Here’s another write-up for Ehud Asherie’s new CD “Upper West Side” featuring Harry Allen…
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Ehud Asherie with Harry Allen, Upper West Side (Posi-Tone)
Piano and tenor sax duo recordings are the exception rather than the rule, but this teaming of Israeli-born pianist Ehud Asherie and tenor player Harry Allen rules on a number of levels. They principally mine the world of romance ballads on this fine session, but the opener and closer are the true tre ...Read More
The first review is in for our latest CD “Upper West Side” by pianist Ehud Asherie featuring Harry Allen…..
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The talented young pianist Ehud Asherie doesn’t look to bowl you over with sheer speed and power but rather, seduce you with taste and swing. You’re much more likely to hear some of his main influences like Erroll Garner or even James P. Johnson in his approach than, say, McCoy Tyner. For his fifth album Upper West Side, Asherie chose to play without a combo ...Read More
Another positive review for Ralph Bowen “PowerPlay”…
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With over 20 years experience as a recording artist and composer, saxophonist Ralph Bowen has a mastery of straight-ahead jazz that is immediately apparent on Power Play, his third album for the Posi-Tone label. Bowen’s first two Posi-Tone releases, 2009′s Dedicated and 2010′s Due Reverence were quintet recordings. For Power Play, he trims down to an all-new quartet lineup, b ...Read More
AAJ interviews Noah Haidu….
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New York-based pianist Noah Haidu came to jazz through the blues, listening to the searing, soulful guitar moans of Buddy Guy and Albert King. But his training, at the age of six, had its advent in classical music. He also likes to experiment with electronics.
All these things go into the musical blender of one of the New York scene’s young piano talents; out of it co ...Read More
Another review for Patrick Cornelius “Maybe Steps”…
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Patrick Cornelius
Maybe Steps
Posi-Tone
New York-based alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius came of musical age working jazz gigs while he was in Marshall High School in San Antonio. He went on to Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, on full scholarships. With Maybe Steps, the follow-up to last year’s trio album, Fierce (which included the ...Read More
Some nice press for Doug Webb…
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On Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m., noted jazz saxophonist Doug Webb gave a free concert at the Pollock Theatre at College of the Desert, which the Arts Department announced was sold out.
Student Rafael Rodriguez, a music major at COD, who had the opportunity to play with Webb in COD’s jazz ensemble, described it as one of his best musical experiences and that it was refreshing ...Read More
London Jazz reviews Patrick Cornelius “Maybe Steps”…
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Patrick Cornelius – Maybe Steps
(Posi-Tone PR8089. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney)
Artists change, reach new phases in their lives. Alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius used to be known for his fiercely self-disciplined practise regimes. But in his new album ‘Maybe Steps’ (Posi-Tone) he demonstrates that he has progressed well beyond the cauldron of Ber ...Read More
Bill Milkowski reviews DuoTone for JazzTimes…
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Tight harmonies on the frontline between co-leaders Ken Fowser on tenor sax and Behn Gillece on vibraphone set the tone for this solid offering. Backed by the reliably swinging rhythm section of pianist Donald Vega, bassist David Wong and drummer Willie Jones III, Fowser and Gillece exhibit their straight-ahead chemistry on urgent swingers like “Overcooked” and “Back to Back, ...Read More
Peter Hum on Brent Canter “Urgency of Now”…
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Guitarist Brent Canter’s CD Urgency of Nowis an aprtly titled update on the organ-guitar-drums lineup that really took off five decades ago thanks to Jimmy Smith and his peers. But Back To The Chicken Shack this most definitely ain’t. Canter, 25, offers eight catchy originals that pull liberally from rock, fusion, pop, funk and Indie rock.
A Los Angeles native who st ...Read More
the JazzMann reviews Patrick Cornelius “Maybe Steps”…
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“Maybe Steps”
(Posi-Tone Records PR8089)
I first encountered the playing of the New York based alto saxophonist and composer Patrick Cornelius back in the autumn of 2009 when he appeared at Dempsey’s in Cardiff as part of the Transatlantic Collective, an all star aggregation of American and European musicians co-led by Cornelius and bassist Michael Janisch. A review of ...Read More