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Rick Holmstrom See That Light

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues rock, cd review, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rick Holmstrom, roots, roots rock March 19, 2021

Rick Holmstrom See That Light LuEllie Records Rick Holmstrom was born in Fairbanks but later relocated to Southern California. While attending college he joined a local blues band and sat in with Smokey Wilson and Junior Watson. Holmstrom was the guitarist in The William Clarke Band from 1985 to 1988. He joined up with another […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Michael Wolff Live at Vitellos

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Michael Wolf March 19, 2021

Michael Wolff Live at Vitellos Sunnyside Admittedly, not sure why this album, Live at Vitellos, recorded in 2011, is just coming out now but we certainly welcome it. Award-winning pianist Michael Wolff, known for an impressive and eclectic career that has spanned five decades, and stints with Cannonball Adderley and Cal Tjader early in his career, brings […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

David Olney and Anana Kaye Wispers and Sighs

Viola Krouse americana, cd review, David Olney, making a Scene, roots, singer-songwriter March 19, 2021

David Olney and Anana Kaye Wispers and Sighs Schoolkids Records Whispers And Sighs is the latest album by David Olney and Anana Kaye and makes a much-anticipated debut on March 19, 2021. Just before the last day of winter. Just before David’s birthday. Just at the right moment. It is an album that had a […]

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Ian Charleton Big Band A Fresh Perspective

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene March 18, 2021

Ian Charleton Big Band A Fresh Perspective Self-released Ian Charleton, composer/conductor arranger, is a Senior Chief Musician, who was the Head of Academics at the Naval School of Music, where he taught arranging. Also, a graduate of the University of North Texas, he burst on the scene with his 2013 debut CD, Brain Chatter. This […]

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Claire Kelly Scenic Route

Jim Hynes americana, cd review, Clair Kelly, makiing a scene, scenic Route March 17, 2021

Claire Kelly Scenic Route Self-released Midwest born and raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Claire Kelly does plenty of justice to her Irish roots on her first full-length album Scenic Route. It comes after releasing four EPs. The album features her soaring soprano vocals, all but one original track, and spare arrangements that feature multi-instrumentalist Nick Stone doing […]

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Brian Charette Power From the Air

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, power from the air March 15, 2021

Brian Charette Power From the Air Steeplechase Power From the Air is the third album for organist Brian Charette with his primarily woodwind sextet, the most albums he has ever made with one group. Consider however that this lineup has three new players from the previous The Question That Drives Us although the configuration remains […]

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Reggie Quinerly New York Nowhere

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene March 11, 2021

Reggie Quinerly New York Nowhere Redefinition Music With what could be the best album title in this pandemic era, drummer-composer Reggie Quinerly is instead not speaking so much about the present state of NYC but bidding goodbye to what was his home after 21 years. He and his family relocated to Los Angeles last fall […]

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Schapiro 17 Human Qualities

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Schapiro 17 March 10, 2021

Schapiro 17 Human Qualities Summit Last year we covered Schapiro17’s debut recording, New Shoes: Kind of Blue at 60 on these pages. Human Qualities is the follow-up with this same 17-piece band and seven new Schapiro compositions plus a fresh rendition of a classic ballad. Jon Schapiro’s consistently surprising arrangements keep one guessing and inspire […]

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David Larsen The Mulligan Chronicles

Jim Hynes cd review, David Larsen, jazz, making a Scene March 4, 2021

David Larsen The Mulligan Chronicles Self-released Ask any casual fan of jazz for a bandleader who played baritone saxophone and it is likely that just one name will emerge – the famed player and composer Gerry Mulligan. Mulligan was every bit as important to the post bebop, cool movement aka “Birth of the Cool” as […]

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Roni Ben-Hur Stories

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roni ben-hur March 3, 2021

Roni Ben-Hur Stories Dot Time Jazz guitar virtuoso Roni Ben-Hur shares another chapter of his genre-busting 40-year multicultural musical journey with Stories and an impressive lineup that includes the legendary George Cables on piano, esteemed trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, the steadfast rhythm section with bassist Harvie S and drummer Victor Lewis, and special guest vocalists Magos Herrera and Tamuz Nissim. Ben Hur’s story began in Dimona, a small, provincial desert […]

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Bruce Brown Death of Expertise

