Raoul Björkenheim / eCsTaSy – Out of the Blue (2015)
Visceral, vivid and uncompromising, ‘Out of the Blue’ picks up where Raoul Björkenheim and eCsTaSy’s first album left off.
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Robin Eubanks Mass Line Big Band – More Than Meets The Ear (2015)
Robin Eubanks’s ‘More Than What Meets The Ear’ might be just what big band jazz needs to get revitalized for the 21st century.
Jacob Garchik – Ye Olde (2015)
Jacob Garchik’s ‘Ye Olde’ might be about the hardest rockin’ thinking man’s fusion record in recent memory.
Dave Stryker – Messin’ With Mister T (2015)
‘Messin’ With Mister T’ is Dave Stryker’s grand show of appreciation for his former boss, and it only makes us miss tenor sax giant Stanley Turrentine even more.
John Ginty – No Filter (2015)
Hammond B3 master John Ginty made a well-rounded roots rock record that’s of the caliber of Randolph, The Black Keys or the Tedeschi-Trucks Band.
Scott DuBois – Winter Light (2015)
With his composing pen, leadership and guitar, Scott DuBois has painted a Monet with ‘Winter Light’.
Joe Bonamassa, “Christmas Boogie” (2015): One Track Mind
Got the Christmas blues, or just want some blues for Christmas? Either way, Joe Bonamassa’s got ya’ covered.
Jeremy Udden and Nicolas Moreaux – Belleville Project (2015)
With a kindred soul in Nicolas Moreaux as Jeremy Udden’s musical partner, ‘Belleville Project’ is a record made by two people but one, prolific mind.
Metallic Taste Of Blood – Doctoring The Dead (2015)
The perfect pairing of Eraldo Bernocchi with Colin Edwin makes ‘Doctoring The Dead’ well worth this second helping of Metallic Taste of Blood.
Bizingas – Eggs Up High (2015)
Never out of ideas or ways for his band of super avanteers to exploit them, Brian Drye does it again. ‘Eggs Up High’ keeps the Bizingas’ creative zeal going strong.
