Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Music and More reviews Tom Tallitsch new CD “Ride”…
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Tom Tallitsch is a tenor saxophone player working on the modern mainstream scene, recording as a leader and a sideman regularly. He is accompanied by Art Hirahara on piano, Mike Dease on trombone, Peter Brendler on bazz and Rudy Royston on drums. “Ride” opens the album with a strong beginning that builds to a boiling tempo and fine saxophone solo and an ...Read More
Lucid Culture covers Sarah Manning’s concert at the I-Beam Brooklyn…
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Sarah Manning’s Quintet Airs Out a Great Album’s Worth of Tunes at I-Beam
When she was invited up to the McDowell Colony last year to compose, alto saxophonist Sarah Manning was not in a good place, she alluded between songs at her show Saturday night at I-Beam. But her time in the New Hampshire woods turned out to be exactly what she needed to reboot, and ...Read More
Critical Jazz reviews Tom Tallitsch “Ride”…
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Tom Tallitsch shows exponential growth both as a performer and a composer and is certainly a name to remember!
Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com
Ride is the sophomore release from Tom Tallitsch on Posi-Tone Records. The stellar cover art is an excellent representation of a release that is evocative, energized and delightfully eclectic. This quintet is firing on all c ...Read More
Midwest Record reviews Steve Fidyk “Heads Up!”…
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STEVE FIDYK/Heads Up: As much as we really love a real original that knows
how to work an original, we have a soft spot for leaders that can take a chestnut
and put a whole new spin on it, much like Fidyk, Stafford, Warfield and company do
here on “I Can See Clearly Now” as well as several others. Original, creative and
somewhat vis ...Read More
Music and More reviews Sarah Manning’s new CD “Harmonious Creature”…
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Sarah Manning is an alto saxophonist and composer, whose new album, Harmonious Creature features her in the company of Eyvind Kang on viola, Jonathan Goldberger on guitar, Rene Hart on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums. The album was recorded in Brooklyn about one year ago and consists of several original compositions, and some interesting covers, particularly “O ...Read More
Sarah Manning Takes a Sensationally Successful Shot at Chamber Jazz
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Sarah Manning is to the alto sax what JD Allen is to the tenor: even in a world of rugged individualists, she stands out. Lots of artists doll themselves up, tone themselves down and smile sweetly for the camera for an album cover shot. Manning scowls at you from the inside of the cd booklet for her new Posi-tone album, Harmonious Creature. Her bright, defenest ...Read More
Burning Ambulance interviews Sarah Manning and discusses her career and her latest release “Harmonious Creature”…
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“I’d Rather Say Too Little Than Say Too Much”: An Interview With Sarah Manning
Alto saxophonist Sarah Manning‘s fourth album, Harmonious Creature, is out now on Posi-Tone (buy it from Amazon). Manning’s patient, thoughtful phrasing—reminiscent of Charles Lloyd—is matched on the album (which contains eight originals and covers ofGillian Welch‘s “I ...Read More
Marc Myers weighs in on Steve Davis “For Real”…
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Steve Davis—For Real (Positone). Trombonist Steve Davis has hit a tasteful sweet spot here—a mellow, hard bop configuration that keeps the feel gentle but enveloping. All the songs are Davis originals except for one (that one is by pianist Larry Willis)—and the results are so cohesive and melodic you’d think they were from the Blue Note catalogue. Tenor saxophoni ...Read More
Brent Black reviews Steve Fidyk “Heads Up!”
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Steve Fidyk hits the ground running with one of the finest Posi-Tone releases yet!
Heads up drummers, Steve Fidyk is gaining on you! While certainly not a newbie in the strictest sense, Steve Fidyk’s debut release for Posi-Tone is that of a highly respected artist, author and columnist that is writing his own story in the upper echelon of improvisational music. ...Read More
All About Jazz reviews Steve Davis “For Real”…
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For lovers of straight-ahead jazz the Posi-Tone record label is a pretty safe bet, a mark of quality. Label owner and producer Marc Free seems to possess a knack for combining excellent musicians and high quality studios (aided and abetted by engineer Nick O’Toole) to create fresh and rewarding music.
Trombonist Steve Davis is one of those excellent musicians andFor Real ...Read More