StepTempest features detailed coverage for Orrin Evans “Mother’s Touch”…
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Hard to believe it’s been just over 3 years since Posi-Tone Reecords released the self-titled debut CD from the Captain Black Big Band. Culled from 3 live dates, the music was hard-hitting, raucous, even fevered at times but filled with soulful melodies, smart arrangements and great solos.
8 months after that release (11/11), pianist, composer, founder and leader ...Read More
AAJ’s Dan Bilawsky reviews “Mother’s Touch”…
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The studio-versus-stage argument will forever rage on in music, but it really shouldn’t. Each setting has its advantages and disadvantages. The jazz community has forever favored the stage, as many feel that jazz is meant to be experienced and created in the moment, with artist(s) feeding off the room and creating here-and-gone sounds. That preference is completely und ...Read More
Captain Black Big Band gets some great local coverage from the Philly Inquirer…
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It’s a challenge to keep even a small band going for any length of time in the current jazz climate, and maintaining a big band that splits its time and membership between two cities is even harder.
But pianist Orrin Evans has done just that, helming his Captain Black Big Band for more than four years since its beginnings at Chris’ Jazz Cafe in late 2009. So why d ...Read More
Another review for Orrin Evans “Mother’s Touch”…
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Mighty Majestic Brilliance from Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band
by delarue
Big band jazz is not the most lucrative style of music: after paying twenty guys for the gig, you’re lucky if there’s anything left over for you. But some of the most exciting composers in jazz persist in writing and recording large-ensemble pieces. Darcy James Argue is probabl ...Read More
Jeff Krow reviews “Mother’s Touch” for Audiophile Audition…
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Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band – Mother’s Touch – Posi-Tone PR8123, 50:11 ****:
(Orrin Evans – piano; Tanya Darby, Duane Eubanks, Tatum Greenblatt, Brian Kilpatrick, Fabio Morgera – trumpets; David Gibson, Conrad Herwig, Andy Hunter, Stafford Hunter, Brent White – trombones; Mark Allen, Todd Bashore, Doug Dehays, Stacy Dillard, Tim Green, Victor North, Marcus ...Read More
All About Jazz writer Mark Corroto reviews “Mother’s Touch”…
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Nobody does big bands these days. Nobody. Not without institutional support like a university or a foundation. Not unless you are Orrin Evans. The Philadelphia pianist writes and arranges music so appealing, a revolving cast of musicians can’t resist playing his music. While we will never see an independent outfit like the Captain Black ...Read More
Brent Black on Captain Black Big Band “Mother’s Touch”…
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With Mother’s Touch, Evans may be the finest improvisational pianist since McCoy Tyner.
At times I have been tough on Orrin Evans simply because he is that good. Flip The Script may be one of the fines piano trio recordings of the modern era, Mother’s Touch has just raised the bar for big bands everywhere. Orrin Evans is a man of keen intellect and supreme pass ...Read More
Midwest Record goes crazy for B3’s on Posi-Tone…
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BRIAN CHARETTE/Square One: Been jonesing for some hard hitting jazz organ trio work that swings and doesn’t miss? This is the stuff where you can hear Larry Young as well as Jimmy Smith vibing in the background. Straight ahead but loaded with funk and grease, Charette pulls it together here quite masterfully setting the tone and setting the pace for a set that d ...Read More
Dusted Magazine goes back to “Square One” with Brian Charette…
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Organist Brian Charette gets back to basics on Square One with a return to the standard organ trio format of his first few records, albeit with a twist. Guitarist Yotam Silberstein and drummer Mark Ferber are along for the ride and totally aligned with his relatively straightforward designs for the session.
Eleven tracks comprise a program that would fit comforta ...Read More
All About Jazz goes “Outside the Line” with Peter Brendler…
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Peter Brendler: Outside The Line (2014)
By
BRUCE LINDSAY,Â
Published: April 24, 2014
Thirteen years after graduating from Berklee and over a decade into his career as a professional bassist, Peter Brendler has taken the plunge and released his first album as leader, Outside The Line. Look before you leap, as they say. Wise advice, if the quality of this debut is anythi ...Read More