21 Sep
Funky Flavas by Reiff Jr
Verging on smooth jazz territory but with a take-no-prisoners attitude that elevates it above the usual fluffy and unobtrusive fare the genre typifies, Reiff Jr delivers
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21 Sep
Be The Change by Prasanna
The inside sleeve of Prasanna’s latest, Be the Change says "This album may represent certain fantasies that a young kid may have had growing up in South India"; comb…
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20 Sep
State of Mind by Yan Pevzner
With the possible exception of female jazz vocalists, the incredible proliferation of the piano trio in modern jazz is almost at epidemic proportions, and represents the pr…
Why Ken Hatfield is not a more recognized name is a mystery. He occupies a rather small space in jazz, being a guitarist who devotes himself exclusively to the nylon-string…
All too often when musicians traditionally associated with other forms of music hook up with an orchestra, the results can be, at best, OK, and at worst, an exercise in bom…