Ramsey Lewis has created a bounty of fresh Latin-influenced soul charts of exceptional variety. Again playing only acoustic concert grand piano, his approach is more mainstream than the contemporary tone of his previous issue, Between the Keys.
Bill Kwan flew through medical school at USC, hung out a shingle as a dermatologist, then decided in middle age to go for broke, for … Read More “Bill Kwan: No Ordinary Love: The Music of Sade (Ikeda)”
Sound Prints is tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas, along with pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Joey Baron. … Read More “Sound Prints: Other Worlds (Greenleaf)”
Jazz classicist (or classically inspired jazz keyboardist—either works) Uri Caine has always played several decks at once, fanning each hand as wide as it can … Read More “Uri Caine: The Passion of Octavius Catto Remix (Winter & Winter) / Catbird (816)”
Considering all of Dave Holland’s spectacular work over the past five-plus decades—from the bassist’s tenure with Miles Davis through his numerous leader and collaborator releases … Read More “Dave Holland: Another Land (Edition)”
