ejazznews reviews Mike DiRubbo “Chronos”…
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CD Reviews: Mike DiRubbo – “Chronos” – CD-2011 Posi-Tone Records
Posted by: editoron Sunday, March 27, 2011 – 04:02 PM
Glenn AstaritaWest Coast USA based Posi-Tone Records continues to amass an impressive catalog built on promising young talent and well-known artists. Here, saxophonist Mike DiRubbo conveys a modern era spin on the traditional jazz- ...Read More
Philadelphia Inquirer review for Captain Black Big Band…
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Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band
*/Captain Black Big Band
/(Posi-Tone Records ***1/2)
Pianist Orrin Evans embraces a larger-than-usual cast on this big-band
recording. The seven pieces - one is recorded at Chris' Jazz Cafe in
Philadelphia, the rest at the Jazz Gallery in New York - are
hard-blowing, tumultuous affairs that could come from the Art Blakey
playb ...Read More
Something Else! reviews Noah Haidu “Slipstream”….
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Noah Haidu – Slipstream (2011)
Posted by S. Victor Aaron
Posi-Tone Records, the label that has done more than anyone else lately in putting out records by the brightest new talent in mainstream and modern jazz, introduced the pianist and composer Noah Haidu to the world last week. Slipstream went on sale March 22, a debut that doesn’t present mere potential, but a ...Read More
The first write-up for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”…
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JARED GOLD/All Wrapped Up: Wide ranging organ date that is all original but sounds like any number of Miles/Prestige era dates. Kicking it off like it’s a classic inspired outing, the moves move all over the board from mainstream to uber progressive and you can be sure Gold is moving the organ forward throughout—and beyond. Aggressive and upbeat, this is the sound of ...Read More
Ben Ratliff reviews Captain Black Big Band for the New York Times…
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Orrin Evans’s Captain Black Big Band
Some of the same energy of the Sanabria record lives in “Captain Black Big Band” (Posi-Tone), the first album from a new large ensemble led by the pianist Orrin Evans. Recorded at spots around Philadelphia and New York City over the past year, it is deep in the tradition of African-American East Coast jazz since the mid-’60s, percussive ...Read More
orrin evans and the captain black big band
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3 new discs from posi-tone, part 2: orrin evans and the captain black big band
By outsideinsideout
Categories: Recording Review
Orrin Evans: Captain Black Big Band (Posi-Tone PR 8078)
There’s nothing like hearing a big band charging ahead at full throttle, which is what you get with Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band. The tunes, arrangemen ...Read More
Doug Webb’s New Renovations Takes It Up a Notch
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Last summer, jazz saxophonist Doug Webb released an entertainingly trad album titled Midnight. This new one, from the same session, is called Renovations. If we’re in luck, maybe we’ll live to see them reissued together as Midnight Renovations. Intriguing title, huh?
This one is a lot more upbeat, occasionally pretty intense. Buckle your seatbelt – bet you’ve ne ...Read More
Outside Inside Out reviews “Inner Flights”….
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3 new discs from posi-tone, part 1: benjamin drazen’s inner flights
By outsideinsideout
Thanks to the good folks at Posi-Tone records I’ve been receiving their new releases after reviewing Ralph Bowen’s latest in the April issue of Downbeat. Except for the work done by saxophonist Sean Nowell for the label (who happens to be a friend of a friend and a ...Read More
The first review for our latest release “Slipstream” by pianist Noah Haidu…
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Slipstream – Noah Haidu (Posi-Tone Records) -The Los Angeles, CA-based Posi-Tone keeps finding new artists deserving of our attention. Haidu, a Virginia native and graduate of Rutgers University, is no exception. His debut session as a leader features the fine front line ofJeremy Pelt (trumpet) and Jon Irabagon (alto sax) with the solid rhythm section of Chri ...Read More
SomethingElse! reviews the Captain Black Big Band CD…
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— March 23, 2011 10:31 am
One Track Mind: Orrin Evans, “Jena 6 ” (2011)
Posted by Nick DeRiso
by Nick DeRiso
Turns out, it actually does mean a thing, even if it ain’t got that swing.
For something like 80 years now, that old Duke Ellington cliche worked as the clarion call of big band music, but its mantra has also become its curse. Subsequent generations mo ...Read More