Jim Hynes bruce brown, cd review, jazz, roots March 1, 2021

Bruce Brown Death of Expertise Triangle 7 Herein lies another one of those interesting musical stories as vocalist/songwriter Bruce Brown, who was once a pianist too, found some new inspiration in songwriting, following recovery from a life-threatening stroke four years ago. Two decades ago, Brown was gigging in L.A. but has lived in New Zealand […]

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Michael Dease Give It All You Got

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, michael dease, soul jazz February 22, 2021

Michael Dease Give It All You Got Posi-Tone Recalling many of those great Blue Note albums with trombonist Curtis Fuller and Art Blakey, Give It All You Got, the eighth Posi-Tone release by one of today’s leading voices on the trombone, Michael Dease, carries that infectious soul-jazz vibe and percolates with similar energy. Dease has […]

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Mark Winkler and David Benoit Old Friends

Jim Hynes cd review, David Benoit, jazz, making a Scene, Mark Winkler February 18, 2021

Mark Winkler and David Benoit Old Friends Café Pacific Readers of these pages know that Mark Winkler is one of the premiere vocalists in jazz, with more than 16 albums to his credit, two of which we have covered here. Now we bring you his collaboration with old friend, pianist/composer David Benoit. The aptly titled […]

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The David Angel Jazz Ensemble Out on the Coast

Jim Hynes cd review, david angel, jazz, making a Scene, out on the coast February 16, 2021

The David Angel Jazz Ensemble Out on the Coast – 3 CDs Basset Hound Music David Angel is likely the best arranger and composer you have never heard of. You are not alone. Even though he is one of the most respected on the West Coast, he is virtually unknown to the public. It certainly […]

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Greg Murphy Cool Water

Jim Hynes cd review, Cool water, Greg Murphy, jazz February 9, 2021

Greg Murphy Cool Water Whaling City Sound Master keyboardist and composer Greg Murphy delivers a very inspirational project, Cool Water, based on his trip to Africa. “The inspiration for the concept of the album and title track, ‘Enkare Nairobi,’ (which means ‘cool water’ in Maasai and refers to the Nairobi River which flows through the […]

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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Bernstein Reimagined

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, Jazz Masterworks Orchestra February 2, 2021

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Bernstein Reimagined MCG Jazz Seeing the name Leonard Bernstein, will make most associate this ambitious project with classical music yet it reads more like a Duke Ellington or Gil Evans record. In fact, Bernstein stated that Ellington wrote symphonic jazz while he wrote jazz symphonies. Also, the legendary composer once called […]

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Larry Newcomb Quartet Love, Dad

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, larry newcomb, love dad, making a Scene February 1, 2021

Larry Newcomb Quartet Love, Dad Essential Messenger As you might guess from the title this is a father-son duo featured in this quartet led by renowned guitarist Larry Newcomb, with his son Jake Newcomb on the standup bass. Rounding out the foursome are pianist Thomas Royal and drummer Dave Marsh. This is the guitarist’s third […]

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Greg Sover Band The Parade

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues rock, cd review, greg sover, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock January 25, 2021

Greg Sover Band The Parade Grounded Soul Records Pennsylvania based Greg Sover has been influenced by multiple genres including classic rock, blues, and reggae. He released his debut album “Songs of a Renegade” in 2016. His follow up recording was 2018’s “Jubilee”. “The Parade”, an EP completed during the pandemic, is only Sover’s third release. […]

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Binker and Moses Escape the Flames

Jim Hynes binker and moses, cd review, jazz, making a Scene January 25, 2021

Binker and Moses Escape the Flames Gearbox This serves to both inform you about the London-based sax-drum duo of Binker and Moses as well as the label, Gearbox. Binker and Moses We have covered sax-drum duos on these pages before, specifically the London duo of Tony Irving & Massimo Magee with Vitriol and the Third […]

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Miles Donahue Just Passing Thru

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, miles donahue January 24, 2021

Miles Donahue Just Passing Thru Whaling City Sound Miles Donahue is a unique cat, even in jazz circles. As a multi-instrumentalist he not only plays a couple of also, tenor, and soprano saxophones, but also trumpet and keyboards. This writer can’t point to many in that category although Joey DeFrancesco is one who comes to […]

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Andy James Tu Amor

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene January 23, 2021

Andy James Tu Amor Le Coq Le Coq is a new record label whose inaugural releases just two weeks ago assembled some of the strongest names in jazz to present an eclectic set of styles worthy of the stellar musicians that set the stage for what the label will be offering. On The Jazz All […]

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Sounds of A&R (S.O.A.R) Questions Left Unanswered

