THE HOT SARDINES
Bandleader Evan Bibs Palazzo and lead singer Miz Elizabeth combine with the Sardine ensemble of powerhouse musicians and their very own tap dancer to play hot jazz as it was in the era when live music was king...with a little glamour, a little grit, and a lot of passion. Even while giving voice to the history-defining jazz of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, the Hot Sardines vibrant performances bridge generations and captivate 21st century audiences. Forbes Magazine calls them One of the best jazz bands in NYC today The Hot Sardines have a distinctive recipe for making musical magic: take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a rhythm section led by a stride-piano virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie it all together with a one-of-the-boys front-woman who sings in both English and French with a voice from another era. The brainchild of Bibs and Miz Elizabeth, the Sardine sound fuses musical influences from New York, Paris, and New Orleans that were nurtured from the Prohibition era through the Great Depression, WWII and beyond. ~ Amazon
DAVID
VIRELLES - MBOKO
With
Mboko, pianist-composer David Virelles based now in New York but born and bred
in Cuba has taken the folkloric rhythms of Afro-Cuban religious ritual and
transmuted them into a 21st-century music resonating with mystery and meaning.
The main title, Mboko, can mean fundament or sugar cane or The Voice, not the
human voice but The Voice that is believed in Abakua culture to be the voice of
a spirit, or spirits. Sound is an element revered in this culture, and that
idea the worship of sound itself was a shaping force in the performances of
Virelles compositions on Mboko. The albums subtitle Sacred Music for Piano, Two
Basses, Drum Set and Biankomeko Abakua indicates both the ritualistic intent of
the 10 pieces and their sound, with piano as lead voice alongside dual bass
drone and the polyrhythmic percussion of a traditional trap set and the
all-important four-drum biankomeko kit, manned by Roman Díaz. Virelles has
tapped into a musical impulse that is simultaneously ancient and modern,
communal and personal, meditative and propulsive. Mboko casts a spell. ~ Amazon
RON MILES – CIRCUIT RIDER
A compelling, inviting trio date
with guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade, which combines the singing
melodicism of American folk music, the heightened communication of progressive
jazz, and an entrancing, airy openness! Master
trumpeter Ron Miles injects his radiant, lyrical tone directly into the lifeblood of American music
on his latest release. The album finds three genre-defying musical masters at
their creative best, lacing easy camaraderie with virtuosic interaction.
Featuring performances of grace, elegance, and luminosity, this is modern jazz
chamber music in the best sense of the term. ~ Amazon
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