Critical Jazz reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie / Harry Allen Lower East Side Posi-Tone 2013
Posi-Tone has quickly become one of my two favorite straight ahead record labels due primarily to the consistency and high quality releases their formidable stable of artists continue to churn out. Lower East Side which streets on 02/26/13 is no exception.
Now there are plenty of good piano/tenor saxophone ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay reviews Ehud Asherie “Lower East Side”…
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Ehud Asherie and Harry Allen: Lower East Side (2013)
By
BRUCE LINDSAY,
Published: February 7, 2013
Pianist Ehud Asherie and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen are established musical partners with a shared fondness for a time when songwriting giants like Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers were at their creative zeniths. Lower East Side is the pair’s second duo ...Read More
A nice write up about Posi-Tone Records….
http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/11/reviewing-guys-behind-glass-and-label.html
Reviewing the guys behind the glass and a label. Posi-Tone under the looking glass!
Recently I reviewed an artist that is a producer. Now I want to review some producers that are also record executives with Posi-Tone Records one of the finest straight ahead and swinging labels with an exciting stable of talent! Marc ...Read More
JazzWrap on Jacam Manricks….
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I really hadn’t listen to much from Jacam Manricks. I had seen his music around town and seen his name a few random times on bills for different clubs. But for some reason it just never stuck. Until I sat and finally listened to his fourth album on Posi-Tone, Cloud Nine. It is simply fantastic and maintains close contemporary themes.
Manricks’ compositions are ...Read More
Allan Wilkinson on Ed Cherry…
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There’s a cleanliness in Ed Cherry’s guitar style, an immaculate delicacy that is never allowed to stray into the clinical precision of a smoother kind of jazz. On IT’S ALL GOOD, Cherry’s playing breathes its soul out in whispers, often tackling some rather complex melodies and improvisations with a lightness that prompts you to get as close as you ...Read More
StepTempest reviews Jordan Young “Cymbal Melodies”…
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Detroit-native and University of Michigan graduate Jordan Young, drummer by trade, has issued his 2nd CD as a leader. “Cymbal Melodies” is his debut for Posi-Tone Records and features organist Brian Charette, guitarist Avi Rothbard and, on several tracks, saxophonist Joe Sucato(a member of Young’s “working” band.) The program consists ...Read More
JazzTimes reviews Jacam Manricks “Cloud Nine”…
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By Bill Milkowski
Australian-born, New York-based alto saxophonist-composer Jacam Manricks has been quietly churning out quality recordings as a leader that feature some of the most in-demand players on the NYC scene. Cloud Nine, his fourth, is no exception. With Adam Rogers on guitar, Matt Wilson on drums and Sam Yahel on organ, he has recruited first-class talent. Together ...Read More
Steve Davis is Frank Alkyer’s Downbeat Editor’s Pick…..
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Steve Davis, Gettin’ It Done (Posi-Tone)
If you’re looking for a killer straightahead record, grab a copy of Steve Davis’ Gettin’ It Done. The trombone veteran has a blue-chip pedigree as a sideman with the likes of Art Blakey and Jackie McLean—and a fine string of releases as a leader, too. Davis proudly shows off his hard-bop chops as Gettin’ It Done swings thro ...Read More
Critical Jazz agrees that with Ed Cherry “It’s All Good”…
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My regulars know I am a sucker for an organ trio, an even bigger sucker for a guitarist that can swing without venturing off that self indulgent cliff…Meet Ed Cherry and his first release on Posi-Tone which is appropriately titled “It’s All Good” featuring Byron Landham on drums ( Joey DeFrancesco ) and B3 dynamo Pat Bianchi who has played with everyone ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky confirms “It’s All Good” with Ed Cherry…
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Guitarist Ed Cherry is best known for his lengthy, decade-plus tenure with trumpet titan Dizzy Gillespie, but his work with another heavyweight of a different ilk—organist Big John Patton—is a more obvious influence on It’s All Good. Cherry played the important role of Patton’s guitar-playing foil during some of the legend’s ’90s comeback session ...Read More