Contemporary Jazz - CD Reviews (1790)
Alto saxophonist and Illinois native Aaron Irwin displays quite a bit of range and versatility on Blood And Thunder, his second recording as a leader. Blood An…
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I actually put off listening to this CD for a bit because I assumed it would be another collection of Stevie Wonder's trademark tunes. You know the ones - 'My Cherie Amour,…
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Let me start out by saying you don't sit back in your chair and listen to The Wheel, the latest by composer and guitarist Joel Harrison, you are swept up by it!…
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The Netherlands contemporary jazz ensemble, Azure have a sure-fire formula for synchronizing light and dark shades so their contrasting frames fade into each other and c…
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CalArts Jazz 2008 is the 19th annual CD released by Capitol Records for the students of this high end arts school. This is a polished, professional production. Just …
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From the very start - Brian Bromberg's hard-driving bass opening to Cream's familiar "Sunshine of Your Love" - this band will be right there in your room. It's not just bec…
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Japanese and New Jersey based guitarist Nobuki Takamen has released a new opus. "C.M.G," opens this album. This endeavour showcases Brian Beninghove on tenor sax, Hitosh…
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Pianist, Christian Jacob has produced a wonderful CD. A mix of interesting songs, featuring excellent musicianship and displaying an exciting, energetic vibe that I attribu…
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Blues for the Tribe, released by Baron Tymas in 2006, features some of North Carolina's finest musicians playing this exciting guitarist's innovative compositions.
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Pianist/composer Joe Parillo has enjoyed a prolific career, composing for theater and film, as well as producing his own recordings. Segments finds the University …
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Largely self-taught, pianist Wayne Horvitz was first noticed in 1980s in his native New York where he became a part of the "experimental improv" or avant-garde club and …
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Even though it was lamented that the B-3 organ sound lost some of its prominence in the seventies and eighties, it never went away in Columbus, Ohio, where it remained an i…
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On one hand you’ve got the free/out-jazz posse that looks upon anything "accessible" (that is, accessible to others besides themselves and their friends and adherents) a…
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Philadelphia-born and raised pianist and composer Sumi Tonooka ended a decade-long hiatus from recording with the release of her 5th recording as a leader, Long Ago Toda…
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Russel Blake is a fine jazz performer. He has a feel for jazz tempo, and he has that keen skill for interweaving various jazz motifs into bright, memorable performances.…
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Russel Blake is a fine jazz performer. He has a feel for jazz tempo, and he has that keen skill for interweaving various jazz motifs into bright, memorable performances.…
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John Stetch’s bold originality, combined with his exceptional talent, presents itself more than positively on his latest release TV Trio, an exciting arran…
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Pianist Claude Marc Bourget put his musical career on pause for a few years to become a published writer back in the 1980s. He returns to the music scene with this solo…
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Tacoma, Washington native saxophonist Cliff Colon has taken his love of jazz and his memories from childhood of playing the videogame "Contra" and meshed them into a son…
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David Lanz and his new album, Painting the Sun is well worth the listen, it is well worth to let the disc turn, turn, turn in your CD player.Following up…
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