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11/20/11 Albums

CD Review: Ninety Miles

Three young music virtuosos join forces in the Ninety Miles Project, one of the best albums of 2011. Grammy nominated vibraphonist Stefon Harris, New Orleans native, and also Grammy nominated trumpetist Christian Scott and Grammy winner saoxophone master...

11/20/11 Albums

CD review: Dino Massa Quartet - Anime Diverse

I recently discovered the music of this Italian jazz musician and I am already a fan. On Dino Massa music one might find a diversity of styles ranging from bebop, modern jazz, latin music and european classical music. A cascade of notes comes out of Massa...

11/20/11 Albums

CD Review: Jason Kao Hwang - Crossroads Unseen

Crossroads Unseen is the fourth album by Jason Kao Hwang with Jazz Quartet Edge. This quartet, founded in 2005, includes Jason Kao Hwang on violin and viola, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet and flugelhorn, Andrew Drury on drums, and Ken Filiano on bass. The whole...

11/20/11 Albums

CD Review: Yoko Miwa - Live at Sculler's Jazz Club

Yoko Miwa is a Kobe, Japan native, recently nominated for Best Jazz Act in the Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll 2011 who also studied at the Koyo Conservatory in Kobe and Berklee College of Music. Live at Scullers Jazz Club is Miwa fifth release, recorded...

11/05/11 Albums

CD Review: Jason Kao Hwang/Spontaneous River - Symphony of Souls

Jason Kao Hwang Spontaneous River, based in New York City is an Orchestra of 37 string improvisers plus a drum set. Symphony of Souls a composition divided in eleven movements,is a spontaneous flow of notated passages and conducted improvisations. The first...

11/05/11 Albums

CD Review: Alexis Parsons

Born in Chicago, raised in New York City, singer Alexis Parsons self titled album is a collection of romantic jazz ballads. Parsons warm and welcoming tone engages the listener with heartfelt renditions of songs like "The Winter of my Discontent", "Hello...

11/05/11 Albums

CD Review: TRP (The Reese Project) - Evening in Vermont

The Reese Project ninth album, Evening in Vermont, recorded live contains challenging music and outstanding compositions played with a sixth sense for timing and rhythm. Tom Reese flute and Laurie Haines Reese cello, electric cello gives the music an old...

11/05/11 Albums

CD Review: Stranahan, Zaleski, Rosato - Anticipation

Listening to the tight sounds and impeccable collective improvisations of Stranahan, Zaleski, and Rosato it is hard to believe this trio first played together in 2010. Colin Stranahan is an innovative drummer with astonishing rhythm intuition. His tempo...

10/30/11 Albums

CD Review: Ron Jackson - Flubby Dubby and Burning gums

There are few things better than listening to a live jazz band and guitar player Rom Jackson just released two excellent live albums. Flubby Dubby recoeded live with his organ trio. The organ along the electric guitar gives this album a distinct fusion sound...

10/30/11 Albums

CD Review: Planet Z featuring Susan Aquila

The sounds of the electric guitar and the Viper 6 string electric violin dominates the music of Planet Z new release featuring violinist Susan Aquila. Most of the music here can be classified as instrumental hard rock, reminiscent of 80's rock musicians...

10/30/11 Albums

CD Review: Jocelyn Medina - We are water

Funk, samba, smooth jazz, all that and more can be found in Jocelyn Medina album We are water. Medina is a Singer/composer with a Bachelors at Berklee College Music and a Masters in Vocal Jazz performance from Manhattan School of Music. She also Lived in...

10/30/11 Albums

CD Review: Benji Kaplan - Meditacoes no Violao

A guitar player with impeccable technique and fluency Benji Kaplan studied at the New school for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. His 2011 release Meditacoes no Violao (guitar meditations) is a collection of poetic and refined compositions, played...

10/23/11 Albums

CD Review: Fred Fried and Core - Encore

Fred Fried started playing guitar late when studying at Boston University. And was influenced by guitar players like Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall and Kenny Burrell as well as piano players like Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau. In fact...

10/22/11 Albums

CD Review: Woody Witt - Pots and Kettles

Twenty five recordings as a sideman. Saxophonist, composer, jazz educator. Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University of Houston. Professor at Houston Community College. Quite an impressive resume for this Omaha, Nebraska native. The first thing that catch...

10/22/11 Albums

CD Review: Chris Donnelly - Metamorphosis

Chris donnelly new release Metamorphosis is a single 50 minutes composition, based on the 1939 graphic artist MC Escher work of the same name. An ambitious project for this Toronto native pianist who studied classical piano at The Royal Conservatory of music...

10/22/11 Albums

CD Review: 5After4 - Rome in a Day

Rome in a Day is the sixth album for this Toronto based group. An album with all originals compositions mostly in the fusion and smooth jazz tradition. On pieces like the first track "10,000 days" the sound of the Rhodes keyboard adds to the funk/fusion...

About Wilbert Sostre

Freelance Jazz writer and musician with music courses at the University of Puerto Rico and the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico. Professional/voting member of the Jazz Journalist Association.

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Wilbert Sostre joined the JazzTimes community on Mar 31, 2010