First, the good news: After a 40-year hiatus, clarinetist Mort Weiss returned to performing about a decade ago, and this new release finds him collaborating … Read More “Mort Weiss: Mort Weiss Meets Bill Cunliffe”
On Three Stories, his first solo piano release for Sony, Eldar Djangirov offers a stunning triptych of his abilities: ethereal classics (Bach, Scriabin), clever re-imaginations … Read More “Eldar Djangirov : Three Stories”
For his third recording, alto saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio gathers first-class talent who, like Selvaggio himself, fly somewhat below the radar: keyboardist Frank LoCrasto, electric guitarist … Read More “Bobby Selvaggio: Grass Roots Movement”
Although Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander is the quintessential interpreter of Caribbean roots in a jazz context, he is equally in his element with good ol’ … Read More “Monty Alexander: Uplift”