Tom Tallitsch “All Together Now” is reviewed by BuzzardTracks
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Tom Tallitsch. All Together Now.
Posi-Tone Records, 2015. Tom Tallitsch: http://www.tomtallitsch.com/
It must be the season for good jazz releases. Tom Tallitsch’s last CD, Ride, was reviewed here about a year ago, and his releases seem to be coming at a faster rate than ever. His third album for Posi-Tone brings back two of his ...Read More
All About Jazz reviews Doug Webb “Triple Play”…
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Is there a better way to say “Jazz” than a wailing saxophone? Tenor sax guy Doug Webb has found a one: three wailing saxophones, a killer organ guy and a dynamic, full-of-surprises, rhythmic wizard of a drummer, on Triple Play.
His fifth recording on Posi-Tone Records—a label that follows closely in the footsteps of the iconic Blu ...Read More
Jared Gold ” Metropolitan Rhythm” gets coverage from Step Tempest…
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It’s back to the Trio format for the new CD from organistJared Gold. “Metropolitan Rhythm” is the 8th release on Posi-Tone Records and the 4th to feature guitarist Dave Stryker. Filling out the rhythm section is the young drummerKush Abadey (known for his work with trumpeter Wallace Roney and the son of drummer/composer/e ...Read More
Behn Gillece “Mindset” gets a nice write-up from NYC Jazz Vibes
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by Anthony Smith
I first heard vibraphonist Behn Gillece play when I discovered one of his collaborations with Ken Fowser, while perusing i-Tunes several years ago. Always on the lookout for an exciting new vibraphone discovery, I immediately bought that album, and proceeded to follow Behn’s career from then on. When I moved to New ...Read More
Brian Charette “Alphabet City” AAJ review by Bruce Lindsay
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Alphabet City is organist Brian Charette’s ninth album, titled for the part of Manhattan where he lives (in the building which featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, apparently). He’s alongside guitarist Will Bernard and drummerRudy Royston, both familiar names on numerous other releases for Posi- ...Read More
Interview with Brian Charette…
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Where did it all start for you? Has it always been your dream to be a musician?
I had a piano in my house I would walk down to it at around 3yrs old and would play it all day.
Do you still remember the very first record you ever bought?
AC/DC For Those About to Rock
How did your parents react, the first time you said, you wanted to be a musician?
Didn’t go over well.
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Dan Bilawsky reviews Brian Charette “Alphabet City” for All About Jazz
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Organist Brian Charette brings his A-game to Alphabet City. But who would expect anything else from this consummate artist? After delivering a covers-heavy program with two different trio lineups on Good Tipper (Posi-Tone, 2014), Charette returns here with an all-originals outing that finds him in the company of guitarist Will Bernard and drummer ...Read More
Midwest Record reviews Brian Charette “Alphabet City”…
BRIAN CHARETTE/Alphabet City: Anyone who doesn’t love swinging, tight, concise B3
jazz trio sizzle and steak can just leave this site now and not come back. Charette
and his pals are bumping and jumping their way through a set of originals that show
there’s still plenty of originality that can be enjoyed in this format. Great stuff
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Midwest Record reviews Behn Gillece “Mindset”…
With quotes from both Miles Davis and Malcolm Gladwell in the liner notes, all we have to say is, Behn, calm, you really don’t have anything to prove, especially on that scale. You’ve seen his name on a million jazz records over the last decade but this is the first time the vibe man has stepped out as a leader. Over flowing with ideas he hasn’t given away to others, this is an ...Read More
JazzTimes article featuring Posi-Tone producer Marc Free
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Studio Savvy
Three of jazz’s best producers on how to make the most of your time in headphones
“We make a lot of records in our bedrooms these days,” admits Al Pryor, the executive vice president for A&R at Mack Avenue Records, where his production credits include albums by Stanley Jordan, Sean Jones and Cécile McLorin Salvant. “We don’t often have the resource ...Read More