Sax Shed reviews Dave Juarez “Round Red Light”…
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Dave Juarez – Round Red Light
Barcelona native Dave Juarez has released Round Red Light on Posi-Tone Records. Guitarist Juarez features extraordinary tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, prodigious John Escreet on piano, Lauren Falls on Bass and Bastian Weinhold on drums.
In this day and age we am seeing far more EPKs sent out to reviewers and promoters rather than the traditio ...Read More
Some more coverage for the new Mike DiRubbo “Chronos”CD….
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Alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo has been around the New York scene for a while, doing the straight-ahead hard-bop thing. He studied with Jackie McLean, and has played with a number of highly regarded musicians older than himself, including Eddie Henderson, John Hicks and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown. Chronos is his sixth CD as a leader, and his second for the Posi-Tone label. ...Read More
Jazz Wrap covers Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”….
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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011
Jared Gold
Jared Gold (organ)
All Wrapped Up (Posi-Tone Records)
Jim Rotondi (trumpet)
Ralph Bowen (sax)
Quincy Davis (drums)
Jared Gold is one of those organ players that uses the instrument more like a piano than an instrument to bang out chords. Like the legends Larry Young, Shirley Scott, or Jack McDuff, he uses his compositions and ba ...Read More
Raul D’Gama Rose reviews “Inner Flights” for AAJ…
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Inside Benjamin Drazen is an old soul, nestling cheek-by-jowl in a fertile mind, brimful with new ideas that undulate and flow beautifully from his alto saxophone. That he is able to take control of this force, and harness its power to open a virtual door to the temple of his muses—running the gamut of saxophonists from Charlie Parker to John Coltrane, and almost certainly ...Read More
Richard Kamins Step Tempest review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”…
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There’s something about the Hammond B-3 organ that makes it just right for “soul-jazz.” Over the years, musicians such as the “Jimmys” – Smith and McGriff – Charles Earland, Larry Young and Joey De Francesco have played all sorts of tunes utilizing the big organ.
Jared Gold continues in the long tradition of blending hard-bop a ...Read More
Urban Flux chimes in about Dave Juarez “Round Red Light”….
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Dave Juarez -][- ROUND RED LIGHT – [Posi-Tone Records, 2011]
It’s all systems go as Barcelona native Dave Juarez takes us along a new Jazz tangent on his breathtaking debut release “Round Red Light.” This exciting musical program covers a wide variety of avenues as guitarist Juarez’s brilliant original compositions are presented by an amazing group of pla ...Read More
K. Leander Williams reviews Captain Black for The Daily…..
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Bruce Lindsay’s AAJ review for Noah Haidu “Slipstream”…
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Slipstream is the debut from New York-based pianist/writer Noah Haidu. Featuring an exceptionally talented quintet of musicians, it’s a striking first album, full of superb, straight-ahead jazz.
Haidu’s compositions—he wrote all but one of the tunes—are strong on melody and characterized by a gentle and soulful swing. As a pianist, Haidu sounds equally comforta ...Read More
Jazzreview.com talks about Noah Haidu “Slipstream”…
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Musicians: Noah Haidu (piano), Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Jon Irabagon (alto saxophone), Chris Haney (bass), John Davis (drums 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), Willie Jones III (drums 1, 3, 6)
Review: Pianist Noah Haidu composes and plays with a genuine approach to blending the sounds of hard-bop, soul and Latin-tinged jazz. Slipstream, his debut release for Posi-Tone records, effortlessly melds varyi ...Read More