Various Jazz Styles - CD Reviews (260)
Talk about starting off with definition! Second Movement, a precise band that combines the electricity of acid jazz with the intricacies of fusion and sprinklings of smo…
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During the early 1900s', musicians had to be versatile, they had to be able to play a country hoe-down on one night and then a gospel show the next. With the media still…
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Imagine a master’s degree project so good that it became a commercially released CD soon thereafter. That’s what happened to Chuck Gottesman, Philadelphia-area trumpeter wh…
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The music on this album can best be characterized by the term classical jazz piano. It follows the swing and stride style that was popularized by early jazz pianists suc…
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Ron Davis’s album, Shimmering Rhythm, takes us along from the start to an atypical universe. Davis’s very beautiful ensemble uses the space and great breathings…
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With more and more outsiders recognizing the value of jazz, we are starting to find that everyone is now making mixes for our listening pleasure. Through DJs creating th…
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David Buchbinder has released Shurum Burum Jazz Circus, a multidisciplinary project striking up music with dance and circus performance to drive listeners to a col…
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This Is The Place debuted near the top of the charts. Showing astounding musicianship, these master musicians are celebrating their second successful album.…
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Filled with joy, love and optimism, Jonathan shares the magic of Jonathan Butler: songwriter, musician, and vocalist. A native of Cape Town, South Africa, Butler kno…
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Guitarist Steve Kimock puts his current band of six years in the studio for Eudomonic, and comes out with an entertaining disc of popish instrumental rock music t…
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Trumpeter, flugelhorn master and bandleader, Joel Penner, and his sextet of some of the jazz world’s most accomplished and respected musicians have released their second…
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Jeremy Steig's new CD, Flute On The Edge, is yet another example of the jazz flute master's fine discography. Here you will find examples of his past and newer playing.
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Byron Miller has provided a marvelously rhythmic bass line behind the likes of Luther and George and Herbie and Miles, but it is here within the vessel of his own creati…
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Joan Bow-Miller has a great voice, well trained from her early roots singing gospel in the choir, to paying her dues with soul, R&B, blues and jazz. She brings a taste o…
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Violinist, vocalist and composer Terry Jenoure dazzles us first by her charismatic character and lulu. Ergo, if one has the chance to see her on stage, one will get mesm…
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Kriztal Entertainment and Nik Weston, seasoned DJ and music collector, put together this compilation of electronic underground tracks from the "Land of the Rising Sun." …
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West Coast piano giant Larry Vuckovich morphs a potpourri of Balkan motifs into a modern mainstream musical environment, throughout most of this 2002 reissued gem origin…
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A lot of funky grooves to chew on this disc. "Between the Two" and "Blooze!" are Susman originals. Sandwiched in between is a great version of Miles Davis’ "All Blues" a…
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Howard Leshaw's Neo-Nostalgic Jewish Jazz Rings True Howard Leshaw is a criminally under-appreciated New York City jazz musician. He is a virtuoso on multiple win…
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Ecclectic all the way through to the bottom on her toenails with a distinctive style of playing and being an iconoclast makes bassist Kim Clarke a unique character. Clar…
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