BeBop / Hard Bop - CD Reviews (481)
Glauco Sagebin is a Brazilian jazz pianist, but he’s not a "Brazilian jazz" pianist, if you know what I mean - that’s to say while the wealth of music in Brazil has …
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This CD project is a festive gathering of jazz giants re-inventing their 'covers' with an imaginative bent for fine musicianship & improvisational skill. Silberstein knows …
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Albert Einstein was once asked how many observations were needed before it was safe to make a generalization about a particular phenomenon. He replied that two times were p…
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What an interesting 'vibe' ( pardon the pun, I couldn't resist it).........Bebop, Strings, & the legendary vibraphonist, Terry Gibbs! Some of the publicists sending me thes…
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The subtitle is "Modern Jazz Versions of Favorite Jewish and Israeli Songs."Jewish music and jazz! So what's the connection? Many pages of the Great American Songbook be…
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It bears repeating that Artt Frank is a purist, a bop drummer. His accents combine subtle shadings, direct response to the soloist's message and a certain dignity within th…
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Jazz guitarist Joshua Breakstone breaks new ground with his towering disc, 'A Jamais.' Joshua is a virtuoso of inventiveideas, and rhythmic attack, as he & his trio interpr…
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Hard bebop with a latino flair!!........Jazz pianist Glauco, & his very tight trio explore a few of the jazz idiom categories, i.e. bop, latin, avant-garde etc. We are imme…
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You just never know where you'll find jazz. Tim Harrison's jazzgroup glean their version of jazz from famed poetess Emily Dickinson. This offers their vocalist Dee McMillen…
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The where-with-all, & multi-facet-ted-ness of Mintzer & Brecker are legendary. And, if you want a CD jazz project to sound like aCD jazz project, both Randy & Bob are easy …
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At first glance - hell, even at second & third glances - this platter (originally on vinyl in 1978, CD in 2004) is an oddity. We got: one tenor saxophonist who’s an LA stud…
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One might say that this recording, featuring two of the top musicians in the business, is a match made in heaven. I say it's a match made by Jazzed Media (and Graham Carter…
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Once upon a time, bootleg albums - privately made recordings, usually of concerts made w/out the artists’ and/or "official" record companies’ knowledge or approval - were c…
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Ned Otter's latest Two & Four release Powder Keg is 2004's first great jazz album. As on his 2002 debut So Little Time, Otter is sympathetically recorded by l…
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Crazy Talk, the first solo album from jazz guitarist Jeff Barone shows a keen sense of rhythm and a love of classic and hard bop jazz. His mosaic concoctions have…
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Veteran Swedish sax player Hakan Brostrom leads an inspired group through some swinging numbers on Do You Remember?. Brostrom fires on all cylinders with ferocity an…
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Hard-Bop is alive and well, and the Ron Pirtle Quintet is living proof. Gettin' in the Groove is the real deal. Ron and the band have certainly…
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Adam Rogers has been in demand as a sideman in a variety of contexts lately, which is one reason why this is only his second recording as a leader. He’s joined by Chris Pot…
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Estate (summer) is the title of the only italian song (Martino/Brighetti) considered an international jazz standard. Estate is even the name of the last Piero Odorici’s wor…
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With a band name that some might consider a little more than a mouthful, the Helga Plankensteiner - Walter Civettini Quintet launches out of the starting gate with their de…
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