Wednesday, January 28, 2015

NEW RELEASES: JIM SNIDERO - MAIN STREET; BUNNY BRUNEL - INVENT THE FUTURE; MICHAEL BLAKE - TIDDY BOOM

JIM SNIDERO - MAIN STREET

Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero brings the sum total of his experiences to the fore on Main Street, including those as a leader as well as a sideman with Frank Wess, The Mingus Big Band, Jack McDuff, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Here he draws upon a quarter-century of touring experiences for a trip through some of the American experience via a cycle of new compositions and two covers. With bassist Linda Oh, drummer Rudy Royston and Cuban pianist Fabian Almazan, Main Street offers fresh original material, imaginative arrangements, inspired soloing, and cohesive yet spontaneous group interaction. ~ Amazon


BUNNY BRUNEL - INVENT THE FUTURE

Legendary fusion bassist Bunny Brunel has done it again with his newest release Invent Your Future. Featuring Jazz Fusion notables Patric Moraz to Virgil Donati to Patrice Rushen, and many more, Brunel wows us with his virtuoso bass playing, imaginative arrangements, and exciting compositions by both him and Chick Corea. This masterful creator also shares his own spotlight by featuring a song by Jaco Pastorius, as well as other thoughtful yet famous song collaborators. Invent Your Future promises lucky listeners a fantastical, radical ride; and an unbelievable listening experience! Patrice Rushen: Piano, Keyboards, Patrick Moraz: Keyboards, Austin Peralta & Dayramir Gonzales: Piano, Nick Smith & Haakon Graf: Electric Piano, Sandeep Chowta: Keyboards, Bernie Torelli: Rhythm Guitar & Special Created Loops, Tony MacAlpine, Julia Kosterova & Frank Gambale: Guitar, Wahwah Watson: Rhythm Guitars, Kaylene Peoples: Flute, Al Vizzutti: Flugelhorn, Doug Webb: Sax, Alex Perdigon: Trombone, Joel Chausse: Trumpet, Christian Moraga: Percussion, Clayton Cameron, Virgil Donati, Jimmy Branly, Tom Bretchlein, Chad Wackerman & John Wackerman: Drums. ~ Amazon

MICHAEL BLAKE - TIDDY BOOM

The New York City based saxophonist Michael Blake has built his reputation by producing albums that "make the familiar sound fresh" (Jim Macnie, Downbeat). That statement couldn't apply better than to Blake's new release, Tiddy Boom, his nod to the magnificent tenor saxophone innovators Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. Recorded in January 2014, the session sounds like a classic recording date from the 1950s or 1960s.Tiddy Boom reunites Blake with two of his former Jazz Composers Collective colleagues, bassist Ben Allison and pianist Frank Kimbrough, who, along drummer Rudy Royston, provide effortless support for Blake s tenor sax to flow in any direction he chooses on his program of all original compositions. As Blake puts it, "I wrote these tunes with my friends in mind. They are swinging and melodic pieces that revere the type of spirit inherent to jazz that drew me into the music. But what I think gives Tiddy Boom that classic jazz sound is a combination of several things: First and foremost is the passion we all share for this music and the respect we have for the musicians that created it. On top of that is the trust we have in each other, a camaraderie that comes from being on the road together and years of hacking it out in NYC. In that regard we continue to walk in the footprints of the giants. ~ Amazon



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