Tuesday, January 16, 2018

NEW RELEASES: GÉBERT-ULBERT PROJECT – HEALING HANDS; NEW FACES – STRAIGHT FORWARD; HUW – MUSIC FROM THE MULTIUNIVERSE

GÉBERT-ULBERT PROJECT – HEALING HANDS

Growing up in Hungary, classically trained pianist Attila Gebert and guitarist Ferenc Ulbert were inspired by everyone from Eric Clapton to Joe Pass. In leading their four-piece ensemble the Gebert-Ulbert Project, they draw upon those influences and other adventurous retro-vibes like prog-rock and classic jazz fusion. HEALING HANDS, a live performance follow-up to their studio debut Happy Pills, is a high energy, freewheeling romp all over the stylistic map – sometimes within the same song! They bring elements of pop, rock, blues, and trippy synthesized music. Ulbert’s guitar dynamic ranges from dreamy jazz to Americana-oriented rock/blues, while vocalists Andras Ferency and Agnes Szasz add beautiful, subtle touches of soul. HEALING HANDS… an uplifting remedy to enriching your playlist. ~ smoothjazz.com

NEW FACES – STRAIGHT FORWARD

The faces here aren't totally new – as some of them are already great leaders on their own, with strong recordings for the Posi-Tone label – but the group has the talents coming together in a wonderfully sharp setting – almost to their scene what the All For One combo was to a generation before! The lineup here is great – and includes Behn Gillece on vibes, Josh Lawrence on trumpet, Roxy Coss on tenor, Theo Hill on piano, Peter Brendler on bass, and Vinnie Sperrazza on drums – moving with that sort of sharp sense of arrangement we've really come to expect from their scene, but always with plenty of room for the solo voices to ring out loud and clear! As you'll know from these pages, we really love the vibes of Gillece, which sound excellent here next to Hill's piano – on titles that include "Happy Juice", "West Village", "Hush Puppy", "Vortex", "King Cobra", "Follow Suit", "Preachin'", and "I'm OK". ~ Dusty Groove

HUW – MUSIC FROM THE MULTIUNIVERSE

The cover's got a couple of monkeys playing the music – but the sound here actually comes from bothers Mike and Aaron Dolton – the first of whom plays the drums, the latter who seems to handle just about everything else! Their music is a blend of jazz and soul – sometimes with the kind of future elements you'd guess from the image, sometimes more understated – in a good fit with the more sensitive lyrics of the album's range of different singers – who include Jube (Julie Clarkson), Bennett Holland, Sid M, and Jamie Paul. A few tracks are instrumental – with more of a focus on the sax and drums – and titles include "Baskerville", "Last Minute", "Already Home", "Midnight", "Foot Down", "Flow State", and "Thank You". ~ Dusty Groove


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