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, soar January 22, 2021

Sounds of A&R (S.O.A.R) Questions Left Unanswered Self-released The group dubbed Sounds of A&R, or as they are commonly referenced S.O.A. R., is the partnering team of vocalist April May Webb and the trumpeter Randall Haywood, with support from April May’s siblings Jacob Webb on bass and Nathan Webb on drums, plus guitarist Charlie Sigler, pianist James Austin and harpist Riza Printup. Questions Left […]

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Santi Debriano Flash of the Spirit

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene January 18, 2021

Santi Debriano Flash of the Spirit Truth Revolution To understand the eclectic nature of bassist/guitarist/composer Santi Debriano’s Flash of the Spirit, it helps to understand his makeup. The native Panamanian, who moved to New York at age 4, has never abandoned his original heritage, so for essentially an entire lifetime he has lived in several […]

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David Detweiler Astoria Suite

Jim Hynes Astoria Suite, cd review, David Detweiler, jazz January 17, 2021

David Detweiler Astoria Suite NEXTLEVEL/Outside in Music Born and raised in Houston, TX but having lived on opposite sides of the United States in both New York and Florida, Saxophonist and composer David Detweiler is well acquainted with shifting definitions of home. In 2010, Detweiler returned to New York, moving to Astoria, with his wife […]

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J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 2

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues rock, cd review, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock January 13, 2021

J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 2 Hunter Records Jan Tore Lauritsen, better known as JT, hails from Lillestrom, Norway. He began playing piano at an early age but soon switched to the Hammond B-3. Lauritsen had his first paying gig at the age of fourteen. Because the B-3 was too […]

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The Grasso-Ravita Jazz Ensemble Jagged Spaces

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene January 11, 2021

The Grasso-Ravita Jazz Ensemble Jagged Spaces Self-released This is the recording debut for co-leaders guitarist Skip Grasso and bassist Phil Ravita. Each of the nine tunes was written by a band member in the quintet that also features saxophonist Benny Russell, pianist Greg Small, and drummer Nuc Vega. Four tunes are from Grasso, two apiece […]

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Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo El Arte Del Bolero

Jim Hynes cd review, luis perdomo, making a Scene, miguel zenon January 4, 2021

Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo El Arte Del Bolero (Digital Release Only) Miel Music Last year we were late bringing you the eighth Grammy-nominated album, Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera, from reigning Saxophonist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association, Miguel Zenon. Zenon has also received four Latin Grammy nominations among his many […]

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Jon KT The Real Cover Up

Martina Doerner cd review, jon kt, making a Scene, pop, reggae November 29, 2020

Jon KT The Real Cover Up KT Productions Jon Lindley was born in England and currently lives in Wisconsin. He is an independent music producer and audio engineer. He started with music at an early age and taught himself to play drums and keyboards. After many years of working in the woodworking industry, he decided […]

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Rhythm City Rhythm City

Jim Hynes cd review, indie, jazz, making a Scene November 29, 2020

Rhythm City Rhythm City Autumn Hill Drummer Rob Silverman released his own Drumology two months ago, an album that brought together jazz and rock drummers in primarily a jazz fusion vein. Now Silverman returns with a St. Louis-based trio, Rhythm City, featuring pianist Ptah Williams, and bassist Larry Kornfield for another mostly fusion inspired outing. […]

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Markus Gottschlich Found Sounds

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Markus Gottschlich November 27, 2020

Markus Gottschlich Found Sounds Self-released The U.S.-based Austrian pianist, composer, bandleader, and Steinway Artist Markus Gottschlich leads his trio with guests across a concept album. Found Sounds aims at helping people examine and re-examine their relationship to their environment. In developing the album, his third as a leader, Gottschlich recorded and collected sounds (thus the […]

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Jeff Ellwood The Sounds Around the House

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, Jeff Ellwood, making a Scene November 24, 2020

Jeff Ellwood The Sounds Around the House Self-released Sometimes a musician can get comfortable as an in-demand sideman and it takes a little push to step forward as a leader. Such is the case with tenor saxophonist Jeff Ellwood who steps into that role for the first time with The Sounds Around the House. In […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Paul Wilkinson 400 Bears

Jim Hynes 400 bears, americana, cd review, making a Scene November 24, 2020

Paul Wilkinson 400 Bears Self-released This is a pleasant surprise from a local artist to this Pennsylvanian-based writer. Normally these kinds of efforts are hit or miss at best but Paul Wilkinson, longtime guitarist for the West Chester-based roots rock band Mason Porter, debut solo album , 400 Bears, impresses from the opening notes and […]

