CultureJazz -The Art of Jazz Piano – “Koan” Spike Wilner
We find with pleasure the New York pianist Spike Wilner four years after "The Tenderness" previous album which borrowed its title (and the jacket picture) to a work of his...
Saxophone Today reviews Walt Weiskopf’s “The Way You Say It”
Saxophonist and composer Walt Weiskopf has been a major contributor in the New York (which is to say, world-wide) jazz scene since the early 1980s. After completing studies at the...
Spike Wilner’s ‘Koan’ Transcends Limiting Piano Trio
Man, those guys at Posi-Tone are on a roll! Spike Wilner's Koan is as engaging a piano trio CD as you'll hope to hear. I thought I was done with basic...
Midwest record is the first to look on the “Bright Side” by Doug Webb
This is a direct descendant of the kind of jazz record that took jazz from smoky, late night New York clubs to the rec rooms of then nascent suburban sprawl. ...
Downbeat understands the tradition of the Hammond B-3 as well its future with “Once & Future”
In every jazz lover’s mind there exists the perfect Hammond B-3 organ player. Whether that ultimate B-3 technician is Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, Larry Young or Shirley Scott, certain defining...
Mel Minter’s Musically Speaking blog reviews “Koan” by Spike Wilner
Pianist Spike Wilner brings a refreshing lack of pretention to his work on the trio recording Koan, with bassist Tyler Mitchell and drummer Anthony Pinciotti. There’s something so easygoing and...
WBGO has David Gibson’s “Inner Agent” on its radar
When trombonist David Gibson put out "Boom" last year, one listen and you knew this guy likes working with no net. Told me the feeling was exhilarating to make music...
Downbeat tells us about Ed Cherry’s Exhilarating Swing “Soul Tree”
An irrepressibly swinging guitarist who is also given to blues-soaked phrasing, Ed Cherry is in that lineage of classic organ group six-stringers that includes Pat Martino, George Benson, Grant Green...
Downbeat hops on the trail blazed by Michael Dease on “Father Figure”
Michael Dease is an inventive trombonist with an athletically tuneful sound and a predilection for bringing his instrument’s voice to the fore. Having built the foundation of his career as...
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