Clarence Penn -][- Dali In Cobble Hill -[Criss Cross, 2012]-

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Clarence Penn, DALI IN COBBLE HILL

Clarence Penn -][- Dali In Cobble Hill -[Criss Cross, 2012]-

On his long-awaited follow-up to his critically lauded 1996 Criss Cross debut, Penn’s Landing, and the equally powerful Play-Penn, from 2001, master drummer-percussionist Clarence Penn presents Dali in Cobble Hill, a meditation on how the iconic Surrealist painter might have digested a stroll through Penn’s Brooklyn neighborhood.

The eight originals and two standards incorporate a variety of moods, flavors, and strategies that reflect Penn’s extensive activity as a sideman for jazz’ best-and-brightest over the past decades; his ensemble of grand master generational contemporaries Chris Potter on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Adam Rogers on guitar, and Ben Street on bass inhabit the stories, playing with deep imagination and virtuosic craft. -[Editorial Review | Amazon]-

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Producer Rio Sakairi Presents – HOME – Gift of Music – A Collaborative Manifesto of Hope Through Song for Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Victims

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Adam Rogers, Alan Hampton, Becca Stevens, Ben Williams, Bill Campbell, Chris Tordini, Claudia Acuña, Danton Boller, Dayna Stephens, DL Media, Doug Wamble, Gretchen Parlato, John Ellis, Johnathan Blake, Leron Thomas, Producer, Records, Rio Sakairi, Ryan Scott, Sachal Vasandani, Taylor Eigsti, The Jazz Gallery

Available September 11 on Sunnyside Records

Various Artists, HOME – Gift of Music

Singer-Songwriter Leaning Album Features:
Claudia Acuña, John Ellis, Alan Hampton,
Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens, Leron Thomas,
Sachal Vasandani, Doug Wamble, Dayna Stephens,
Taylor Eigsti, Adam Rogers, Ryan Scott, Danton Boller,
Chris Tordini, Ben Williams, Johnathan Blake and Bill Campbell

All Album Proceeds Donated to
Habitat for Humanity Japan

“News of unprecedented disaster that hit Japan last year has come and gone but the need for relief remains. I am sending this music into the world as an ambassador for people in Japan. I also hope that these songs will bring some comfort and light in your dark moments and help you reconnect with your own humanity.” – Rio Sakairi

Stream Tracks From HOME – Gift of Music

Jacám Manricks -][- CLOUD NINE – [Posi-Tone Records, 2012] –

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Jacám Manricks, CLOUD NINE

Jacám Manricks -][- CLOUD NINE –Mp3– [Posi-Tone Records, 2012] –

Multi-award winning saxophonist/composer/educator Jacám Manricks is fast establishing himself as one of the most qualified musicians in the world today. He has a doctorate in Jazz composition, performance and pedagogy from the Manhattan School of Music, and tours internationally as a featured soloist, composer, arranger and clinician throughout Europe, North America and Australia.

Adam Rogers -][- ALLEGORY [Criss Cross]

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Adam Rogers - ALLEGORY

Adam Rogers -][- ALLEGORY – [Criss Cross, 2009]

The past few years have seen a handful of young, talented, up-and-coming guitarists emerge onto the scene. From Kurt Rosenwinkel’s altered tunings and pianistic approach to David Gilmore’s M-BASE style to Ben Monder’s…well…yeah, each has their own style. Among these artists, Adam Rogers should also take his place as an artist on the rise. Displaying a classical technique, a hard swinging linear-approach, and the ability to play with artists ranging from Michael Brecker and the Mingus Big Band to Norah Jones, Rogers is now beginning to show off his talents as a leader. Allegory is Rogers’ sophmore release and features the same line up as his debut Art of the Invisible (Ed Simon, Scott Colley, and Clarence Penn) along with the addition of the firey tenor Chris Potter.

The album boasts 10 compositions from the pen of Rogers and range stylistically from the “necessary” blues (Purpose), to neo-classical tone poems (Was), and more rockish tunes (Ghengis). The playing throughout the album is jaw dropping (i.e. Potters solo on Confluence…MERCY!), however Rogers’ compositions somtimes seem overly complex and occaisionally not memorable. That being said for the 2nd album by a young guitarist on the rise, its great! Adam, if you ever want to give a 16-year old guitarist a lesson, hit me up man! —Snocitus | Reviewer/Amazon

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Adam Rogers -||- Apparitions [Criss Cross]

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Adam Rogers - Apparitions

Adam Rogers -//- Apparitions [Criss Cross, 2009]

This is Adam Rogers’ third CD for Gerry Teeken’s Criss Cross label. The rhythm section has remained the same for all 3 outings: Edward Simon (piano), Scott Colley (double bass) and Clarence Penn (drums). Also featured on this one is Chris Potter on tenor sax. Although I agree with the previous reviewer in his statement about Criss Cross releasing mostly straight forward, mainstream jazz, I think Adam Rogers has done quite a bit in expanding the harmonic and technical possibilities of his instrument. Also his compositions are very accomplished and modern, somewhat in the same vein as his contemporaries like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Monder and Mark Turner etc.

Guitar players seldom manage to maintain the listeners’ interest if they release a record comprising solely of their own compositions. That is because their compositions are often too “guitaristic”. Adam Rogers certainly hasn’t got this problem. For this date, he has again provided 8 originals of great interest.

The first thing that really strikes the listener at first is Adam’s amazing picking technique. A very few guitarists are able to maintain such a clarity when fast lines. One is reminded of Pat Martino in his prime.

Without analyzing the compositions in detail, I could finish by saying that this CD isn’t recommended only to guitarists, but also to everyone who’s interesting in some of the best playing AND composing in jazz today. Adam and his band really seem to have something going on, certainly some of the hippest sounds around.

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