These five reviews ran together in the July 2019 Off The Beaten Tracks column.
COMES LOVE by Eli and the Chocolate Factory Featuring Tamar KornIn America, the name Eli is typically pronounced (E-lie), in much of the rest of the world it is pronounced (el-E). When articulated properly the name of the Israeli traditional jazz band Eli and the Chocolate Factory will rhyme with good old Chuck. I first […]
Nirav Sanghani pulled in an all-star crew for his first release with his Pacific Six. Clint Baker is on trombone for the opening track and is listed as a co-producer of the album. His son Riley Baker is on drums. Jen Hodge is in from Vancouver on bass, Jacob Zimmerman, on tenor sax and clarinet, […]
Frog and Henry are the most interesting of several cooperative bands with fluid lineups coming together around a musical idea. In their case, that idea is to revive the string and brass band instrumentation of the early part of the last century and focus on early jazz, ragtime, and jug band material. Recorded live to […]
Though they have only been performing together since last fall the duo of Miss Maybell (Lauren Sansaricq) and Charlie Judkins share a groove that is truly timeless. Judkins is an exciting young ragtime jazz pianist who has made some festival appearances. Miss Maybell (Lauren Sansaricq) leads Miss Maybell and the Jazz Age Artists and has […]
Nicki Parrott started her career in her native Australia before jazz took her to New York in 1994. Since then she has become a true world traveler as one of the top vocal stars of jazz as well as a consummate bass player. On her latest album, New York to Paris, she pays tribute to […]
