Every once in a while, a recording of such musical magnitude crosses my desk that it makes me wonder if I can do it justice. No written word can adequately describe "sound"…
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This trio goes right to the heart of hip, they have detonated a musical powder keg and I jumped on it like a hobo on a ham sandwich. Joe Cartwright has ideation and touc…
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Honoring the past and celebrating the present is the theme of this elegant recording. A fine choice of tunes, a singer with a voice as dusky as a southern night, pianist…
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Franck Amsallem has what every musician strives for, uniqueness and an individual style. "I Got Rhythm" goes into orbit with a clever arrangement of this mother of all t…
Swing is king here or better still King is swing. Bill King is an established jump swing back beat master and the transition to a polished 'modern jazz' player is no surpri…
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