“Once & Future” by Brian Charette gets dusted

Dusted In Exile Organ aficionados dismiss Brian Charette at their own disservice. With a Positone label contract in his pocket he’s stepped up his fecundity over the past year and...

New York City Jazz Record know it’s “The Way You Say It” by Walt Weiskopf

With over three-and-a-half decades in the New York jazz scene, beginning with Buddy Rich and Toshiko Akiyoshi, Walt Weiskopf is long established as a hard-blowing tenor saxophonist and creative composer....

New York City Jazz Record checks out “Once & Future” by Brian Charette

Brian Charette has rapidly become a rising star on the Hammond B3 organ for the past few years and his latest CD is a salute to his fellow players, ranging...

Midwest Record like what they hear on “Inner Agent” by David Gibson

This trombone man almost has enough wind in him to sound like a big band by himself.  A high octane set with a mystical bent, Gibson smokes his way through...

Step Tempest examines the musical meditation from “Koan” by Spike Wilner

Pianist and composer Spike Wilner, a native of Manhattan, may be best known for his "night job", manager of both Smalls Jazz Club and its next-door neighbor, Mezzrow.  He's also...

Step Tempest gives us the guidance on “Father Figure” by Michael Dease

The brand new Dease disk, "Father Figure", not only casts the trombonist in the role of leader but also mentor.  He, Glenn Zaleski (a young pro) and Behn Gillece (vibraphone)...

Classicalite.com reviews “Father Figure” by Michael Dease

On his ninth CD (third for Posi-Tone), Michael Dease cuts loose with a wildly swingin' post-boppin' assemblage of talent on vibraphone, piano, bass, drums and two alto saxophones wherein the trombone...

All About Jazz – chimes in first on the new one “Inner Agent” by David Gibson

The idea of creating a safe space to allow for disregarding safety may be paradoxical in nature, but it makes perfect sense when contextualized or couched in jazz terms. There...

Italian magazine “Tracce Di Jazz” gets rooted in the “Soul Tree” by Ed Cherry

Soul Tree "It is wise to cultivate the tree which bears fruit in our soul". This maxim of Henry David Thoreau stands in the booklet of "Soul Tree" and packs...