SomethingElse reviews Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse”…

somethingelsereviews.com The cover for Ralph Bowen’s newest release Total Eclipse is a picture of a “ring of fire” solar exclipse, much like the one that provided a spectacular show for residents of...

Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse” get reviewed on Outside Inside Out…

outsideinsideout.wordpress.com Marc Free’s Posi-tone Records is one of a handful of labels that churns out a significant number of quality albums on a regular basis.  In the past couple of...

Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse” get a nice review…

www.soundsoftimelessjazz.com With Total Eclipse, saxophonist Ralph Bowen offers his fans a program that covers a broad spectrum of styles and sounds. Bowen wrote nine songs for the recording which features accompanists...

Travis Sullivan’s “New Directions” gets another look…

www.criticaljazz.com The Posi-Tone debut is a delightful and slightly eclectic mix of well grounded original compositions and some covers you may expect. Sullivan tends to opt for the more stylistic...

Another fine review for David Gibson “End of the Tunnel”…

www.criticaljazz.com If a musical chain is as strong as the weakest link this is one tight unit. With a stellar 4tet made up of Julius Tolentino on alto saxophone along...

Brent Black reviews Fowser/Gillece “Little Echo”…

www.criticaljazz.com Fowser & Gillece have been playing together since they were teens just outside Philly. Now this rock solid duo calls the Big Apple home and Little Echo is the follow up...

A nice review for Ehud Asherie “Organic”…

www.criticaljazz.com There are but a handful of truly gifted artists that posses the ability to split time between piano and organ without either skill taking a back seat or suffering...

Brent Black pens a new write-up for Jacam Manricks “Trigonometry”…

 www.criticaljazz.com I have often compared the work of a jazz critic/advocate as to that of a musical prospector. Hours are spent searching and more importantly listening for those special artists...

Another review for Steve Davis “Images”…

www.criticaljazz.com Images is a somewhat personal rather conceptualized musical love letter if you will to the hometown of trombonist Steve Davis. Hardly a jazz mecca I guess the old saying...