Hargrove

This new release ranges from blues to straight-ahead to post-bop to pop tunes to ballads, each one fully explored and deftly illuminated by O’Neal and his electrifying bandmates, bassist Ben Rubens and drummer Itay Morchi. Unlike most of his past recordings, it shows off several of O’Neal’s own compositions, some of which date back more than 20 years but have never been recorded. This is Johnny O’Neal's first studio album in 15 Years! Iconic Pianist/Vocalist overcomes struggle by choosing to embrace every precious moment. This performance features Roy Hargrove and Grant Stewart as special guests.

Luis Ramón Valle Sánchez is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer. His "The Time Is Now" is probably Ramón's most personal album so far. With this new recording, Ramón Valle takes on the role of musical time traveler, as he experiences and interprets, from an up close and personal vantage, the music that is happening today from an up close and personal vantage.

Beckley Bridges, padre single, è sexy da far paura. Sul serio, è la cosa più bollente da quando è stato creato il sole, tanto che se gli rompi un uovo addosso, quello inizia a sfrigolare. Quindi qual è il problema? Che è anche uno stronzo colossale. Lo odio, quel bastardo. Cerco di evitarlo in ogni modo, ma per qualche motivo salta fuori ovunque io vada. Il vero problema, però, è sua figlia, English. È un’adorabile, eccentrica bambina di prima elementare, e la cosa più dolce da quando hanno inventato il tè freddo. Ed è una dei miei scolari, ma è anche l'amore della sua vita. Perciò devo per forza avere a che fare con lui a livello professionale. Non è semplice. Su una scala che va da facile a difficile, avere a che fare con Beckley Bridges è come avere a che fare con delle unghie che grattano sulla lavagna…

Acclaimed jazz keyboardist and Grammy-nominee John Beasley pays tribute to the great Herbie Hancock in "Letter to Herbie". On this 10-song album listeners can hear Beasley's two original songs, "Three Finger Snap" and "Here and Now". Overall, Letter to Herbie is a powerful way for Beasley to say thank you to one of his musical heros.

Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb is perhaps most famous in his role as the backbone to Miles Davis's best albums, but the unstoppable Cobb is also an excellent band leader in his own right, as evidenced here.

This is a wonderful overview of pianist composer arranger John Beasley's work on the Resonance label drawn from the albums Letter to Herbie and Positootly! Beasley is joined by among others Christian McBride, the late Roy Hargrove, Bennie Maupin, Jeff ‘Tain” Watts and Brian Lynch. There's a great imagination at work here and Beasley manages to capture a sense of the jazz past while maintaining a steady gaze on producing a sound that relates to the jazz of today. The arranging is beautifully executed and familiar favourites such as 'Dindi' sound new. If you are unfamiliar with Beasley this is the perfect compilation to jump up to speed.