- NICK FINZER – “THE CHASE”
- JACOB FISCHER – “IN NEW YORK CITY”
- GEORGE FREEMAN / CHICO FREEMAN – “ALL IN THE FAMILY”
- CHARLIE HADEN & GONZALO RUBALCABA – “TOKYO ADAGIO”
- HELL’S KITCHEN FUNK ORCHESTRA – “MERCY, MERCY, MERCY”
- WAYNE HORVITZ - "SOME PLACES ARE FOREVER AFTERNOON"
- DICK HYMAN – “HOUSE OF PIANO”
- RAMSEY LEWIS – “TAKING ANOTHER LOOK”
- ROBERTO MAGRIS – “ENIGMATIX”
- FRED RANDOLPH – “SONG WITHOUT SINGING”
- BOBBY SHEW – “LIVE 1983”
- LEE SMITH – “MY KIND OF BLUES”
- TEAGAN TAYLOR - “THE SUBJECT OF…”
- 3 MORE SOUNDS – “THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT”
- LAUREN WHITE WITH THE QUINN JOHNSON TRIO – “EXPERIMENT”
Your Jazz 88.3 hosts will be introducing you to these new releases all week, so Listen Long, Often, and LIVE at 88.3 FM San Diego and Worldwide at Jazz88.org!
You can check out the debut of all the new releases each week on The New Jazz Thing with Vince Outlaw, Monday evenings 6-8pm PT.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE for links to artists websites, release reviews, and additional listening notes from the Jazz 88 Music staff....
NICK FINZER – “THE CHASE” (Trombonist, leading a sextet, performing straight-ahead originals).
JACOB FISCHER – “IN NEW YORK CITY” (Acoustic guitarist, leading a quartet, doing standards and jazz tunes).
GEORGE FREEMAN / CHICO FREEMAN – “ALL IN THE FAMILY” (Guitarist and saxophonist, leading a variety of ensembles, performing mostly originals).
- AllAboutJazz.com George Freeman/Chico Freeman: All In The Family (2015) - Dan Bilawsky: "...it should come as no shock that the personnel list would contain the names of more notable Chicagoans capable of giving a three-hundred-and-sixty degree view of the city's musical landscape: inside-outside players like drummer Hamid Drake and bassist Harrison Bankhead, longtime Von Freeman guitarist Mike Allemana, and Malachi Thompson-connected pianist Kirk Brown, along with Swiss-born percussionist Reto Weber, all ably assist in spreading the wide-ranging gospel of that fair city and saluting the Freeman family legacy"
CHARLIE HADEN & GONZALO RUBALCABA – “TOKYO ADAGIO” (Bassist and pianist, collaborating on a variety of tunes).
HELL’S KITCHEN FUNK ORCHESTRA – “MERCY, MERCY, MERCY” (Big band, combining swing and funk elements).
WAYNE HORVITZ - "SOME PLACES ARE FOREVER AFTERNOON" (Composer/pianist, paying tribute to Northwest poet Richard Hugo (1923-1982), by bringing together members of his two most successful groups, Sweeter Than The Day & The Gravitas Quartet, for a program of fairly structured instrumental originals).
DICK HYMAN – “HOUSE OF PIANO” (Solo piano on standards and jazz tunes).
RAMSEY LEWIS – “TAKING ANOTHER LOOK” (Keyboardist, performing in a more contemporary style that he is known for).
ROBERTO MAGRIS – “ENIGMATIX” (Pianist, leading a quartet, performing mostly originals).
FRED RANDOLPH – “SONG WITHOUT SINGING” (Bassist, leading a variety of ensembles, in a mix of contemporary and straight-ahead grooves).
BOBBY SHEW – “LIVE 1983” (Trumpeter, with the University of Florida jazz band, in a previously unreleased recording).
- Donate to Bobby Shew Scholorship at UofF and receive a copy of the CD!
LEE SMITH – “MY KIND OF BLUES” (Bassist, leading a variety of ensembles, performing a variety of tunes).
TEAGAN TAYLOR - “THE SUBJECT OF…” (San Diego Cornetist / Vocalist / Composer’s 4th release, a pop-jazz outing)
- AllAboutJazz.com (Dan McClenaghan) - Teagan Taylor: The Subject Of... (2015): "A superb and innovative jazz pop album by Teagan Taylor and her team."
3 MORE SOUNDS – “THE HAPPINESS OF PURSUIT” (Trio, led by bassist Henry Franklin, performing straight-ahead jazz tunes).
LAUREN WHITE WITH THE QUINN JOHNSON TRIO – “EXPERIMENT” (Female vocalist, paying tribute to Irene Kral).
