Other - CD Reviews (539)
Stony Plain Records is offers a reissue of a 1989 classic session. Guitarist Amos Garrett, piano-man Gene Taylor and the late Doug Sahm appear in a truly eclectic blend of …
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Some critics have panned this record.... um, CD, because it's not "raw" enough, like they're expecting some wild-eyed, scorching king-Hell epiphany because the words "Rober…
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How dare they? How dare the Chicago Jazz Orchestra record one of the unchallenged masterpieces of jazz: the Gil Evans/Miles Davis version of George Gershwin’s equally cl…
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To the general public, Barry Manilow is known as a vocalist and songwriter who established his reputation with hit after hit in the 1970’s, surely setting him up for a long…
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September 21 marks the release of Takin’ It Easy, E.G. Kight’s fourth CD for Blue South Records. The Georgia born W.C. Handy nominee strikes a pleasing chord with th…
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Hailing from the Pacific northwest, this dual guitar led quintet hearkens memories of the early Grateful Dead style of jamming, amid a touch of progressive rock, jazz, Sout…
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Germany’s DJ Matt, a.k.a. "Motorcitysoul," has concocted an electrified stew, marked by a tasty and to the point fusing of jazzy grooves, Brazilian tinged dance beats and m…
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Billed as purveyors of "Funkatronic" rock, these four, very hip gents succeed at melding a party-type atmosphere with foot stomping grooves and melodic synth swashes. You c…
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Combining jazz and "classical" or "serious" or whatever we call European Art music these days is by no means a new idea. Indeed, when I set out to document the phenomenon I…
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Tomasz Stanko is arguably, Poland’s preeminent modern jazz trumpeter. As he selected these works spanning his prolific career with ECM Records, hearkening back to the ‘70s.…
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ECM Records, Rarum motif is based upon the legacy of artists who have recorded as leaders or sidemen for the label. And of course, the track selections are left to t…
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At this point you are probably wondering how many more live albums from the Allman Brothers Band are going to come out. Well, if there are as good as this two CD set; I say…
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Ok, so this may not be a jazz group in its purest sense, (is Bill Frisell for that matter?) but New Orleans based Theresa Anderson's music is built from the same foundation…
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Drummer George Schuller is a significant member of today’s progressive jazz scene. Whether performing as a sideman or leading his own projects, Schuller’s pen represents a …
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Trumpeter/flugelhornist Franz Koglmann’s inventive fusions of classical stylizations and progressive jazz are a well-known entity. On this release - underscored by a ti…
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She grew up on a farm in a small town in Sweden, while eventually becoming a band member for blues artist Anders Osborne in 1989. Since then, singer/songwriter/violinist Th…
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I think Tinsley Ellis has reached the pinnacle of his career on The Hard Way. As a recording artist and producer, it does not seem he could get much better, however …
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Dana Case possesses a soft, yet commanding voice, witnessed on these ten pieces consisting of adult alternative rock fare, spiced up with grandiose, new-age type treatments…
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French guitarist and electronics wiz, Richard Pinhas’ pioneering ways hearken back to the ‘70s with the band, Heldon. Since then, he has continued upon a path, teemi…
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Pianist Greg Jasperse takes a giant step forward with his first ever commercial release entitled ‘Tournesol’ for the Tournesol Music Label. This CD by most standa…
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