Here’s an album of great virtuosity, pitch-and-beat-perfect in every respect, and accompanied with Dan Bilawsky’s detailed and enthusiastic liner notes, which – if you could read them – would do my job for me. So allow me to encourage you [...]
Already garnering attention from Dennis Chambers of the Mike Stern Band, for whom they opened at the Jazz Café in July, St. Barbe is a highly talented trio of Guildhall graduates who occupy the ground of alt-jazz-rock-electronica with an ease [...]
Well, here it is…although, in a way, it isn’t. If seeing a tribute to Leonard Cohen released on Blue Note suggested one of those Hal Willner compilations that shed a fresh light on Monk, Mingus as well as Kurt Weill [...]
For the last 25 years, saxophonist Julian Siegel has been establishing himself as a first-rate player in a variety of ensembles, including his own quartet. While this excellent recording is now four years old, its release cements Julian’s position in [...]
