Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
A link to an interview with Orrin…
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Pianist Orrin Evans pays tribute to his friend and musical partner Bobby Watson on Faith In Action (Posi-Tone, 2010). In this interview, recorded while Evans was on tour in Italy, he talks about the importance of family and friends to his life and career; why he chose the particular Watson compositions that appear on the new album; and how he approaches the task of leading a ba ...Read More
Woodrow Wilkins AAj review for Ralph Bowen’s “Due Reverence” CD….
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Due Reverence
Ralph Bowen | Posi-Tone Records (2010)
By Woodrow Wilkins
“Less Is More” is not just the first song on tenor saxophonist Ralph Bowen’s Due Reverence. It’s also a subtle hint about the music.
Bowen studied at Rutgers University under Dr. James Scott and Robert Dick, to whom two of the songs are dedicated. He also studied at Indiana Univers ...Read More
Some nice coverage for Ehud Asherie “Modern Life” featuring Harry Allen coming from the Step Tempest blog by writer Richard Kamins…..
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Modern Life – Ehud Asherie, featuring Harry Allen
(Posi-Tone Records)
Young Israeli-born pianist Asherie, who’s worked with saxophonists Grant Stewart and his guest here Harry Allen issues his 3rd CD for Posi-Tone and he continues to show why he’s such a fine player. He thinks “melody first” when choosing material, likes to swing, and his so ...Read More
John Kelman’s AAJ review for our David Binney/Alan Ferber CD “In The Paint”……
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By John Kelman
With an influence felt, perhaps, as much or more in the work of others than in his own record sales, alto saxophonist David Binney rarely co-leads groups, but his longstanding collaboration with pianist Edward Simon has been fruitful in more ways than one. Sharing compositional and conceptual duties frees him to focus more on his playing, and that’s always ...Read More
Ken Franckling has some nice things to say about the new Ehud Asherie CD “Modern Life” featuring Harry Allen….
Ehud Asherie, Modern Life (Posi-Tone)
New York-based pianist Ehud Asherie has a sprightly, dancing style on the keyboard at times that is reminiscent at times of a longtime favorite swing practitioner, John Bunch. Asherie is in great company on this mainstream swing project, which features tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. Bassist Joel Forbes and drummer Chuck Riggs, two of Allen’s frequent collab ...Read More
100greatestjazzalbums review of Ralph Bowen “Due Reverence”….
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Following Chris Potter’s excellent example on ‘Gratitude’, Ralph Bowen continues where he had begun with his first Posi-Tone release ‘Dedicated’ with five well crafted pieces honoring musicians who have been a guiding influence. Only while you would recognize all of Chris Potter’s influences (Joe Henderson, Charlie Parker, Sonn ...Read More
Bill Milkowski’s JazzTimes review of “Supersonic”….
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Jared Gold
Supersonic
Posi-Tone
By Bill Milkowski
The ubiquitous NYC organist Jared Gold steps out as a leader and gets funky with guitarist Ed Cherry and drummer McClenty Hunter on this super-charged groove project. Highlights include a revved-up rendition of “Welcome Back” (theme song for the ’70s TV show Welcome Back, Kotter, rendered here as a James Brown-inspired t ...Read More
John Barron’s AAJ review for Ehud Asherie “Modern Life”….
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New York-based pianist Ehud Asherie swings hard on Modern Life, his third release for Posi-Tone Records. With the help of tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, bassist Joel Forbes and drummer Chuck Riggs, the Israeli-born Asherie demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the piano jazz tradition.
Throughout this set of standards and riff-based Asherie originals, it doesn’t take ...Read More
Raul d’Gama Rose’s review of Faith in Action from allaboutjazz.com
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Faith in Action
Orrin Evans | Posi-Tone Records (2010)
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On Faith in Action, his reverent homage to an old boss, saxophonist Bobby Watson, Orrin Evans plays with his heart on his sleeve, gliding right down to his bare fingertips. Here is a pianist who channels masters from Thelonious Monk to Bud Powell and Bill Evans. However, through it all Evans is his own man, a singular ...Read More
Something Else! review for Ehud Asherie “Modern Life”….
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Ehud Asherie (featuring Harry Allen) Modern Life
As a piano player who is very respectful of tradition, Ehud Asherie is often of the Harry Allen state of mind. This past Tuesday came forth Modern Life, Aherie’s third as a sole leader, all of which have come from from Posi-Tone Records. The young Israeli-born pianist, whose style recalls Erroll Garner, is a master of sty ...Read More