All About Jazz gives “Message In Motion” 5 stars

Message In Motion is a recording that can be gainfully approached from a number of angles. You can choose to play it in a single sitting from start to finish,...

Musicalmemoirs’s likes the no nonsense straight ahead jazz from David Gibson

I have to begin this review by complimenting Positone Records. Every CD this company has sent to me reflects a high quality of jazz artists. It’s been a joy listening...

Classicalite says Peter Brendler’s “Message In Motion” lives up to it’s name

Another winner from the left coast's Posi-Tone: consider it a Message In Motion by Peter Brendler where six of the tracks feature no chords whatsoever as it's Brendler's bass augmented by Rich...

Jazz da Gama tells us how Behn Gillece cuts to the quick on “Dare To Be”

It takes but one ‘third’ to recognise the ‘hand’ of Art Tatum in ‘Willow Weep for Me’, a ‘flatted fifth’ to pick out Charlie Parker in any orchestral line up,...

On “Dare To Be” there is a blend of vibes and guitar that creates a more open, airy, and at times ethereal quality.

With the recent passing of the great Bobby Hutcherson, inarguably one of the five most important jazz vibraphonists in the instrument’s (relatively brief) history, east coast vibist Behn Gillece’s new...

Jazzed Magazine says the moment is right for Ben Gillece’s “Dare To Be”

As crazy as it may sound, learning how to be your true self doesn‘t happen overnight. It takes quite a while for musicians to get comfortable in their own skin,...

All About Jazz schools us on Werner’s teachings on enlightenment on “Koan”

I have an idea that pianist Spike Wilner has read Kenny Werner's book Effortless Mastery: Liberating The Master Musician Within (1996), because Koan emulates Werner's lessons in surrendering one's self...

Bird is the Worm lays down the law on “Dare To Be” by Behn Gillece

There should be a law that compels every vibraphonist on the jazz scene to record one album per year with a guitarist.  Of the pool of possible combinations, the marriage...

All About Jazz has great things to say about “Dare To Be” by Behn Gillece

When it comes to jazz vibraphone, the names of Stefon Harris and Warren Wolf are most likely to be found on a list of contemporary leaders. Add to that now...