Another review for Dave Juarez “Round Red Light”….
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A Barcelona native, guitarist Dave Juarez wins major points on his debut for Positone Records, an LA based independent label with a dazzling roster of young jazz lions, mostly due to his deep commitment to the band concept and a playbook of super strong compositions. He pulls together a like-minded team – tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, pianist John Escreet, bassist Laur ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay’s AAJ review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”….
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Jared Gold’s fourth album as leader, All Wrapped Up, finds fresh faces joining the organist as he releases his first recording without a guitarist. This is also Gold’s first all-originals album—although he shares the writing credits with his band mates, who each contribute a tune. The new lineup and new tunes ensure that this album, and Gold’s playing, sou ...Read More
Step Tempest review for Dave Juarez “Round Red Light”…
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Posi-Tone Records continues its streak of good new music with this, the debut CD by guitarist/composer Dave Juarez. Juarez, a native of Barcelona, Spain, has created a program that covers much stylistic territory, utilizing an excellent including Seamus Blake (tenor sax), John Escreet (piano), Lauren Falls(acoustic bass) and Bastian Weinhold (drums – he’ ...Read More
The first review for Art Hirahara “Noble Path”…
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Art Hirahara – Noble Path – Posi-Tone
On Art Hirahara’s new album, Noble Path, the tune is the truth and the truth is tuneful.
Published on April 26, 2011
Art Hirahara – Noble Path – Posi-Tone PR8074, 63:09 ****:
(Art Hirahara – piano; Dan Aran – drums, percussion; Yoshi Waki – bass)
Pianist Art Hirahara did not start out as a jazz composer and inter ...Read More
Music and More review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”…
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Jared Gold – All Wrapped Up (Posi-Tone, 2011)
Organist Jared Gold builds a fine mainstream outing of hard-bop, blues and ballads on this album in conjunction with Ralph Bowen on tenor saxophone, Jim Rotondi on trumpet and flugelhorn and Quincy Davis on drums. They open the the record fast with a couple of fine cookers, “My Sentiments Exactly” and “Get Out of M ...Read More
Lucid Culture reviews Noah Haidu “Slipstream”…
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Noah Haidu’s Slipstream Floats Away
Jazz pianist Noah Haidu has an intriguing new album just out on Posi-tone. Haidu has an individual style – he wanders and hints at melody, with deft use of chromatics, rather than hitting it head-on. That role is left to the horns here, and he’s got a couple of really good ones, Jeremy Pelt on trumpet and Jon Irabagon on alt ...Read More
Posi-lutely (CD reviews) by Peter Hum
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Los Angeles-based Posi-Tone Records sends me red-meat jazz discs faster than I can keep up with them. Here’s what I think of some of the label’s most recent releases from musicians who have been on its roster for a while now:
All Tied Up (Posi-Tone)
Jared Gold
The latest CD from organist Jared Gold could equally have been billed as an outing by the Posi-Tone Al ...Read More
Captain Black Big Band: Full Flavor Jazz on NPR
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Captain Black: A new superhero? Yes and no.
“Captain Black was a tobacco my father smoked,” pianist Orrin Evans says. “A good friend of mine, drummer Nasheet Waits, his father [drummer Freddie Waits] smoked Captain Black. One day, we were somewhere, and I could smell the tobacco. We just ended up talking about Captain Black. The name stuck. It’s really just a ...Read More
Giovanni Russonello interviews Noah Haidu for Capitalbop.com
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Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt has flourished in a variety of settings – playing with groups from the soul-funk outfit Soulive to the Mingus Big Band – but he’s developed an identity as a leader of the new generation of New York City’s post-bop players. This ilk’s music springs from Miles Davis’ work with Wayne Shorter in the 1960s, and prizes original compositions that ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up” for AAJ….
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There’s a noticeable change in organist Jared Gold’s sonic template of choice, before All Wrapped Up even begins. While two out of Gold’s three prior releases were quartet outings that used saxophone as the lone horn voice, all three releases were rooted in the traditional organ trio instrumental format. A different guitarist graced each one of those records ...Read More