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Kazumi Watanabe, New Electric Trio - Mo' Bop        (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  January 20, 2008

K. Watanabe eg, R. Bona eb, H. Hernandez ds, ewe 2003. The New Electric Trio plays 10 tracks of rough jazz-rock fusion. Seven compositions are Watanabe originals, two come from K. Tanikawa and Naima by Coltrane. Most of the tracks are high energy music and high speed, too. Contrary to his Guitar ... more
Herbie Mann: Eastern European Roots        (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  January 20, 2008

H. Mann flt, B. Dunlap g, A. Fedoriouk cimbilium, G. Goldstein acc, G. Mann ds & perc & mandolin, P. Socolow b, M. Borbely ss & fujara, M. György g & bouzouki, Z. S. Kovacs ds, M. Szandai b, HMM 2000. Mann remembers his Eastern European roots (his mother born in Romania) on eleven tracks of gypsy ... more
Chuck Mangione: The Feeling's Back        (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  January 20, 2008

C. Mangione flh, C. Korman p & keyb, J. Azzolina g, P. Braga ds, Cafe perc, D. Finck b & eb, K. Reid eb, S. Carter cel, G. Niewood ft & aft, M. Adnet vcl, J. Presti vcl, A. Sanders vcl, Chesky 1998. Mangione plays ten tracks with a Latin American touch, four compositions of him. It is easy ... more
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: Guitar Heroes          (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  January 20, 2008

J. Dearman g, B. Kanengiser g, S. Tenant g, A. York g, T. Timmermans per, B. Levine b, Telarc 2003. The quartet plus guests play thirteen tracks that their heroes played before, from Django Reinhardt to Jimi Hendrix. The musical spectrum reaches from sophisticated to lyrical or rhythmic. And thus, ... more
Chris Lomheim Trio: The Bridge          (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  January 20, 2008

C. Lomheim p, G. Johnson b, P. Hey ds, Artegra 2001. Three of the nine tracks are Lomheim compositions, one comes from Hey, the rest are jazz standards. Much care was taken for the audiophile sound of the record, choosing the location and equipment. Everything was recorded as live takes with no ... more

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