jazz

  Telarc Any time you have three jazz masters live on stage together, tearing into a set of bop standards, it’s going to be a good thing. And this album, featuring Oscar Peterson on piano, Milt Jackson on vibes and Ray Brown on bass, fits that bill.   Following up on a 1999 release of […]

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Delmark Dewey Jackson (1900-1966), a trumpet player and contemporary of Louis Armstrong, specialized in the hot, swinging, New Orleans-style jazz of the Twenties and Thirties that Armstrong made famous. Though Jackson tried the New York scene, then the pinnacle of the jazz world, he eventually opted to return back home to St. Louis. It was […]

Telarc International I can’t say New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore’s music makes me want to jump and scream for joy, but the man certainly lays down some solid grooves. Whether it’s with his other bands “? Galactic or Garage a Trois “? or on a solo effort, Moore is one of a few musicians on […]

Ropeadope Records  Fuzzed-out, rock-infested, funk-strewn jazz: That’s what’s on “Copperopolis,” the latest album from Charlie Hunter, who remains one of the few truly innovative-yet-accessible jazz musicians on the scene today. With two familiar cats by his side’ Derrek Phillips on drums and John Ellis lending not only his always killer horn work, but also some […]

Hyena Records “Husky,” the new studio album from sax man Skerik and his Syncopated Taint Septet, takes a few listens for the traditional jazz fan to adjust to it, but quickly becomes compelling.   Skerik is becoming a mainstay on the modern jazz scene, having worked with the likes of Charlie Hunter, Ivan Neville, Stanton […]

Hyena Records This is some solid jazz. When he’s not been collaborating with guitar maestro Charlie Hunter, saxophonist John Ellis has found time to start recording albums with his own quintet, lately for Hyena Records.   On “By a Thread,” his second album for the New York label, Ellis and his crew weave elements of […]

TVT Some will never give The Baldwin Brothers a chance on name alone. It’s their loss, for these Baldwins are not preening, fatuous members of the Hollywood acting dynasty, but a snappy, headstrong Chicago-based duo with a diabolical bent for heady brews of electronic-based jazz-funk.   Like their 2002 debut, the long-in-development follow-up “Return of […]

Hyena/Skinji Brim A lot of New Orleans music tends to have several common qualities: kinda jazzy, kinda funky and lotsa fun.   One of the best-known ambassadors of the New Orleans sound, Dr. John, and his music tend to embody these same qualities. That’s more than evident on “Right Place, Right Time,” the newly released […]