This Buffalo New York quartet has an enjoyable straight ahead, swinging style. The principals, reedman Schiavone and pianist Brancato are graduates of Berklee. While the wo…
18 Jul
Lush Life by John Coltrane
There are those who would call Trane the most important and influential player to ever pick up a saxophone. Long before his fascination with the soprano and his harmonic ev…
18 Jul
Out of Seattle by Dave Peck
Seattle-based pianist Dave Peck works in the traditional jazz piano trio format on his wonderful live Out of Seattle, recorded at the famed Jazz Alley. Traditional b…
28 Jun
Tyft by Hilmar Jensson
Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson plays electric and acoustic guitars and electronics masterfully on Tyft. Abetted by Jim Black (drums, melodica, electronics and vi…
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Language of Swans’ eponymous offering is unusual in it’s sparseness and deceptively tentative tone, though principal Joe Giardullo is no musical wallflower or novice. Havin…
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