jazzreview.com on Dave Juarez “Round Red Light”…

www.jazzreview.com Barcelona, Spain., native Dave Juarez is well-educated in the jazz vernacular amid studies with guitar great John Abercrombie and tenure at SUNY Purchase upon his relocation to New York....

Step Tempest review for Fowser/Gillece “DuoTone”…

steptempest.blogspot.com Like Nowell, this is the third release on Posi-Tone for the duo of Ken Fowser (tenor saxophone) and Behn Gillece(vibraphone).  Aptly titled "Duotone", this is also their third release that features a...

Richard Kamins reviews Stockholm Swingin’

steptempest.blogspot.com For his 3rd Posi-Tone release, tenor saxophonist/composerSean Nowell headed over to Sweden to record "Stockholm Swingin'" live at the Glenn Miller Cafe.  Accompanying him on the journey was his New...

Bill Mikowski on David Gibson “End of the Tunnel”…

jazztimes.com Had to check the calendar eight bars into the greasy boogaloo opener, Herbie Hancock’s “Blind Man, Blind Man,” because it sounded like another night at Small’s Paradise circa 1963....

Dan Bilawsky reviews Ken Fowser / Behn Gillece: Duotone

www.allaboutjazz.com "Duotone" is a term that belongs to the world of photography, but it makes perfect sense when applied to this recording. Tenor saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibraphonist Behn Gillece superimpose their...

Burning Ambulance reviews Sean Nowell “Stockholm Swingin’ “….

burningambulance.com This album features Alabama-born, New York-based tenor saxophonist Sean Nowell and his regular drummer, Joe Abba (whose last name is humorous in this context), joined by three Swedish musicians—guitarist Fredrik Olsson, pianistLeo Lindberg, and...

Lucid Culture on Brent Canter “Urgency of Now”…

lucidculture.wordpress.com Brent Canter’s Urgency of Now Drives Its Point Home Don’t let the endorsement fool you: Kenny Burrell is a fan of jazz guitarist Brent Canter, whose latest album Urgency of Now...

Bruce Lindsay reviews Nick Hempton “The Business”…

www.allaboutjazz.com Saxophonist Nick Hempton's decision to call his second album The Business might be a comment on the commercial nature of jazz, or it might be a rather hubristic statement about the...

SomethingElse! reviews Brent Canter “Urgency of Now”…

somethingelsereviews.com With a tone resembling Kurt Rosenwinkel‘s but with the soft touch of Jim Hall, Brent Canter’s soulful maneuverings display the lessons he learnedfirst hand from Kenny Burrell. And by the...