Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
K. Leander Williams reviews Captain Black for The Daily…..
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Bruce Lindsay’s AAJ review for Noah Haidu “Slipstream”…
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Slipstream is the debut from New York-based pianist/writer Noah Haidu. Featuring an exceptionally talented quintet of musicians, it’s a striking first album, full of superb, straight-ahead jazz.
Haidu’s compositions—he wrote all but one of the tunes—are strong on melody and characterized by a gentle and soulful swing. As a pianist, Haidu sounds equally comforta ...Read More
Jazzreview.com talks about Noah Haidu “Slipstream”…
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Musicians: Noah Haidu (piano), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Jon Irabagon (alto saxophone), Chris Haney (bass), John Davis (drums 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), Willie Jones III (drums 1, 3, 6)
Review: Pianist Noah Haidu composes and plays with a genuine approach to blending the sounds of hard-bop, soul and Latin-tinged jazz. Slipstream, his debut release for Posi-Tone records, effortlessly melds varyi ...Read More
The Urban Flux reviews Noah Haidu “Slipstream”….
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Based in New York, pianist-composer Noah Haidu originally from Charlottesville, VA debuts with his engaging bop induced yet lyrically intense album titled “SLIPSTREAM” on Posi-Tone Records. All compositions on this recording were written by Haidu with the exception of “Just One of Those Things” composed by Cole Porter.
Out of the box “SLIPSTREAM,” sonicall ...Read More
Audiophile Audition Review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”…
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Jared Gold – All Wrapped Up – Posi-Tone
Some golden moments….
Published on April 10, 2011
Jared Gold – All Wrapped Up – Posi-Tone PR 8080, 50:03 ****½:
(Jared Gold, organ; Ralph Bowen, tenor sax; Jim Rotondi, trumpet and flugelhorn; Quincy Davis, drums)
Jared Gold covers all the bases on his latest Posi-Tone release,All Wrapped Up. From wh ...Read More
SaxShed review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”….
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Jared Gold – All Wrapped Up
Jazz organist Jared Gold is soon to release his cd All Wrapped Up on April 12, 2011. The energetic quartet features Gold on organ, tenor saxophonist extraordinaire Ralph Bowen, trumpeter Jim Rotondi and Quincy Davis on drums.From the opening bars of the hard swinging, up-tempo My Sentiments Exactly to the final funky Just a Suggestion, this gr ...Read More
Ken Blanchard reviews the Captain Black Big Band CD….
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Captain Black Big Band
I am just beginning to listen to the Posi-Tone recordings that the label was kind enough to send me. As I type I have ‘Here’s the Captain’ playin’ and man oh man am I ever groovin to it. It’s the second cut from Captain Black Big Band. The band is directed by pianist Orrin Evans. Evans solos, as does Victor N ...Read More
Here’s the first review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”….
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As I type this review, I’m listening to not necessarily All Wrapped Up, the new record by organist Jared Gold, but also Unity by Larry Young. I know, it doesn’t make sense, since it’s Gold’s record being reviewed here, not Young’s. But something struck me about All Wrapped Up when I listened to it the last time: Gold’s artistic development is going along the ...Read More
The Revivalist reviews the Captain Black Big Band CD….
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(Posi-Tone Records)
March 29, 2011
8.5
Pianist Orrin Evans is doing something special in the Philadelphia area with the release of Captain Black’s Big Band, a 7-track release from an eighteen-member group of the same name. Led by Evans, the album is a humble suggestion that a once forceful sound reclaim its rightful place on the world stage, respectful of all tradition ...Read More