Tag: Fagon

Playing The Room ••• Avishai Cohen, trumpet Yonathan Avishai, piano Two musicians, two instruments, and music that flows on a contemporary ocean of sunlit beauty and peace....

The Body And Soul Sessions ••• Philippe Saisse, keyboardist Keyboardist Philippe Saisse and Colin Leonard have remastered his old album for the first time on vinyl...

Crickets ••• Phil Madeira, singer, instrumentalist A Nashville mainstay, Phil Madeira, the award-winning Americana singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer indulges his passion for a retro straight-ahead jazz...

So Hot ••• Johnny Brit, trumpeter One of the best tracks from Johnny Brit’s new album is the soulful and jazzy “Highway 10,” with the trumpeter...

Next Train Home ••• Reza Khan, guitar The New York City-based, Bangladesh-born Reza Khan has his fifth album due to be released in April. As a...

Avec Le Temps •••• Giovanni Guidi, piano Thomas Morgan, double bass, João Lobo, drums, Francesco Bearzatti, tenor saxophone, and Roberto Cecchetto, guitar. The phrase “rest in peace”...

Swingin’ In Seattle •••• Live at the Penthouse 1966-1967 Cannonball Adderley, alto saxophone Jazz lovers need no formal introduction to saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. The man with...

Tous des oiseaux •••• Eleni Karaindrou, piano Savina Yannatou: voice Vangelis Christopoulos: oboe; Yiannis Evangelatos: bassoon AlexandroBotonis: violoncello Dinos Hadjiiordanou: accordion  Aris Dimitriadis: mandolin; Eleni Karaindrou: piano  Sokratis Sinulos: Constantinople lyra, lute Nikos Paraoulakis: ney; Stefanos Dorbarakis: canonaki Giorgos Kontayannis: percussion, Cretan lyra  String orchestra conducted by Argyro Seira There is a real sense of dramatic narration about this performance, which is...

Higher ••• Nelson and Wayne Braxton  Higher is a return to the smooth/contemporary jazz sandbox the Braxton Brothers are best known for playing in, especially with...

Against The Odds ••• Reggie Codrington, saxophonist Urban-jazz saxophonist Reggie Codrington, who is known for commingling contemporary jazz, old-school soul and dancefloor funk, has a scorcher...