10 Jul
These Are Them by Al Ashley
These Are Them is drummer Al Ashley’s recording debut as a leader, and a fine debut it is. Joining him in this bass-less quartet are David Liebman on tenor and sopra…
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The Phoenix, the debut American release from guitarist William Ash’s Trio, is a CD I opened with great anticipation. It has all the elements of a great recording. First, it…
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More often than not, when a musician tries to explore many different elements on a single disc - jazz, blues, vocals, instrumentals, varying personnel, etc. - the result is…
It’s a little difficult to really get my head around the latest disc from Daryl Pratt - "Pratt’s Alchemy." To call it a jazz album would be to stretch the definition of the…
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New York Gravity, the debut album from the Rick Parker Collective is by far one of the best jazz albums I’ve heard in quite some time. And I listen to an enormous amount of…