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More press for Jared Gold “JG3+3″…
www.wonderingsound.com
Jared Gold, JG3+3: Seriously enjoyable session from the organist. Utilizing a double sax line-up (of Patrick Cornelius and Jason Marshall on alto and baritone) and trumpeter Tatum Greenblatt, Gold nicely balances the organ-guitar-drums trio’s foggy atmosphere with some decisively pointed statements of melody from the wind instruments. Those strong melodies lead to some ni ...Read More
Another write-up for Peter Brendler “Outside the Line”…
www.wonderingsound.com
Peter Brendler, Outside the Line: Nice modern set from bassist Brendler, who brings a strong quartet to the table with drummer Vinnie Sperrazza, trumpeter Peter Evans, and saxophonist Rich Perry. A post-bop album that allows its seams to become frayed and its joints loosened, creating shifts in sound to something freer and untamed… makes for some nice marks of contrast wi ...Read More
More Coverage for Brian Charette “Square One”…
jazzchill.blogspot.com
Damn tight Hammond work from Brian Charette – a player with a really deft touch on the keys, and able to really showcase his own voice on the instrument, but also dip back into some older soulful modes as well! Most of the tracks here are originals by Charette – although there’s also a great Meters cover too – and his trio has all the right inflections to ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews the new Jared Gold CD…
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/03/27/jared-gold-jg-33-2014/
Sometimes, both quality and quantity is possible: Hammond B3 commander Jared Gold has been punctually making a record a year since 2008. It has become a ritual to break ‘em down here every year since 2010, and get delighted with the results each time.
2014′s entry is called JG 3+3, and as the title indicates, this is an expa ...Read More
Step Tempest goes positively Posi-Tone again…
steptempest.blogspot.com
Positively Posi-Tone (Part 2)
Bassist Peter Brendler, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, graduated from the Berklee School of Music and then went on to the Master’s Program at the Manhattan School of Music. He’s worked with pianist Frank Kimbrough, drummer Barry Altshul, and saxophonist Jon Irabagon (who recorded his “Foxy” CD with Altshul and B ...Read More
A nice review for Peter Brendler “Outside the Line”…
http://www.criticaljazz.com/2014/04/peter-brendler-outside-line-posi-tone.html
Peter Brendler Outside The Line Posi-Tone 2014
The most under rated bassist in improvisational music…
Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com
Peter Brendler is no newbie. Peter Brendler is a critically acclaimed bassist held in high esteem by his contemporaries but he does find himself in an overly crowded field ...Read More
Music and More goes back to “Square One” with Brian Charette
jazzandblues.blogspot.com
Widely touring organist Brian Charette is accompanied on this album by Yotam Silberstein on guitar and Mark Ferber on drums. They are grooving hard on “Aaight!” and “If” to begin and then move nicely into blues, bop and ballads always swinging in an alluring and accessible manner. Charette is part of the organ tradition of Jimmy Smith and Larry Yo ...Read More
Bop-n-Jazz reviews Jared Gold “JG3+3″…
www.criticaljazz.com
Posi-Tone Records would seem to have the market cornered on both saxophonists and organists with Jared Gold at the top of the list on the latter.
The organ trio format gets a kick in the ass with the addition of a three person horn section and Gold’s best compositions thus far. Joining Jared we have improvisational guitar wizard in Dave Stryker and rock steady Sylvia Cu ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Brian Charette “Square One”…
somethingelsereviews.com
With the exception of John Medeski, there are aren’t a whole lot of Hammond B3 players as imaginative as Brian Charette. And even Medeski didn’t come up with the idea to put his B3 alongside a four-part horn section like Charette did a couple of years back. Charette follows up that the uncommonly exciting Music for Organ Sextette with the much more common organ-gui ...Read More
Step Tempest goes on about Tom Tallitsch’s “Ride”…
steptempest.blogspot.com
“Ride” is the 5th CD saxophonist/composer Tom Tallitsch has issued and his second for Posi-Tone Records. Born in Ohio and now living in Jersey City, New Jersey, Tallitsch has a busy schedule of teaching and playing plus a weekly radio show (8 – 10 p.m. Thursday on WWFM-Jazzon2). This CD features the impressive rhythm section of Art Hirahara (pian ...Read More