Orrin Evans “Flip the Script” gets a mention on the i dig jazz blog…
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Jazz piano player Orrin Evans has never received the press his peers Jason Moran and Cyrus Chestnut have. Evans, a swing savvy musician, deserves the same attention. To support that opinion, I point to Evans’ new trio album “Flip the Script,” which Posi-Tone Records will release the 12th of June. Evans plays mostly originals, and he tosses in “Someday My Prince Wi ...Read More
i dig jazz reviews Brandon Wright “Journeyman”…
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I promised Jordy Freed of DL Media I’d comment on your new disc “Journeyman”. He gave me an advance copy in April. I liked the disc the first time I played it. I planned to comment on it with three other new discs I received from jazz saxophone players, but I got sidetracked. Jordy, compared your style to the late sax player Michael Brecker, one of the best sax stylis ...Read More
An international review for Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse”…
saxsoundsmagazine.com
Come from the distant mountains Canada, like most level players, he also got into this at an early age. At just 13 years already had his quartet in Toronto. As a teenager, he received a scholarship to study at the Canada Council For The Arts. He studied with drummer LaBarbera and Kieth Blackley. In addition, he performed and recorded with Canadian fusion group, “Man ...Read More
Step Tempest reviews Orrin Evans “Flip the Script”…
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Pianist-composer Orrin Evans makes music that can be confrontational, hard-edged, and vigorous yet has a melodic side that, like Charles Mingus, allows his pieces to go in many and varied directions. Evans has released a series of CDs on Posi-Tone Records that displays his many talents, from the forceful Captain Black Big Band to the trenchant sounds of Tar Baby ( ...Read More
SomethingElse reviews Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse”…
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The cover for Ralph Bowen’s newest release Total Eclipse is a picture of a “ring of fire” solar exclipse, much like the one that provided a spectacular show for residents of the U.S. Southwest on Monday. Putting on a saxophone show is what Ralph is about, though, and for the forth time in three years, he’s putting for a new album deploying a different type of en ...Read More
Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse” get reviewed on Outside Inside Out…
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Marc Free’s Posi-tone Records is one of a handful of labels that churns out a significant number of quality albums on a regular basis. In the past couple of months the label has sent numerous new releases my way, so today I’m hitting you with a multi-part rundown of some of my favorites.
I reviewed tenor saxophonist Ralph Bowen’s last album, Power Play, in ...Read More
Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse” get a nice review…
www.soundsoftimelessjazz.com
With Total Eclipse, saxophonist Ralph Bowen offers his fans a program that covers a broad spectrum of styles and sounds. Bowen wrote nine songs for the recording which features accompanists Jared Gold on organ, Mike Moreno on guitar and Rudy Royston on drums. Bowen masters the complexity of sustaining his listeners’ interest with his top-to-bottom command of the ten ...Read More
Travis Sullivan’s “New Directions” gets another look…
www.criticaljazz.com
The Posi-Tone debut is a delightful and slightly eclectic mix of well grounded original compositions and some covers you may expect. Sullivan tends to opt for the more stylistic approach as opposed to coming from the speed is king and odd meter school which does little more than make the artist the newest member of the flavor of the month club.
Sullivan’s original work ...Read More
Another fine review for David Gibson “End of the Tunnel”…
www.criticaljazz.com
If a musical chain is as strong as the weakest link this is one tight unit. With a stellar 4tet made up of Julius Tolentino on alto saxophone along with organ phenom Jared Gold and Quincy Davis on drums we have but another funk infused soulful jazz outing from David Gibson. End Of The Tunnel may be the perfect bookend to A Little Somethin’ (Posi-Tone, 2009). This for ...Read More
Brent Black reviews Fowser/Gillece “Little Echo”…
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Fowser & Gillece have been playing together since they were teens just outside Philly. Now this rock solid duo calls the Big Apple home and Little Echo is the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2009 debut Full View. The 2010 release of Little Echo puts a more modern spin on their classic hard bop sound and here we are treated to all new material.
Foweser & ...Read More