Dan Bilawsky/AAJ reviews Idan SAnthous “There You Are”…
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This debut release from composer/multi-reedist Idan Santhaus was a long time coming. There You Are actually started to take shape in April of 2008, when four of these tracks were recorded with a solid sixteen piece band, but that was just the beginning. It took three more years for Santhaus to get back into the studio with his jazz orchestra, which was now split between retu ...Read More
Another review for Shauli Einav…
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POSI-TONE
SHAULI EINAV/Generations: Jazz sax man Einav only writes a few fingers worth for the handful on display here, but he has the balls to kick it off with one of his own hard bopping originals that just keeps driving with no let up introduces everyone on board, sonically, right out of the box, letting you know everyone came to play and can keep up. Like some of your ...Read More
Midwest Record on Idan Santhaus “There You Are”…
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IDAN SANTHAUS/There You Are: This record is divided into two big band dates with everyone that knows how to blow like a pro in New York on board and showing their stuff. The kind of stuff you could expect from Stan Kenton when he was doing dates that didn’t requite extra showing off, this is the sound of pros that know all about keeping the groove in the grooves. A w ...Read More
Lucid Culture on Idan Santhaus “There You Are”…
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Sweeping Orchestral Big Band Jazz from Idan Santhaus
The big band compositions on Idan Santhaus‘ new Posi-tone album There You Are have steady tempos, bright colors and a slowly unfolding melodicism, sort of a reverse image of Bob Belden’s darkly panoramic Animation project. Santhaus honed his chops as a teenage flutist with the Haifa Youth Orchestra in h ...Read More
Brent Black on Idan Santhaus “There You Are”…
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Idan Santhaus and There You Are finds that harmonic sweet spot between big band and jazz orchestra with a delightful organic twist!
Perhaps the most intriguing large ensemble release for the year, Idan Santhaus brings together the very finest New York has to offer and turns jazz orchestra upside down. Deconstructed jazz orchestra, a sixteen piece large ensemble that sw ...Read More
Critical Jazz on Shauli Einav “Generations”…
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Israeli born saxophonist Shauli Einav announces his presence with authority on Generations
If you are not a fan of straight ahead jazz then you can be excused. If you are a fan of straight ahead jazz the Generations from Shauli Einav is improvisational music with muscle. As a composer Einav is scary good with his own composition “Thermo Blues” easily passing for w ...Read More
Dusty Groove on Will Bernard “Just Like Downtown”…
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The Posi-tone label is turning out to be one of the best sources for old school Hammond sessions these days – and this sweet set from guitarist Will Bernard is great proof of that fact! Bernard plays with a tight sense of line and color that really takes us back to some of our favorites from the 60s – like Grant Green or Kenny Burrell – and he’s set up here a ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews Will Bernard “Just Like Downtown”…
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Guitarist Will Bernard has been connected to a number of singular groups and individuals, from the Monk-to-funk outfit known asT.J. Kirk to New Orleans drumming giant Stanton Moore to multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum’s boundary-pushing Hieroglyphics Ensemble, but a common denominator exists in his strongest work with each one: Bernard’s best is alwa ...Read More
SomethingElse reviews Will Bernard “Just Like Downtown”…
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Coming over to the Posi-Tone label for his latest creation was bound to mean that the restless funk-jazz guitarist Will Bernard was going to make a different kind of record…again. Bernard’s B3 organ fixation continues but not a whole lot else carries over from last year’s funky Outdoor Living. Instead of Wil ...Read More
Music and More reviews Will Bernard “Just Like Bernard”…
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Guitarist Will Bernard presents a fine album of soulful modern jazz in the company of John Ellis on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Rudy Royston on drums and Brian Charette on organ. “Sweet Spot” has an upbeat tempo with nice saxophone and snappy drumming. Ellis’ sound is tightly wound and a bit gritty, perfect for this setting. Solos for organ and guitar ...Read More