The Blues & Beyond Quartet features Yannick Robert on guitar, Sebastien Charlier on harmonica, Yoann Schmidt on drums, and Dominique DiPiazza on bass. This is a...
The first few bars of The Life Electric by P.W. Farrell (aka Patrick Farrell) immediately got my attention. This up-and-coming bassist from Australia is a talent...
After spending some time working my plucking hand with Austrian born Bernhard Lackner’s book, I was eager to hear Bernard perform on his new CD...
This review could be really easy…. A new release CD titled “Guitar Man” by the incomparable George Benson… Nuff said! This Grammy award winning guitar icon...
The Cover Sessions by Lee Rocker – I really enjoy doing CD reviews because I get to listen to lots of very interesting music! I started...
I have followed Alberto Rigoni, an Italian Bass player, for some years now, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review his most recent...
Veritas by the Alex Skolnick Trio, is a solid CD featuring Nathan Peck on bass, Matt Zebroski on drums and Alex on guitar. Nine out of...
Eli Marcus, a Los Angeles native, released his first album in July shortly after graduating from the renowned Berklee College of Music. All of his compositions...
Dino Fiorenza’s “It’s Important…” I listen to a lot of the CD’s I review on my way to work in the mornings. I can tell you...
CD Review of Superstring by Jazz Pistols Lets begin by pondering the number three. When you think about a tripod, a three- legged stool or someone...
Yiorgos’s latest effort, Maestro, was a project years in the making. He was hired to create music for the play, “Fantasy and Fuge”, based on the...
Contextual by Petros Klampanis… We all know that there was a double bass well before the electric bass was an idea lingering in the back of...
Terri Lyne Carrington, Mosaic… For those of you not familiar with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, let me update you quickly with a few of the people...
Cecil McBee “Saxophone Summit – Seraphic Light”For the first time since Michael Brecker’s all too early departure, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman have reconvened the...
Joy Luck, featuring Peter Erskine on drums, Vardan Ovsepian on piano, and Damian Erskine on bass is a beautiful CD. I’m always a bit torn...