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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