Tag Archives: jazz

THE BRIAN AUGER PIANO TRIO – Full Circle: Live At Bogies

September 20, 2019

Freestyle 2018 In the intimate black and white: elder statesman of rocking organ serves up simple yet sophisticated delights. He started out as a pure piano player who led a jazz trio back in the ’60s, but found fame, if … Continue reading →

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JENNIFER SARAN – Smoky Nights

September 17, 2019

Tarpan 2019 American songstress gets a grip on nocturnal possibilities and progresses to swing and beyond. Although jazz was a part of this singer’s DNA from the of her career, it needed a certain amount of cultivation, so Ms Saran’s … Continue reading →

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MARK WINGFIELD & GARY HUSBAND – Tor & Vale

September 7, 2019

MoonJune 2019 Intimate and intuitive, little instrumental ensemble push the envelope beyond light and shade and shape penumbral numbers in the English way. Neither Mark Wingfield nor Gary Husband is a stranger to a duo setting, the former regularly releasing … Continue reading →

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PAT TRAVERS – Swing!

September 2, 2019

Purple Pyramid 2019 Giving the rhythm everything he’s got, Canadian guitar slinger is transported in the golden age of big bands to get his rocks off. If “Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)” didn’t really evoke the patina of juke … Continue reading →

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MAURIZIO BRUNOD, GIORGIO LI CALZI, BORIS SAVOLDELLI – Nostalgia Progressiva

August 20, 2019

Caligola 2019 Reverential, if refractory, reading of art-rock classics from a trio of conspirators who failed to rein in their fantasy. Possessed by many voices, Boris Savoldelli may want to keep the output of any collective he’s involved in minimal … Continue reading →

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