Brian Charette’s “Good Tipper” gets covered by Dusted in Exile….
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Brian Charette – Good Tipper (Positone)
Organist Brian Charette keeps the schedule of a shark, always on the move and making things happen. Any lapse in activity and he starts to get bored. The once-a-year release schedule of his old label Steeplechase couldn’t keep pace with his output, a quandary that facilitated a switch to Brooklyn-based Pos ...Read More
Burning Ambulance goes to Brooklyn with Eric Wyatt “Borough of Kings”…
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When you read the phrase “Brooklyn jazz” in 2014, you probably don’t think of a guy likeEric Wyatt. You probably think of young men in untucked plaid shirts with glasses and beards, and young women who look like substitute teachers, playing winding melody lines that take a minute and a half to resolve, or clattering and honking ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Brian Charette “Good Tipper’…
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Barely six months after issuing his for album for Posi-Tone Records, B3 maestro Brian Charette returns with Good Tipper, another small-combo excursion expected out October 7, 2014 from Posi-Tone Records. Returning with Yotam Silberstein (guitar) and Mark Ferber (drums) for four tracks, Charette works with another guitar/drums combo o ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews Eric Wyatt “Borough of Kings” for All About Jazz…
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The borough of Kings (County)—a.k.a. Brooklyn, NY—has been saxophonist Eric Wyatt’s home base from birth. It was there that he was exposed to jazz, met some of the legends of the music, and began to forge his own voice on saxophone. Here, on his fifth album to date, he delivers an intense brew that speaks volumes about what he’s learned d ...Read More
Bop n Jazz writes up Brian Charette “Good Tipper”…
Brian Charette Good Tipper Posi-Tone 2014
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Brian Charette’s great year ends on a high note with Good Tipper! Insanely good!
There are a lot of fine organ players working the scene, Brian Charette is simply one of the best. Charette’s sophomore release for Posi-Tone is a hard hitting effort that is as soulful and it is soul filled! Two rhythms sections fill out ...Read More
Wondering Sound picks Eric Wyatt “Borough of Kings”…
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Eric Wyatt, Borough of Kings: Strong set of tunes from saxophonist Wyatt, who recalls some of Coltrane’s earlier period work, though balances things out with some straight-ahead post-bop work on this recording, too. The sextet features a nice line-up that includes pianist Benito Gonzalez, trumpeter Duane Eubanks, trombo ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay reviews “Action City” for All About Jazz….
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Saxophonist Kenny Shanker was eight years post-graduation before recording his debut album, Steppin’ Up, which took another two years to get its 2011 release on Posi-tone records. So admirers of the New York based musician could be forgiven for not expecting album number two quite so soon. But here it is,Action City: released just 17 months afte ...Read More
Music and More reviews Eric Wyatt “Borough of Kings”…
Eric Wyatt – Borough of Kings (Posi-Tone, 2014)
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Eric Wyatt is a fine mainstream tenor saxophone player who makes exciting and well thought out music on his most recent album Borough of Kings. On this album he is accompanied by Duane Eubanks on trumpet, Clifton Anderson on trombone, Benito Gonzalez on piano, Ameen Saleem on bass and Shinnosuke Takahashi on dru ...Read More
All About Jazz reviews Brian Charette “Good Tipper”…
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Nine of the eleven tracks on organist Brian Charette’s Square One (Posi-Tone, 2014) were originals, but that doesn’t mean he’s uninterested in tackling the music of others. In fact, judging by this album, it would seem that he really digs digging into covers. Everybody from film score icon John Barry to tunesmith Jimmy Webb to ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Kenny Shanker “Action City”…
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It’s fairly uncommon for a mainstream jazz record to contain nothing but originals, especially since playing standards seem nearly as important to jazz as being able to swing. Perhaps it’s because so few jazz musicians are strong enough composers to fill an entire album of their songs. That may or may not be the case, but it’s defi ...Read More