“Back East” by Doug Webb gets Dusted
Doug Webb – Back East (Positone)
A germane quote from Herman Hesse graces the tray card of Back East, tenorist Doug Webb’s fourth album for the Positone imprint. The words codify the compass point not just as something concrete, but also as an intangible concept better suited to the province of the mind. Tenorist Doug Webb is steeped in the East Coast jazz vernacular of his instrument from Col ...Read More
“Dusted In Exile” reviews the new one by Michael Dease
Michael Dease – Decisions (Positone)
Julliard-educated and dapper in dress, trombonist Michael Dease is part of a vanguard of current jazz players that could be considered the latest iteration of the “young lions” ethos. Theirs is a time-tested musical blueprint that traces back through the Marsalises to the Fifties hardbop sound formed out of the work of icons on Dease’s instrume ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Joe Magnarelli “Three on Two”….
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Last year trumpet ace Joe Magnarelli put forth his first album under the Posi-Tone flag, but this was hardly the first time around the block for this respected veteran sideman and bandleader.Three On Two, out earlier this month, is his second for the label and also marks twenty years of leading his own dates.
As the title suggests, it’s a three horn/two-part ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Michael Dease “Decisions”…
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I’ve might have said this before: Michael Dease is the rightful heir to the trombone legacy of Curtis Fuller, and even Fuller himself might agree. Rare is the trombonist who can match the technical proficiency, inventive phrasing and genuine feel that seems to come easily to Dease.
After making a triumphant foray into big band for his Posi-Tone debut ...Read More
Audiophile Audition reviews Joe Magnarelli’s “Three On Two”
Joe Magnarelli – Three on Two – Posi-Tone Records – PR8142 – 55:42
Joe Magnarelli has been on our radar screen for some time. This is his 4th CD release we’ve covered since 2011. Beginning with his “with strings” CD in 2011, and following up with a live Smalls session in 2013 (with the late pianist Mulgrew Miller), Joe then signed with Posi-Tone for last ...Read More
Dusted in Exile reviews the new Walt Weiskopf CD….
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Times have long been tough for the Coltrane and Rollins-smitten tenorist. First there exists the sheer volume of peers to contend with, each jockeying for a share of a dwindling listenership that can easily eschew their facsimile sounds for the source. Then there’s the challenge of adapting the masters’ vocabularies in a manner that ...Read More
Doug Webb “Triple Play” review by David Orthmann…
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As tempting as it is to simply consign a blowing session label toTriple Play, a three tenor saxophone plus rhythm date led byDoug Webb, there’s ample evidence that something more disciplined and structured is afoot. For one thing, eight of the disc’s eleven tracks are under six minutes—in other words, there’s not a lot of ...Read More
Jared Gold “Metropolitan Rhythm” reviewed at AAJ…
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Jared Gold remains one of the most dependably creative artists in the Posi-Tone stable. He’s delivered an album a year for that label since arriving with Solids & Stripes (Posi-Tone, 2008), a date that, in many respects, set the tone for the other trio and quartet sessions that would follow. Here, on his eighth release for that imprint, Gol ...Read More
David Ake “Lake Effect” review in JazzTimes Magazine…
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By Britt Robson
Pianist David Ake’s Bridges was one of the best jazz outings of 2013, featuring a gentle kaleidoscope of taut yet off-kilter compositions for a sextet consisting of his fellow California Institute of the Arts alumni and associates, including Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi and Scott Colley. Lake Effect is equally satisfying but i ...Read More
Tom Tallitsch “All Together Now” gets coverage from SomethingElse Reviews…
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For Tom Tallitsch’s latest album (released last month by Posi-Tone Records), the tenor ace assembles a stellar sextet for All Together Now. With a gathering of Tallitsch on tenor sax, Mike DiRubbo on alto, Michael Dease on trombone, Brian Charette on keyboards, Peter Brendler on bass and Mark Ferber on drums, Tallitsch went all out talent- ...Read More