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Victor Aaron weighs in on Sarah Manning “Harmonious Creature” for SomethingElse Reviews…
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Four years ago, up-and-coming alto saxophonist Sarah Manning marked her arrival to the NYC scene with her first album with Posi-Tone, Dandelion Clock (2010), and it made waves. She impressed as both a performer and composer with this record, and it led me to believe that even more ambitious things were in store the next time around. Inspired by a fellowship in co ...Read More
StepTempest speaks highly of Steve Davis “For Real”…
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Any recording by trombonist/composer/educatorSteve Davis is a reason to celebrate. A 1989 graduate of the HARTT School’s Jackie McLean Institute (at the University of Hartford), Davis has performed with Art Blakey, Chick Corea, Christian McBride and so many others, especially the collective One For All. He’s also served on the faculty of his alma ma ...Read More
JazzWrap covers Steve Davis “For Real”…
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Steve Davis: For Real
Steve Davis (trombone)
For Real (Posi-Tone; 2014)
Abraham Burton (sax)
Larry Willis (piano)
Nat Reeves (bass)
Billy Williams (drums)
Steve Davis is in superb form on his new album, For Real. This is probably the best I heard in a couple albums now. While the bandmates remained the same for this album, with the inclusion of Abraham Burton, t ...Read More
Midwest Record reviews Steve Davis and Sarah Manning Cds…..
STEVE DAVIS/For Real: Kicking it off with some classic feeling soul/jazz/funk,
Davis and his crew find that sweet spot where mainstream and post bop collide in
a bouncy ball fun house. Ensemble playing that doesn’t miss a beat, this set of
all originals never takes you to that place where you start wishing the gang would
break into something like “Compared to What?” so you ...Read More
Great interview with pianist David Ake about music and his new CD “Bridges”…
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — David Ake’s album“Bridges’’ is showing up on a ton of year-end best-of lists.
You almost expect that from someone who’s been making music his whole life, and whose band includes some of the best in jazz – including tenor sax player Ravi Coltrane, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, as well as alto sax player Peter Epstein, bassist Scott Colley and drumme ...Read More
All About Jazz reviews our new CD by saxophonist Sarah Manning “Harmonious Creature”…
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In order to create the music for Harmonious Creatures, saxophonist Sarah Manning had to put the hustle and bustle behind her. She picked herself up and took to the woods, composing and communing with nature at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire where she was living out her time as a MacDowell fellow in October of 2012. The time she spent at that artist’s refuge gave ...Read More
JazzTimes reviews Idan Santhaus “There You Are”…
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Idan Santhaus
There You Are
Posi-Tone
By Jeff Tamarkin
Although he is a saxophonist and flutist, Idan Santhaus plays on only one cut on There You Are, adding his flute to the title track. The focus here is on composition: The Israeli-born Santhaus spent years writing and arranging the music that comprises this big-band project—his first as a leader—recording it w ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Steve Davis “For Real”…
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Jazz Messengers-alum and sideman trombonist of choice Steve Davis makes his fourth Posi-Tone disc For Realyet another enjoyable collection of no-bullshit, genuine hard bop.
Retaining Larry Willis (piano), Nat Reeves (bass) and Billy Williams (drums) from the dandy Gettin’ It Done of 2012,For Real pairs Davis with only one other horn this time, the tenor sax of Abraha ...Read More
Britt Robson writes up Doug Webb “Another Scene” for eMusic….
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The veteran saxophonist’s best album to date
Doug Webb is a veteran L.A. session saxophonist who ventured to New York (hence the title) to assemble a superb quartet and record his best album to date. Most of the essential material here is sparkling, rollicking hard bop in the classic mode: Webb and pianist Peter Zak playing with a buoyant, blues-based fervor while drummer Ru ...Read More
Lucid Culture takes Doug Webb “Another Scene”…
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Doug Webb‘s new album Another Scene ranks among the best from Posi-Tone, including Jared Gold’s organ albums, the Captain Black Big Band album and Ralph Bowen’s awesome Power Play from a couple of years ago. This one puts the LA tenor saxophonist out in front of a New York rhythm section with energy to match – you want intensity? You got it. Bill Fris ...Read More