Dusty Groove likes the balance of groove and energy in “Out & About”
WILL BERNARD – OUT AND ABOUT
A mighty impressive set from guitarist Will Bernard – our hands down favorite of his work as a leader to to date – and an all originals session with a remarkable stylistic range! Our ears perked up from the opening seconds, thanks to the elegant take on jazz funk of the opener “Happy Belated” – which has this perfect balance of insistent groove and ...Read More
Nick Bewsey praises the harmonic grooves of “Standing Tall”
Ken Fowser four 1/2 stars
Standing Tall – Posi-Tone
After co-leading four records on the Posi-Tone label with vibraphonist Behn Gillece, tenor saxophonist Ken Fowser revs his own engine on his fast and furiously entertaining debut release, Standing Tall. A former University of the Arts student in Philadelphia, Fowser has crafted
a free-wheeling gem, boldly exploring harmonic grooves and s ...Read More
Raul De Gama dishes out a fine review of “Soul Tree”
http://jazzdagama.com/cds/ed-cherry-soul-tree/
Ever the great raconteur Duke Ellington once described (to Stanley Dance) the making of good music as akin to cooking a fine dish, which is to say: you have to add only the finest ingredients, cook to perfection and serve with finesse. There are many fine recordings that would meet this description. This 2016 recording by Ed Cherry – Soul Tree – ...Read More
Dusty Groove reviews Ed Cherry’s new one “Soul Tree”
A killer guitar and Hammond session with a really sublime sort of sound – a groove that’s wonderfully free of cliche – and which has an open, spacious quality that few artists can match! Given the instrumentation, the album’s steeped in tradition, but never tries to just rehash an older Prestige Records vibe – and instead guitarist Ed Cherry and organist Kyle Koehler find a way ...Read More
Midwest Record – Ed Cherry will drive you to the “Soul Tree”
The vet guitar man that more than earned his spurs in Dizzy Gillespie’s last stand kicks an organ trio into gear on his latest that explores the past with a big ear open to the future. A real swinging groover of a date, all you need to do is sit back and let Cherry and his crew do all the driving–which they do in a big, bold way. Hot stuff that never let’s you down, this is a so ...Read More
David Gibson: Propelling The Story Forward – by Dan Bilawsky for “All About Jazz”
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=52903
It’s late morning on Sunday, January 17, 2016—a wintry New York day that will later see snow—and much of Brooklyn seems to be in a state of hibernation or hiding. There are few signs of life on the streets, but there’s no shortage of action in the basem ...Read More
All About Jazz plants the seed for “Soul Tree” by Ed Cherry
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=52885
Like any jazz recording worth its salt, Ed Cherry‘s Soul Tree, his second release for the Posi-Tone imprint, impresses on more than one level. Cherry’s interpretations of often performed jazz standards—Mal Waldron‘s “Soul Eyes,” Dave Brubeck‘s “In Your Own Sweet Way,” Horace Silver‘s “ ...Read More
All About Jazz chimes in first on the new release from Will Bernard “Out & About”
Will Bernard has received his due for sideman work in a variety of settings, but you rarely hear anybody talk about stylistic range when it comes to his own leader dates. This is the album that could—and should—change that. Over the course of eleven originals, Bernard continually frames himself in different ways, constantly redefining his outlook and mining fresh musical veins with some help f ...Read More
WBGO praises the new release that is “Soul Tree” by Ed Cherry
The first time I heard guitarist Ed Cherry live, he was working with Dizzy Gillespie, one night in a 15 year period with the legendary trumpeter, and part of a career that’s had him also on record or on stage with Ruth Brown, Jimmy McGriff, Oliver Lake, Dakota Staton, Roy Hargrove, Steve Coleman and John Patton.
I remember another night where I found myself in a basement club of a hotel in C ...Read More
Raul Da Gama writes a brilliant review of Jon Davis “Changes over Time”…
http://jazzdagama.com/cds/jon-davis-changes-over-time/
Changes Over Time gives the impression that our ears need to prepare for abject nostalgia but that’s rarely the case on this disc. The twelve works – performed to vibrant effect by Jon Davis, and Davis’ colleagues – Ugonna Okegwo and Jochen Rueckert – go down well beyond the sentimental sonorities, exploring myriad moods and registr ...Read More