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Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Jim Hynes bill evans, cd review, jazz, making a Scene November 23, 2020

Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott’s (with Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette) Resonance Ah, Black Friday is here. This one features legendary, influential pianist Bill Evans across 20 tracks live at London’s iconic Ronnie Scott’s in 1968 with his short-lived but remarkable trio of Jack DeJohnette and Eddie Gomez, who were at Scott’s for a […]

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MicroCorgi MicroCosmos

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene November 21, 2020

MicroCorgi MicroCosmos Self-released MicroCorgi is a New York -based trio debuting and featuring Andrew McGowan (keys), Yuto Kanazawa (guitar), and Ilya Dynov (drums). They hail from far corners of the globe and have diverse influences such as European Jazz, Japanese rock, Afro-beat, and New Orleans brass band music. Having formed in 2018, they forged a […]

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John Calvin Abney Familiar Ground

Jim Hynes americana, cd review, making a Scene November 20, 2020

John Calvin Abney Familiar Ground Black Mesa Oklahoma has produced some of the best roots music in recent years. Think John Moreland, John Fullbright, Michael McClure, Jason Boland, Turnpike Troubadours, and Carter Sampson to name a few. Yes, some notices that John Calvin Abney was missing from that short list. He is the multi-instrumentalist, solo […]

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Deborah Silver Glitter and Grit (featuring Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel)

Jim Hynes cd review, Deborah silver, jazz, making a Scene November 19, 2020

Deborah Silver Glitter and Grit (featuring Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel) Bismeaux Productions Rather inexplicably, considering that vocalist Deborah Silver reached #1 in Billboard on both the Traditional Jazz Album and the Heatseeker Album chart with her 2016 release, The Gold Standards, her latest release, Glitter and Grit, where she is backed by Ray […]

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Paulette McWilliams A Woman’s Story

Jim Hynes A Woman's story, cd review, jazz, making a Scene November 19, 2020

Paulette McWilliams A Woman’s Story Blujazz Chances are that you’ve heard Paulette McWilliams sing before. If you’ve heard Richard L’Hommedieu’s interview and/or seen the accompanying cover story (11/17/2020) you’re already aware of this but suffice it to say, McWilliams is the primary female voice on Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til you Get Enough,” Aretha Franklin’s […]

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Carla Marciano Quartet Psychosis – Homage to Bernard Herrmann

Jim Hynes Carla Marciano, cd review, jazz, making a Scene November 16, 2020

Carla Marciano Quartet Psychosis – Homage to Bernard Herrmann Challenge This one comes from across the pond and yes, saxophonist Carla Marciano and her quartet hail from Italy. This is this writer’s first exposure to her remarkable tone and passionate approach to her instruments – alto and sopranino saxes. It’s no surprise that she is […]

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The Mariel Bildsten Quintet Backbone

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene November 10, 2020

The Mariel Bildsten Quintet Backbone Outside in Music Maybe you are guessing that this is a debut and if so, you’re right. However, trombonist Mariel Bildsten has considerable side-woman experience and plays in several big bands, notably as the lead trombonist in Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. She also plays in the Eyal Vilner Big Band, […]

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Brandi Disterheft Trio featuring George Coleman – Surfboard

Jim Hynes brandi disterheft, cd review, jazz, making a Scene November 2, 2020

Brandi Disterheft Trio featuring George Coleman Surfboard Justin Time Bassist-composer-singer Brandi Disterheft’s fifth album, Surfboard, features two iconic octogenarian masters — virtuoso tenor saxophonist George Coleman and the definitive Brazilian drummer Portinho — as well as world-class pianist Klaus Mueller. Disterheft’s kinetic, harmonically erudite basslines anchor ensemble interpretations of choice tunes culled from the blues, mainstream jazz, and the Great Brazilian and American […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Kevin Burt Stone Crazy

Richard Ludmerer blues, cd review, indie Blues, kevin burt, making a Scene, roots October 28, 2020

Kevin Burt Stone Crazy Gulf Coast Records Iowan Kevin Burt has been on the Midwest blues scene honing his soulful presentation for some twenty-five years. He is a self-taught guitarist, harmonica player and vocalist, who has shared the stage with B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, Lonnie Brooks and many others. His festival […]

