Contemporary Jazz - CD Reviews (1790)
Individual jazz communities are notorious for fostering a creative environment where jazz musicians can flourish. Los Angeles-based musicians have taken this a step furt…
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The Beaty Brothers Band are more than a band, they seem connected through a much more adhesive bonding. In the core of this unit are twin brothers, saxophonist John Beat…
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Swedish instrumentalist Lars Danielsson, whose merits include playing the bass, cello and violin and being an admirable composer and arranger, has music running through …
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Guitarist Nick Granville has a lengthy history, starting out as a rock guitarist in his native New Zealand and then moving on to becoming a highly successful session mus…
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The Black Romantic is one of the most unusual jazz piano solo CDs to come out of contemporary jazz within the past several years. It is surprising in its intens…
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The contemporary jazz group Pieces of a Dream have been delighting loyal listeners with their polished blend of smooth jazz, pop, and soul musical offerings for more tha…
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The union of jazz organist Dave Siebels and pianist Gordon Goodwin along with the 17-piece orchestra of the Big Phat Band creates a musical feast fraught with jittering …
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Sound Assembly’s music is part abstract and part traditional jazz making the tracks sound completely original as this 17-piece orchestra works through the twists and tur…
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He studied under educator/pianist Ellis Marsalis at the University of New Orleans and moved to New York City several years ago to pursue loftier horizons. With his debut…
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Smooth jazz has always been partially fueled by recording artists covering classic, timeless songs while putting their own style, heart and soul into the arrange…
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Recorded live during the Seamus Blake Quartet shows in Italy, Live In Italy is a journey through various textural changes, melodic twists and harmonic happenings.…
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Jazz music has its eccentrics and its masterminds and sometimes the two are interchangeable like in the case of saxophonist Frank Macchia, who had the eccentric idea to …
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Tierney Sutton and bandmates Christian Jacobs (piano), Trey Henry and Kevin Axt (bass,) and Ray Brinker (drums) give listeners an ear opening lesson on greed, materialis…
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Ozella Music is a Norwegian record label, an enterprise of musician, producer, and composer Dagobert Böhm. Three labels provide a base for artists with productions from the…
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A nice debut CD collection from the group, Trio Reenactment, the trio excels in a wide range of contemporary jazz approaches that makes for a lively collection of origin…
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Michael Occhipinti is a Canadian guitarist, band leader and composer. His roots are Italian - specifically Sicilian. He pays tribute to his heritage with The Sicilian Ja…
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Tim Ries has produced a sequel to his Rolling Stones Project. Mr. Ries is a jazz musician, an educator, a saxophonist, composer, arranger and a leader. He is also a sideman…
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Andrea Fascetti is an Italian bassist and composer, his debut release Dedicated To Steve includes five originals and six Steve Swallow compositions. His band consist…
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Azure is a talented jazz quartet from the Netherlands and their debut offering is entitled When She Smiles. I’m assuming they took their group name from the beaut…
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The Here & Now quintet's debut record, Break of Day, is a fine introduction to some young jazz musicians who began to build their sound during their high school y…
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