Windows – Tim Ray Trio WCS 085 Windows Tim Ray Trio Buy $16.99 “McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington and Horace Silver are but a handful of the geniuses that pianist Tim Ray (Lyle Lovett, Gary Burton) pays loving tribute to on Windows, a marvelous...
Night Music / Rale Micic WCS 086 Night Music Rale Micic Buy $16.99 Last we heard from tasty Serbian-born guitar player Rale Micic (pronounced Rah-lay Mee-cheech) he had recorded the sweet trio disc “3.” The work vaulted him to prominence, and he enjoyed enthusiastic...
Inside Out / Kristen Lee Sergeant WCS 087 Inside Out Kristen Lee Sergeant Buy $16.99 Some vocalists aspire to be jazz singers. Others claim the mantle but fall short. The lucky few, like Kristen Lee Sergeant, meet the challenge and merit the title. INSIDE/OUT...
Expansions Live / The Dave Liebman Group WCS 088 Expansions Live The Dave Liebman Group Buy $19.99 Dave Liebman’s group “EXPANSIONS” has been together for several years, definitely enough time to find a direction as a result of five musical personalities working...
Color Tones – John Stein WCS 089 Color Tones John Stein Buy $16.99 Acclaimed guitarist John Stein expands his already impressive sonic palette on this new recording, Color Tones. The album, created with his ever intriguing core rhythm section—masterful drummer...
Road To Forever – Greg Abate with The Tim Ray Trio WCS 090 Road To Forever Greg Abate with The Tim Ray Trio Buy $16.99 Fluent in both saxophone and the great language of bebop, Greg Abate has done nothing if not worked tirelessly across five decades to keep...
WEATHER OR NOT / Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People WCS 091 WEATHER OR NOT Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People Buy $19.99 It is unique and kind of madcap, the sign of a fertile artist plowing through all the ideas swirling around his brain. Gerry Gibbs is the artist,...
92 Years Young: Jammin’ at the Gibbs House – Terry Gibbs WCS 092 92 Years Young: Jammin’ at the Gibbs House Terry Gibbs Buy $16.99 For an incredible eight decades now, feisty vibraphonist and jazz icon Terry Gibbs has demonstrated the sheer joy of...
Wood and Strings / John Stein / Dave Zinno WCS 093 Wood and Strings John Stein / Dave Zinno Buy $16.99 You wouldn’t think so, but jazz guitar and bass duets are surprisingly rare in recorded jazz, especially considering how common they are on stage. John Stein and...
Forever Young / Reggie Young WCS 094 Forever Young Reggie Young Buy $16.99 publicity: All About Jazz, Ace Records, Premier Guitar, Tower Reords, Derick Music Blog, All Music, Record World Magazine, cdgo, Ask Zac, Commercial Appeal. The complex vertical harmonic...
Departure – Plucky Strum WCS 095 Departure Plucky Strum Buy $16.99 Publicity: All About Jazz, Something Else Reviews, Down Beat, Music Archives, Jazz Week All in all, Departure is accomplished and masterful. The material is bravely selected and boldly...
Breathe / Steve Langone Trio WCS 096 Breathe Steve Langone Trio Buy $16.99 To the wider world of jazz world, drummer Steve Langone’s name may be an unfamiliar one. But like anything that is worthwhile but unexpected it will come as more than just a pleasant...
Another Part of Me – Marcus Monteiro WCS 097 Another Part of Me Marcus Monteiro Buy $16.99 A new Marcus Monteiro Quartet recording comes as good news indeed. The ebullient alto saxophonist plays with the energy of Maceo Parker and the enthusiasm of a beggar at...
The Bug – Miles Donahue WCS 098 The Bug Miles Donahue Buy $16.99 The Re-emergence of a Genuine Talent A prominent jazz critic has called versatile horn savant Miles Donahue “a jazz treasure and a best-kept secret, equally adept on trumpet and saxophones...
That Old Feeling – Alma Micic WCS 099 That Old Feeling Alma Micic Buy $16.99 Alma Micic Quartet serves up a delightful take on timeless standards, embellished by an original, and a version of the Romany anthem “Solnishko”, with visions of a dreamy night, both...
Three Minutes to Four / Lewis Porter Phil Scarff Group WCS 100 Three Minutes to Four Lewis Porter Phil Scarff Group Buy $16.99 Music has taken saxophonist and composer Phil Scarff and pianist Lewis Porter to many places. They have performed and recorded around the...
River of January – Dave Zinno Unisphere WCS 101 River of January Dave Zinno Unisphere Buy $14.99 The songs on Dave Zinno Unisphere’s River of January are lavish jazz adventures, rich with texture, ripe with melodicism, and simply joyful audio journeys. The...
Passion Reverence Transcendence – Benito Gonzalez/Gerry Gibbs/Essiet Okan Essiet (Music of McCoy Tyner) WCS 102 Passion Reverence Transcendence Benito Gonzalez/Gerry Gibbs/Essiet Okan Essiet (Music of McCoy Tyner) Buy $16.99 The title pretty much says it all....
Distant Song – Fred Farell WCS 103 Distant Song Fred Farell Buy $16.99 As a featured soloist and ensemble singer, Fred Farell has made a name for himself as a preeminent pro jazz voice. Across five decades and at venues as esteemed and diverse as Avery Fisher...
Look to the Sky – Eric Wyatt WCS 104 Look to the Sky Eric Wyatt Buy $16.99 Look to the Sky, Wyatt’s debut for Whaling City Sound and his sixth recording overall, is magnificently realized, both instrumentally and emotionally. There are musical nods to his...
