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Step Tempest on David Weiss & Point of Departure “Venture Inward”…
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“Venture Inward” (Posi-Tone Records) is the third release in 3 years by trumpeter David Weiss and his Point of Departure quintet. Coincidentally, all the music was recorded in 2008 but this release is the first “studio” album (the others, “Snuck In” and “Snuck Out” were recorded live on March 25th and released on Sunnysi ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky takes on Sean Nowell “The Kung-Fu Masters”…
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The Kung-Fu Masters isn’t simply another album for tenor saxophonist Sean Nowell; it’s the recorded coming out party for a band and concept that he’s been tweaking and promoting for years. Nowell has been field testing this project in New York jazz spots like 55 Bar, and his website contains various recorded performances of the group at the club dating back ...Read More
Mark Corroto reviews David Weiss “Venture Inward”for AAJ…
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If music can be described as either masculine or feminine, then recordings by trumpeter David Weiss and his Point of Departure quintet are simply testosteronic. Built upon the legacy of trumpeter Miles Davis’ second great quintet and saxophonistBilly Harper’s Black Saint inheritance, Weiss presents dexterous arrangements of muscular, second wave hard bop music.
Th ...Read More
Chris Spector on David Weiss “Venture Inward”…
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DAVID WEISS & Point of Departure/Venture Inward: We just finished listening to the latest entry in the Miles Davis authorized bootleg series and this young trumpet man captures that 1969 Miles spirit quite nicely. Lingering in the vaults for five years since it’s recording, it’s music that exists outside of time lines so it doesn’t sound dated, especially si ...Read More
Brent Black on David Weiss & Point of Departure “Venture Inward”…
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David Weiss…Perhaps the best trumpet player some of you may never have heard of but there is a good reason. From his most recent recording The Cookers to Point of Departure and their latest release Venture Inward, Weiss has trumpet will travel. My musical easy button to the point when I see his name associated with any recording then I know I have a winner and Ven ...Read More
The Jazz Word on Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie – Lower East Side
2013 Posi-Tone
Lower East Side is pianist Ehud Asherie’s sequel to last year’s Upper West Side. Once again Asherie entertains in the company of tenor saxophonist Harry Allen through a set of choice standards. The like-minded duo produce sophisticated swing with predictable results, engaging an elegance in style w ...Read More
Critical Jazz reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie / Harry Allen Lower East Side Posi-Tone 2013
Posi-Tone has quickly become one of my two favorite straight ahead record labels due primarily to the consistency and high quality releases their formidable stable of artists continue to churn out. Lower East Side which streets on 02/26/13 is no exception.
Now there are plenty of good piano/tenor saxophone ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen: Lower East Side (2013)
By
BRUCE LINDSAY,
Published: February 7, 2013
Pianist Ehud Asherie and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen are established musical partners with a shared fondness for a time when songwriting giants like Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers were at their creative zeniths. Lower East Side is the pair’s second duo ...Read More
A nice write up about Posi-Tone Records….
http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/11/reviewing-guys-behind-glass-and-label.html
Reviewing the guys behind the glass and a label. Posi-Tone under the looking glass!
Recently I reviewed an artist that is a producer. Now I want to review some producers that are also record executives with Posi-Tone Records one of the finest straight ahead and swinging labels with an exciting stable of talent! Marc ...Read More
JazzWrap on Jacam Manricks….
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I really hadn’t listen to much from Jacam Manricks. I had seen his music around town and seen his name a few random times on bills for different clubs. But for some reason it just never stuck. Until I sat and finally listened to his fourth album on Posi-Tone, Cloud Nine. It is simply fantastic and maintains close contemporary themes.
Manricks’ compositions are ...Read More