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Chad McCullough Forward

Jim Hynes cd review, chad McCullough, jazz, making a Scene October 22, 2020

Chad McCullough Forward Outside in Music Trumpeter and composer Chad McCullough releases Forward, his eighth as a leader. McCullough leads a quartet made up of three of Chicago’s best: pianist Rob Clearfield, bassist Matt Ulery, and drummer Jon Deitemyer. Renowned producer Ryan Cohan augments the affair by contributing additional programming and part-writing to Forward; creating ambient layers for McCullough’s lyrical compositions and augmenting […]

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Shemekia Copeland Uncivil War

Richard Ludmerer blues, cd review, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots October 22, 2020

Shemekia Copeland Uncivil War Alligator Records Shemekia Copeland is the daughter of the four-time Blues Music Award winning bluesman Johnny “Clyde” Copeland. Growing up in a household surrounded by music she inherited the urge to perform. At the age of eighteen Shemekia released her 1998 Alligator Records debut “Turn The Heat Up” receiving her first […]

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Alonzo Demetrius Live from the Prison Nation

Jim Hynes alonzo demetrius, cd review, jazz, making a Scene October 21, 2020

Alonzo Demetrius Live from the Prison Nation Onyx Productions Trumpeter Alonzo Demetrius and his working band The Ego deliver, as you would guess from the title, a socially conscious album, recorded live this past May from Boston’s Berklee School of Music. Demetrius is working on acclaimed drummer Ralph Peterson’s label, and, as such is the first instrumentalist to record […]

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Cesar Orozco & Kamarata Jazz Rooted Forward

Jim Hynes cd review, cesar orozco, jazz, kamarata Jazz, making a Scene, Rooted Forward October 19, 2020

Cesar Orozco & Kamarata Jazz Rooted Forward Self-released Rooted Forward is the fourth album from César Orozco and Kamarata Jazz. A pianist, composer, arranger, and educator (who just so happens to be a classically trained violinist, too!), Orozco has always celebrated the rich musical traditions of Cuba and Venezuela, the two places that most greatly informed […]

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Dustin Laurenzi’s Natural Language A Time and a Place

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene October 16, 2020

Dustin Laurenzi’s Natural Language A Time and a Place Woolgathering Tenor saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi’s A Time and A Place, follows-up his 2016 self-titled album with his quartet of Chicago-based musicians, Natural Language, intact. Their sound embodies unbridled invention and cohesiveness that creates moods and textures in favor of aggressive soloing although there is some of that too, mostly […]

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The Allman Brothers Band – The Final Note – Painters Mill Music Fair 10-17-71 and Warner Theater, Erie, Pa 7-19-05 (2 CDs)

Jim Hynes Allman Brothers Band, blues, cd review, Duane Allman, making a Scene October 15, 2020

The Allman Brothers Band The Final Note – Painters Mill Music Fair 10-17-71 Warner Theater, Erie, Pa 7-19-05 (2 CDs) Allman Brothers Band Recordings/Peach Records These two live recordings of the Allman Brothers Band, as the dates suggest, represent two incarnations of the lineup, neither ever heard on record until now. The Final Note is […]

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Benn Clatworthy & System 6 Bennie’s Lament

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, system 6 October 3, 2020

Benn Clatworthy & System 6 Bennie’s Lament Skipper Productions London-bred and Los Angeles-based saxophonist Benn Clatworthy has been a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene since 1980. Clatworthy was originally heavily influenced by late-’50s John Coltrane, but would soften his tone and sometimes sound a little like Warne Marsh with touches of Sonny Rollins. He debuted in 1990 with Thanks Horace (which […]

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Doug Webb Apples and Oranges

Jim Hynes cd review, doug webb, jazz, making a Scene September 27, 2020

Doug Webb Apples and Oranges Posi-Tone Posi-Tone, the highly selective label that only issues about a dozen recordings annually, a label that we began covering on these pages this year, now releases Doug Webb’s Apples & Oranges, the latest from the veteran saxophonist and composer, one of the label’s longest tenured artists. Some of the […]

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Andy Watts Supergroove

Richard Ludmerer andy watts, blues, cd review, indie Blues, making a Scene September 27, 2020

Andy Watts Supergroove Booga Music/Vizztone Label Group Andy Watts was bitten by the blues bug when he was twelve. He started playing guitar and developing a reputation as Israel’s Ambassador of the blues, bringing in the world’s leading artists to perform and record with his band The Blues Rebels. They released their first album “Open […]

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