PR8191 - Ken Fowser - Right On Time (cover)

The aptly titled “Right On Time” is a great jazz achievement.

On his eighth release for Posi-Tone Records, Ken Fowser has established his credentials as a composer and band leader. Fronting an impressive sextet (Joe Magnarelli/trumpet; Steve...
PR8188 - Michael Dease - Bonafide (cover)

Michael Dease clearly continues to break his own barriers and push towards that sweeter spot with “Bonafide”

Trombonist Michael Dease was born in Augusta, Georgia. His propensity for the arts landed him at John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet High School, where he...
PR8187 - Doug Webb - Fast Friends (cover)

4 star review from AAJ for the new one “Fast Friends” by Doug Webb

There is nothing as soul cleansing as bebop. Period. When you couple the music with the sunshine of Los Angeles (OK, when the smog has cleared)...
PR8185 -  Tom Tallitsch -  Wheelhouse (cover)

Tom Tallitsch’s “Wheelhouse” demonstrates the continued vitality of the hard bop form

Wheelhouse is Tom Tallitsch’s fifth outing for Posi-Tone Records (eight overall) from one of the most consistently solid performers in that label’s stable of quality jazz...
PR8183 -  Theo Hill -  Interstellar Adventures (cover)

“Interstellar Adventures” is focused keenly on tradition and searching beyond it

Interstellar Adventures makes good on the promise displayed on 2017’s Promethean, the young pianist’s debut for Posi-Tone, and 2015’s Live at Smalls, his first as a...
PR8180 - David Ake - Humanities (cover)

“Humanities” has a shared sense of groove and interactivity

The latest album from the esteemed jazz pianist and musicologist David Ake, Humanities swings buoyantly through a dozen tracks, mostly original compositions. The only cover on...
PR8182 - Nick Finzer - No Arrival (cover)

Modernism that never goes out of style, “No Arrival” by Nick Finzer

Trombonist/educator/composer/arranger/bandleader Nick Finzer might be a member of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox but he’s still that same teenager who entered the annual “Essentially Ellington” competition at...
PR8183 -  Theo Hill -  Interstellar Adventures (cover)

Turn it up and feel the power of “Interstellar Adventures”

Pianist and composer Theo Hill, a native of Albany, New York, first studied jazz piano with the late (and, in her neck of the woods, legendary...

Culture Jazz from France praises the new one from David Ake

September 17th was a beautiful day in New York. Around 7 pm, David Ake met the team he had gathered at the Acoustic Recording Studio in Brooklyn and less than...