JOE HAIDER TRIO - A MOMENT IN MONTREUX
A great
little record from a pianist we haven't heard in years – but who still really
warms our ears with his music! Joe Haider is a name we know from key sessions
for the Ego Records label at the end of the 70s – and he's working here with
frequent partner from those albums, bassist Isla Eckinger – a really amazing
player with a sense of sound and space that really leaves us breathless!
Together, the pair find a perfect space amidst the gentle drums of Jimmy
Wormworth – a setting that rings out with the deep tones and careful phrasing
that Haider brought to those earlier records – at a level that's perhaps a bit
more traditional than before, given the album's heavy reliance on standards –
but which still shows a really individual sense of phrasing, and that goes even
double for Eckinger. Titles include "Some Other Blues", "You
Don't Know What Love Is", "All Of You", "Dear Old
Stockholm", "A Moment In Montreux", and "You & The
Night & The Music". ~ Dusty Groove.
WIDE HIVE PLAYERS - TURNSTYLE
Maybe
the best music so far from the Wide Hive Players – a group who draw keen
inspiration from a 70s jazz generation, but make things fresh with their own
sense of timing and rhythm – a kind of fluid yet laidback approach to soul jazz
and funk! The legendary Calvin Keys is on guitar, to help give the younger
players a sense of depth and history – but honestly, they're all pretty great
on their own – with lead work from bassist/keyboardist Matt Montgomery and
Hammond player Gregory Howe – who both wrote the tunes for the set – plus Doug
Rowan on saxes, Mike Rinta on trombone, and both Thomas McCree and Josh Jones
on drums. The horn parts are tight, but never too tight – just stepping and
rolling over the core rhythms, which are played live in a way that's loose, but
nicely funky too. Titles include "Left Coast Sangria", "All The
Right Wrong Notes", "Turnstyle", "Winding Up",
"Stained Glass Tribal Mask", "Where The Sidewalk Begins",
and "Winding Dub". ~ Dusty Groove.
SNARKY PUPPY - FAMILY DINNER
Wonderfully
organic grooves from Snarky Puppy – a soul combo who work here live, with a
really spontaneous feel – and a sound that goes way beyond most other groups in
the Neo Soul underground! The liveness of the presentation really comes through
– a warmly collaborative spirit that has the musical assemblage joined by a
range of guest singers who include N'Dambi, Lalah Hathaway, Shayna Steele,
Chantae Cann, and others – all lending their wonderful voices to this really
beautiful project! And in true celebration of the group's non-programmed
approach, the set also comes with a DVD too – beautifully displaying the
personal approach that comes through right in the very first notes of the
music. Title sinclude "Deep", "Amour T'Es La", "Free
Your Dreams", "Gone Under", "Too Hot To Last",
"Turned Away", and "I'm Not The One". ~ Dusty Groove
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