Kyle Eastwood | Metropolitain

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Bass, Kyle Eastwood, Rendezvous Music

When I hear music by musicians like talented and versatile bassist Kyle Eastwood, I’m simply overjoyed! “Metropolitain,” his latest effort on Rendezvous Music is in my opinion his most intriguing thus far. The music here is comprised from a tapestry of intense phrasings, lyrical rhythms and looming textures which in due time elevates you into a unexpected space which translates into a provocative and welcomed conversation between you the music. It’s like this, Metropolitain is definitely reason to celebrate his most impressive, eloquent and complete outing to date. With this project, you can hear Eastwood ceasing each moment as he meticulously creates a renewed palette of mesosphere music to raise the bar into a ongoing narrative speaking with a definitive and relaxed tone throughout. ~ The Urban Flux

Kyle Eastwood | Metropolitain – [Rendezvous, 2009]

Kyle Eastwood, Metropolitain

This superb Jazz album shows why Clint’s son has established a fine reputation as a bass player and jazz musician.
“Metropolitain” – which is produced by longtime collaborator Michael Stevens with help from the son of Miles Davis, Erin Davis – is Kyle’s third album for the Candid label and certainly is his most eclectic album yet.

The new outing was recorded live in the back streets of Paris at Studio Feber, a tiny, wood-panelled studio suggested to Kyle by guest pianist on the album Eric Legnini. Kyle splits his time between Paris and LA but Paris seemed more of a spiritual home for this project. Perhaps because it gave Kyle access to such an incredible batch of top quality musicians.
As well as Eric Legnini, the album sees collaborations with cutting edge French pop vocalist Camille, German trumpet superstar Till Brönner and French drummer and current trailblazer Manu Katché. This very Herbie Hancock sounding set traverses many different styles of Jazz.

Sheryl Bailey | A New Promise

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Guitar, Jazz, Sheryl Bailey

Sheryl Bailey | A New Promise – [MCG Jazz, 2009]

A powerful new trailblazer in jazz guitar who pays tribute to the pioneering guitarist Emily Remler.

Sheryl Bailey, A New Promise

n the spring of 2006, MCG Jazz Executive Producer, Marty Ashby, was in New York City for a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Jazz Network gathering. Following the meeting, Marty and a colleague happened to walk by the 55 Bar in Greenwich Village. Marty saw Sheryl’s name on the door suggested they stop in (her name sounded familiar, even though Marty was sure that he did not know her). Within minutes of hearing Sheryl’s first tune Marty realized that he was somehow connected to her playing (a fact that would not be fully understood until many months later). Her musicianship, sense of groove and the unabashed clarity in which she improvised lines propelled Marty – on the spot – to want to work with her. He introduced himself after the set and told her he wanted to produce a record for her. Fortunately, Sheryl had heard of MCG Jazz and thought Marty was only mildly crazy at the time. As it turns out Sheryl grew up in Western Pennsylvania not far from MCG.

Danilo Perez | Panamonk

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Danilo Pérez, Jazz, Piano

Danilo Perez | Panamonk – [Impulse! Records, 1996]

Danilo Perez, Panamonk

If you have ever wondered what the music of Thelonious Monk would sound like if played with a Latin flair (you may have never wondered that before, but now that you have started to read this review, you may well be wondering just that already–kind of like the old psychological trick, telling someone “try not to think about an elephant“), young pianist Danilo Lopez has the answers you have been looking for.

Playing both Monk originals and some of his own compositions, accompanied by bass and drums, Perez spiritedly communicates a zest for music and life that resonates with Monk’s musical personality. This is one of the freshest, most energetic jazz recordings I have heard in some time, and I recommend it highly to all jazz fans, especially to those with a love for the music of Thelonious Sphere Monk. —Karl W. Nehring

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