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Sarah Manning “Harmonious Creature” is a DownBeat Editor’s Pick…
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BY DAVIS INMAN
Sarah Manning‚ Harmonious Creature (Posi-Tone)
Alto saxophonist Sarah Manning asserts her individuality on this disc‚ which brings together jazz‚ elements of American folk music and a Neil Young cover. Manning assembled an unusual quintet for this outing—Eyvind Kang‚ viola; Jonathan Goldberger‚ guitar; Rene Hart‚ bass; Jerome Jennings‚ drums—and ...Read More
Take Five with Brian Charette…
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Take Five With Brian Charette
By
BRIAN CHARETTE,
Published: March 6, 2014
Meet Brian Charette:
Grammy-nominated organist/pianist, Brian Charette, has established himself as a leading voice in modern jazz. Besides being a critically acclaimed composer and bandleader, he has worked with many notable artists such as Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Lou Donaldson and count ...Read More
Burning Ambulance goes for a “Ride” with Tom Tallitsch…
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Tom Tallitsch: Going For A Ride
Tenor saxophonist Tom Tallitsch has put together a tight, empathetic band for his second CD on the Posi-Tone label (fifth release overall). Ride (buy it from Amazon/download it from Amazon MP3) features nine of his own compositions and two covers—David Bowie‘s “Life On Mars” and Led Zeppelin‘s “Ten Years Gone”—perf ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews several new Posi-Tone Releases for AAJ…
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Some labels release a few records a year; some put out a record every month or two; and then there are those, like the Los Angeles-based Posi-Tone Records, that prefer to push even more music through the pipeline.
As 2014 came into being, Posi-Tone began an ambitious release schedule, putting out a new album every few weeks. Those who cover jazz and follow the scene int ...Read More
StepTempest on Brian Charette “Square One”…
http://steptempest.blogspot.com/2014/03/bring-on-heat.html
In conversation with Brian Charette as he and drummerJordan Young were in a car recently on their way from Cleveland to Cincinnati (Mr. Young was driving), the organist told me that his training on the B-3 came under the heading “trial by fire.” Trained as a pianist (and having played gigs with the likes of Houston Person an ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Tom Tallitsch “Ride”…
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Two years after Heads of Tales , a searing date backed by Jared Gold, Mark Ferber and David Allen, tenor saxman Tom Tallitsch returns with another strong crew for Ride (March 4, Posi-Tone Records), in fact arguably even more so: Rudy Royston on drums, Art Hirahara on piano, Peter Brendler on bass and the phenomenal Michael Dease on trombone.
The change-up in i ...Read More
Bop-n-Jazz on Brian Charette “Square One”…
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Brian Charette is the new sound for the organ, Square One is not back to basics but instead ground zero for the future of one of the finest organ players in the world.
Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com
Make no mistake that Brian Charette is a leader and far from a newbie and while the term “session player” is incredibly unfair if not inaccurate, Brian would prob ...Read More
StepTempest covers Sarah Manning “Harmonious Creature”…
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The majority of the music alto saxophonist/composer Sarah Manning created for her 4th CD, “Harmonious Creature” (Posi-Tone Records), came from a month-long stay in 2012 at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. In fact, the first track of the recording, “Copland On Cornelia Street“, was inspired by the fact she stayed in a cabin that Aaro ...Read More
The Jazz Breakfast reviews Sarah Manning “Harmonious Creature”…
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Sarah Manning – Harmonious Creature
BY PETER BACON on 9 FEBRUARY 2014 • ( 0 )
(Posi-Tone PR8117)
This is the fourth CD from the US alto saxophonist and her second on this label. She has Eyvind Kang on viola, Jonathan Goldberger on guitar, Rene Hart on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums.
It’s both straight down the line, small combo chamber jazz, and also som ...Read More
Another insightful review of Sarah Manning “Harmonious Creature”…
www.birdistheworm.com
Working the line where jazz and folk meet, saxophonist Sarah Manning captures the vibrant energy of the former and the back porch languor of the latter. Her 2013 release Harmonious Creature touches upon similar motifs as that of Bill Frisell and his Americana Jazz stylings, but where Frisell pretty much ventures out of jazz territory and into the folk countryside, Manni ...Read More