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March 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Trio: Someday, Someday
Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Trio Someday, Someday Summit Records Bay Area jazzers Dave Miller and Rebecca DuMaine are a father-daughter team – they have their own careers away from each other but work together often and have teamed for records before. Someday, Someday is brand new, their latest. And it’s a wee gem – […]Archive
January 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Preminger: Contemptment
Noah Preminger Contemptment Steeplechase Noah Preminger has, since the mid-00s, amassed a baker’s dozen of fantastic recordings as a leader, also popping in to be sideman to the likes of Rob Garcia, Julian Shore and Dan Cray. He learned from one of the masters – Dave Liebman – but even if that’s any leg up […]Archive
December 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
GRG67: Happy Place
GRG67 Happy Place Rattle It can be very hard to keep up with Auckland-based label, Rattle. And I try! But there are albums that slip through the cracks, one such is this, the second (to my ears at least) from Auckland quartet GRG67. Get Happy is a vast improvement on the debut too. That was […]Archive
November 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet: Besser String Quartets
Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet Besser String Quartets Rattle I’ve been listening to Jonathan Besser’s music across the last two decades – he’s been active in music for at least as long ago, moving fluidly through jazz, klezmer, gamelan, composing for small and large combos, making soundtracks and soundscapes. There’s an emotional resonance, always, […]Archive
November 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Mat Maneri Quartet: Dust
Mat Maneri Quartet Dust Sunnyside Mat Maneri, son of saxophonist Joe, is a composer and violin/viola player. Under his own name he’s released some 30 albums in around about as many years and he’s been a sideman for a great range of avant-garde jazzers including several records with his old man and, I guess most […]Archive
September 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jimmy Cobb: This I Dig Of You
Jimmy Cobb This I Dig Of You Smoke Sessions / Smoke Sessions Records Jimmy Cobb has just gone 90. He’s still playing beautifully. The cat swings. He has that touch. That same touch that has powered a couple of dozen albums as a leader but perhaps more importantly was there on several key records by […]Archive
August 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio (August 8, Wgtn)
Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio: Secrets & Hidden Messages MFC Thursday, August 8 This Chamber Music NZ concert featured touring American violist Jennifer Stumm with local musicians Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) and Martin Riseley (violin): Te Koki Trio. The opening piece was just for the trio, a Chamber Music-commission by local composer Michael Williams. Over a see-sawing frenzy of violin the piano provided […]Archive
July 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Eric Reed: Everybody Gets The Blues
Eric Reed Everybody Gets The Blues Smoke Sessions/Smoke Sessions Records Eric Reed has established himself as a fine modern jazz pianist – he has the soft hands of Oscar Peterson and exquisite phrasing of McCoy Tyner but he folds in pop and rock listening influences along with his deep gospel roots (his father was a […]Archive
June 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May
Joshua Redman Quartet Come What May Nonesuch In the two decades since the Joshua Redman Quartet last recorded together their leader has gone in all directions as featured soloist, cameo artist and collaborator (The Bad Plus, Brad Mehldau) working with tone and timbre to shape his playing and songwriting.Archive
May 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Adam Nussbaum: The Lead Belly Project
Adam Nussbaum The Lead Belly Project Sunnyside Adam Nussbaum is a journeyman jazz drummer who has worked with the likes of John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Paul Bley and John Abercrombie. He’s a class act – one of those safe sets of hands (like Peter Erskine). Here he does something a little different – as a leader he celebrates the influence of […]Archive
May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman