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Zan Stewart on Yotam Silberstein “Next Page”…
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Next Page
Yotam Silberstein
Posi-Tone Records
Israeli-born guitarist and composer Yotam Silberstein’s new CD is part spiffy organ grooves, part smart modern jazz feel. The exemplary organist Sam Yahel, drummer Willie Jones III and creamy-toned tenor saxophonist Chris Cheek are the welcome others. The leader’s “Borsht” is a comely waltz, with Silberstein displayin ...Read More
Music and More: Ralph Bowen….
jazzandblues.blogspot.com
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 03, 2009
Ralph Bowen – Dedicated (Positone, 2009)
I can’t help but be a homer and root for saxophonist Ralph Bowen who teaches at Rutgers and gigs quite a bit in my area (I actually booked him to play in my Library a few years ago.) This is a nice straight ahead album of confident modern jazz, with Sean Jones on trumpet, Adam Rogers on guita ...Read More
MUSIC: ‘Blues for Brother Ray’ & ‘Hometown’
valdostadailytimes.com
May 28, 2009
MUSIC: ‘Blues for Brother Ray’ & ‘Hometown’
By Dean Poling
VDT View — BLUES FOR BROTHER RAY
Jim Rotondi
Trumpet player Jim Rotondi’s new CD is a jazzy homage to his mentor, the late Ray Charles. Rotondi once worked for the man whom he called “Mr. C.” Rotondi started as a child with piano and switched to trumpet at the age of ...Read More
jazz.com review of SAM YAHEL: OUMOU
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SAM YAHEL: OUMOU
TRACK
Oumou
ARTIST
Sam Yahel (piano)
CD
Hometown (Positone 8048)
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Musicians:
Sam Yahel (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Jochen Rueckert(drums).
Composed by Sam Yahel
Recorded: Brooklyn, NY, October 22, 2007
RATING: 89/100 (learn more)
Sam Yahel is best known as the electronic keyboard specialist from Joshua Redman�s Elastic ...Read More
A Review of Next Page from AAJ.com
By J Hunter
Next Page has been pegged as an organ trio disc. The problem with that is saxman Chris Cheek appears on five of the disc’s nine cuts. True, keyboardist Sam Yahel never lays out, but to completely dismiss Cheek’s role in Yotam Silberstein’s second release as a leader—even for simplicity’s sake—is to ignore a range of color that helps make Next special.
Simpl ...Read More
Another AAJ review for Yotam Silberstein “Next Page”…
www.allaboutjazz.com
Yotam Silberstein began playing guitar when he was 10. His first interests were rock and pop, but five years later he began studying jazz. After he finished high school in Tel Aviv, Silberstein moved to New York City. He continued pursuing jazz and, over the years, has played with Kenny Barron, Avishai Cohen, Roy Hargrove and John Faddis among others. Silberstein made his ...Read More
CDs of Note: Yotam Silberstein “Next Page”…
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Yotam Silberstein, Next Page (Posi-Tone)
Fans of Peter Bernstein and Howard Alden are likely to love this one, from a player of the next generation in the mainstream swing style, enhanced by his modern sense of harmonics and personal sense of phrasing. Yotam Silberstein grew up in Israel and his playing sometimes is colored by his Middle Eastern roots. The New ...Read More
A Review of Spike Wilner’s Three to Go from AAJ.com
by George Kanzler
At a small jazz festival a few years ago the advertised theme was a celebration of Duke Ellington’s music. But some featured acts, including one highly regarded younger pianist, obviously hadn’t taken the theme very seriously, his only begrudging nod to it being a rendition of the jam session standby, “C-Jam Blues,” hardly a tune representative of Ellingto ...Read More
Heres a short write-up about “In the Paint” by David Binney and Alan Ferber…
David Binney / Alan Ferber – In The Paint
Release date: April 21st 2009
Availability: CD, MP3 Download, iTunes
David Binney’s excellent work with David Simon (“Afinidad”, “Fiestas De Agosto”, “Oceanos”) produced landmarks in intelligent, immersive jazz. The relatively new partnership with Alan Ferber returns to that productive vein after the 2006 de ...Read More
Review of Playdate from allmusic.com
www.allmusic.comby Ken Dryden
Playdate is a reunion of three childhood friends, pianist Noah Baerman, saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, and guitarist Amanda Monaco. Though Baerman is listed first on the cover, this project, which includes drummer Vinnie Sperrazza and bassist Henry Lugo, feels more like a collective project, with no one musician appearing dominant. Escoffrey is likely the most familiar ...Read More