and international performers of different... read more
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