14 May
SUNRISE by Robben Ford
Now this will open your eyes. Before he joined the Yellowjackets, Robben Ford was a blistering bluesman, with a tangy rock-inspired tone. Herein are three club dates, inclu…
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14 May
OH YEAH by Charles Mingus
People say that I'm hollering. Charles Mingus once said. "Man, I feel like hollering." He always had passion, but rarely like this: seated at the piano, Mingus gold wild, r…
Here is the best kind of nostalgia. Steve Million has love for the past, both styles and musicians. (He clearly loves Monk, as some tracks make clear.) But you get no re-cr…
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Basically, there are two reasons to record a standard. You either want to tribute a previous version, or you're trying to make the tune yours. Many fine players are here, a…
I was gratified but not surprised, that some of her songs began to overlap in my mind with certain well-defined approaches to jazz. Arranger David Lahm, who often works wit…