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Ausjazz Blog reviews Manrick’s Trigonometry
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3.5 stars
FOR his third recording as leader, New York-based saxophonist/composer Manricks has a fresh ensemble for these nine originals — three revisited from the album Labyrinth — and a cover of Eric Dolphy‘s Miss Ann.
Manricks treats Dolphy’s piece deftly and much more mildly. His beautifully expressive sax on the newer Labyrinth has a warmer, e ...Read More
Glide Magazine reviews “Out With It” and “Supersonic”…
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Jared Gold/ Supersonic (Posi-Tone): Emphatically traditional, the keyboardist seems fiercely loyal to the sound of a guitar drums and Hammond B-3 organ trio as first conceived by Jimmy Smith. Yet Gold and company don’t sound static or academic anywhere on this CD, The Beatles: “In My Life” included. On the contrary, there’s a freshness in their playi ...Read More
another Spanish language review for Faith in Action…
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Orrin Evans – Faith in action (Posi-Tone, 2010)
Ya un veterano con numerosos discos a su nombre (la mayorÃa en el sello Criss Cross) que no siempre le hacen justicia, el pianista Orrin Evans debutó este año en Posi-tone, una de las etiquetas más activas en el área del neo-bop.
El disco es casi un homenaje a su antiguo patrón, el saxofonista Bobby Watson ...Read More
Ken Franckling tips his hat to Jim Rotondi’s “1000 Rainbows”…..
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Jim Rotondi, 1000 Rainbows (Posi-Tone)
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi is a stalwart member of the New York-based jazz collective One For All. He’s also a great leader and writer in his own right, as evidenced on this third release as a leader on Posi-Tone. Vibes player Joe Locke is a strong front-line foil for Rotondi in this swinging setting and contributes the burn ...Read More
Raul D’Gama’s AAJ review for Steve Davis “Images”…
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It is easy to mistake trombonist Steve Davis for an aesthete—which he is, possessing an undying sense of lyricism to show for it. But he is a deeper musician than one who merely subscribes to the aesthetical philosophy. Each of Images‘ ten compositions far transcends warmth and lyrical beauty, standing out as astute forms of modal music that recall the finest of their ...Read More
Raul D’Gama’s AAJ review for “Little Echo”…
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If Marc Free, Nick O’Toole and the team at Posi-Tone Records continue producing albums in the same manner as they have been since the inception of the label in 1994, they will surely be further along the path to emulating the legacy of the Blue Note label, which has produced some of the finest music of our time. Little Echo, by saxophonist, Ken Fowser and vibraphonist, ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky’s AAJ review for Doug Webb Midnight
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37495
If one is truly judged by the company they keep, then saxophonist Doug Webb is immediately well thought of, even before hearing his music. While Midnight marks his recorded debut as a leader, he’s performed and/or recorded with a long list of jazz greats, including Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard and Billy Higgins, and appeared on over ...Read More
Trigonometry
By RAUL D’GAMA ROSE
Track Listing: Trigonometry; Cluster Funk; Slippery; Nucleus; Miss Ann; Sketch; Mood Swing; Labyrinth; Combat; Micro Gravity.
Personnel: Jacám Manricks: saxophones; Gary Versace: piano; Joe Martin: bass; Obed Calvaire: drums; Alan Ferber: trombone; Scott Wendholt: trumpet.
Style:Â Modern Jazz
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New Voices: Sarah Manning, John Escreet, Kneebody
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By J HUNTER
Sarah Manning
Dandelion Clock
Posi-Tone
2010
Jazz is like the human body. It needs fresh air, constant activity and a steady of nutrients to stay hale and hearty. Conversely, if all the genre does is sit in a comfy chair and try to live on what came before, it becomes sedentary, incurious and—ultimately—self destructive. Fortunately, the young kee ...Read More