Over the years, there have been a lot of jazz Christmas albums recorded, but this is one of the best. The session was recorded live in December, 2005 at The Cellar in Vanco…
What is great about this new CD is the interplay between the two saxophonists -- leader Aaron Irwin on alto and Rich Perry on tenor. Guitarist Ryan Scott, bassist Matt Cloh…
Listening to Human Motion is a lot like visiting an art gallery - the CD gives us an array of "sonic landscapes," as one critic puts it. Making up these "musical p…
I really liked this new big band album from the Tony Gairo-Gary Rissmiller Jazz Orchestra. Bands like this, containing relatively unknown musicians, seem to be springing up…
Relatively unknown New York vibraphonist Mark Sherman seems close to a breakthrough with his new release One Step Closer. On the CD, tenor sax great Joe Lovano gue…