Always an impressive technician, Gomez has an identifiably soulful sound — sometimes from the very first plucking of his bass. That has carried him through an impressive array of settings You May Also Like: Bill Evans – Another Time: The Hilversum Concert (2017)
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If not for a young man’s goof, Steely Dan’s ‘Gaucho’ might have had a third hit: “The Second Arrangement.”
At first blush, Norah Jones’ new Danger Mouse-produced effort sounds like post-modern mood music. But there’s something else going on here.
This time out, I’d like to delineate how it is for me when I go somewhere to appear as a guest artist. Specifically, I’m thinking about the time I headlined the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon. You May Also Like: Dan Weiss Trio – ‘Dedication’ (2022) Delvon LamarrRead More
As a band, Saigon Kick didn’t fit the cookie cutter mold of the time. Don’t believe me? Check out their underrated self-titled album.
For their third album, the offbeat experimental jazz-rock trio Ergo brought in a few guest performers to shake things up a bit. You May Also Like: Mary Halvorson – ‘Cloudward’ (2024) Mary Halvorson and Sylvie Courvoisier – Crop Circles (2017)
Spring has sprung and it’s time for some blues! Sure, true believers know that it’s always time for some blues. Well, this record from Yellow Dog artist Eden Brent is the kind of thing that just might create a few true believers. Brent has a beautifully soulful voice (with justRead More
Alex “Apolo” Ayala marries modern jazz ideas with Latin-inspired rhythms, connecting the ideas with a blend of spry originals and brilliantly reworked classics. Not that it seemed that way at first. You May Also Like: Pagliuca-Mena Sextet – El Templo de Las Ideas (2018) Arema Arega – ‘The Red Soundtracks’Read More
Now here’s a band that paid some serious dues! Founded in late 1964, the Ides of March were barely teenagers when they started gigging and cutting discs. You May Also Like: The Undertones – True Confessions: Singles = A’s + B’s (1999): Forgotten Series
