Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Brent Black on Idan Santhaus “There You Are”…
http://www.criticaljazz.com
Idan Santhaus and There You Are finds that harmonic sweet spot between big band and jazz orchestra with a delightful organic twist!
Perhaps the most intriguing large ensemble release for the year, Idan Santhaus brings together the very finest New York has to offer and turns jazz orchestra upside down. Deconstructed jazz orchestra, a sixteen piece large ensemble that sw ...Read More
Critical Jazz on Shauli Einav “Generations”…
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Israeli born saxophonist Shauli Einav announces his presence with authority on Generations
If you are not a fan of straight ahead jazz then you can be excused. If you are a fan of straight ahead jazz the Generations from Shauli Einav is improvisational music with muscle. As a composer Einav is scary good with his own composition “Thermo Blues” easily passing for w ...Read More
Dusty Groove on Will Bernard “Just Like Downtown”…
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The Posi-tone label is turning out to be one of the best sources for old school Hammond sessions these days – and this sweet set from guitarist Will Bernard is great proof of that fact! Bernard plays with a tight sense of line and color that really takes us back to some of our favorites from the 60s – like Grant Green or Kenny Burrell – and he’s set up here a ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews Will Bernard “Just Like Downtown”…
http://www.allaboutjazz.com
Guitarist Will Bernard has been connected to a number of singular groups and individuals, from the Monk-to-funk outfit known asT.J. Kirk to New Orleans drumming giant Stanton Moore to multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum’s boundary-pushing Hieroglyphics Ensemble, but a common denominator exists in his strongest work with each one: Bernard’s best is alwa ...Read More
SomethingElse reviews Will Bernard “Just Like Downtown”…
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/08/21/will-bernard-just-like-downtown-2013/
Coming over to the Posi-Tone label for his latest creation was bound to mean that the restless funk-jazz guitarist Will Bernard was going to make a different kind of record…again. Bernard’s B3 organ fixation continues but not a whole lot else carries over from last year’s funky Outdoor Living. Instead of Wil ...Read More
Music and More reviews Will Bernard “Just Like Bernard”…
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Guitarist Will Bernard presents a fine album of soulful modern jazz in the company of John Ellis on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Rudy Royston on drums and Brian Charette on organ. “Sweet Spot” has an upbeat tempo with nice saxophone and snappy drumming. Ellis’ sound is tightly wound and a bit gritty, perfect for this setting. Solos for organ and guitar ...Read More
Midwest reviews our latest releases….
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POSI-TONE
WILL BERNARD/Just Like Downtown: This tasty guitarist takes plenty of the spotlight for himself but he leaves enough room for Brian Charette to pump that greasy organ sound so much so that you can be excused for thinking this is B3 date if you hear it without knowing what it is. Swinging throughout, this four piece combo delivers the real deal and never let̵ ...Read More
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Will Bernard can play the phone book and his Posi-Tone debut Just Like Downtown proves it!
Brent Black / @CriticalJazz
Will Bernard is far from a newbie but his debut release from Posi-Tone cuts a fresh new musical path for this virtuoso guitarist that gets no where near the ink he deserves. Nine tracks with seven stellar originals and two incredibly eclectic if not su ...Read More
DownBeat Poll Winners
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Congratulations to Jared Gold and Captain Black Big Band for winning the DownBeat Rising Star Polls in their respective categories!!!
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CD Hotlist make “The Kung-Fu Masters” a pick of the month…
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When jazz tries to get rockish, the result is too often an embarrassing cross between oversimplifed jazz and awkwardly non-idiomatic rock. But when jazz tries to get funky, the results are often much better. Case in point: this adventurous but tight septet date led by saxophonist Sean Nowell, who writes and arranges with a great sense of voicing and structure but who can also take th ...Read More