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MACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
THIS BITTER EARTH
This Bitter Earth. CD - $11.99. 2 LP - $27.98. 2LP Test Pressing - SOLD OUT - $150.00. Temporarily out of stock. Signed CD - $11.99. *Also Available on 2LP Vinyl*. Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, ThisBitter
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride.SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUE CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson. VERONICA SWIFT: THIS BITTER EARTH (CD REVIEW) With Confessions, Swift gained both commercial traction and critical purchase, all by the deceptively tender age of 25-years old. The singer returns with the socially serious and finely crafted This Bitter Earth. Confessions was curated with great care, deftly avoiding the heart of the Great American Songbook in favor of its rich marrow. THE TRUE STORY OF ERROLL GARNER, THE FIRST ARTIST TO SUE A The True Story of Erroll Garner, the First Artist to Sue a Major Label and Win. It’s not at all unusual for artists to engage in creative or financial differences with their record labels, but only a few end up in court. Last year, Kanye West sued his label, Universal, and publisher, EMI, claiming that his deals amounted to “servitudeMACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
THIS BITTER EARTH
This Bitter Earth. CD - $11.99. 2 LP - $27.98. 2LP Test Pressing - SOLD OUT - $150.00. Temporarily out of stock. Signed CD - $11.99. *Also Available on 2LP Vinyl*. Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, ThisBitter
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride.SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUE CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson. VERONICA SWIFT: THIS BITTER EARTH (CD REVIEW) With Confessions, Swift gained both commercial traction and critical purchase, all by the deceptively tender age of 25-years old. The singer returns with the socially serious and finely crafted This Bitter Earth. Confessions was curated with great care, deftly avoiding the heart of the Great American Songbook in favor of its rich marrow. THE TRUE STORY OF ERROLL GARNER, THE FIRST ARTIST TO SUE A The True Story of Erroll Garner, the First Artist to Sue a Major Label and Win. It’s not at all unusual for artists to engage in creative or financial differences with their record labels, but only a few end up in court. Last year, Kanye West sued his label, Universal, and publisher, EMI, claiming that his deals amounted to “servitude STORE | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. ABOUT | MACK AVENUE RECORDS HISTORY. Founded in the late 1990’s in Detroit, Michigan, Mack Avenue Records’ beginnings were conceived out of a genuine love for jazz and the artists that create it. Gretchen Valade, the label’s founder, sat at the grand piano in her living room composing Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee–inspired vocal charts and wanted to find a way toSMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. SOUNDS FROM THE ANCESTORS * This is a Pre-ordered product and will ship on or after release date. Composer/saxophonist Kenny Garrett emerged as a distinctive voice on the national scene in 1978 with an undisputed aptitude for emotive melodic phrasing that led him to collaborations with Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey and Miles Davis. With Sounds from the Ancestors, Garrett remembers the spirit of the sounds of YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CAMERON GRAVES
Batten down the sub-woofer, hold on to your trousers here comes thrash jazz – 11 songs in a tumultuous 33 minutes. Thrash jazz? That’s what Cameron Graves, keyboardist with LA saxophone star Kamasi Washington, terms these high-speed, high-velocity forays.Imagine Metallica having a crack at cosmic Return To Forever.TOWER OF POWER
Bio. With a landmark 50th anniversary album, 2018’s Soul Side of Town, still visible in their rearview mirror, one would think Tower of Power (or TOP, as it is more often referred to by its global legion of fans), the much-lauded creators of their own horn-based, hybrid brand of East Bay soul/funk/R&B/rock, would take a well-deserved breather.CAMERON GRAVES
Cameron Graves) 01.13.17. Pianist Cameron Graves was a standout, and his album “Planetary Prince”, featuring more of the Get Down, will be out in the coming weeks. Mosley’s parents also got a big shout before launching into “Abraham” (Mosley’s given first name), the record’s other single, with Graves’ “ring tone introCHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
Busy performer Christian McBride is about to become ubiquitous 08.05.15. For local jazz buffs, this is the summer of Christian McBride.The 43-year-old bass virtuoso will perform with a pair of Grammy-winning trios over the next couple of months, leading his own at Scullers on June 3 and 4, then joining Chick Corea and drummer Brian Blade at Rockport Music (July 25 and 26), the Newport JazzMACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, andTHIS BITTER EARTH
*Also Available on 2LP Vinyl* Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, This Bitter Earth, she flips by crafting an ingenious song cycle that tackles sexism (“How Lovely to Be a Woman”), domestic abuse (“He Hit Me”), environmental issues, racism, xenophobiaSMOKE AND MIRRORS
* This is a Pre-ordered product and will ship on or after release date. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we projectto others.
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride. TOCORORO - MACK AVENUE Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo—his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba.The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflecting not only the desire for liberty but the necessity of it. FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER When Philadelphia-born bassist/bandleader Christian McBride arrived in New York in 1989 as a Juilliard student, he was the “Godchild of the Groove” with unlimited potential. Today, with over 300 recordings as a sideman and 11 critically- acclaimed albums as a leader, he now reigns supreme as the “Lord of the Lower Frequencies.” VERONICA SWIFT: THIS BITTER EARTH (CD REVIEW) It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at THE TRUE STORY OF ERROLL GARNER, THE FIRST ARTIST TO SUE A Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, andMACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, andTHIS BITTER EARTH
*Also Available on 2LP Vinyl* Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, This Bitter Earth, she flips by crafting an ingenious song cycle that tackles sexism (“How Lovely to Be a Woman”), domestic abuse (“He Hit Me”), environmental issues, racism, xenophobiaSMOKE AND MIRRORS
* This is a Pre-ordered product and will ship on or after release date. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we projectto others.
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride. TOCORORO - MACK AVENUE Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo—his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba.The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflecting not only the desire for liberty but the necessity of it. FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER When Philadelphia-born bassist/bandleader Christian McBride arrived in New York in 1989 as a Juilliard student, he was the “Godchild of the Groove” with unlimited potential. Today, with over 300 recordings as a sideman and 11 critically- acclaimed albums as a leader, he now reigns supreme as the “Lord of the Lower Frequencies.” VERONICA SWIFT: THIS BITTER EARTH (CD REVIEW) It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at THE TRUE STORY OF ERROLL GARNER, THE FIRST ARTIST TO SUE A Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. ABOUT | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Founded in the late 1990’s in Detroit, Michigan, Mack Avenue Records’ beginnings were conceived out of a genuine love for jazz and the artists that create it. FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER When Philadelphia-born bassist/bandleader Christian McBride arrived in New York in 1989 as a Juilliard student, he was the “Godchild of the Groove” with unlimited potential. Today, with over 300 recordings as a sideman and 11 critically- acclaimed albums as a leader, he now reigns supreme as the “Lord of the Lower Frequencies.”NEW DIRECTION
For all of the hard rhythmic driving intensity of New Direction, Riley is not one of those drummers who needs to blast away to captivate listeners and to remain engaged.In these powerful arrangements, you can discern Riley’s fascination with complex rhythm cycles, where each man’s instrument seemingly functions as a direct extension of the drummer, by layering contrasting metric accentsCAMERON GRAVES
NEW ALBUM Seven Buy now. Also available on single disc vinyl. Pianist, composer and vocalist Cameron Graves calls the music he’s architected for his new Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group release thrash-jazz, though that only begins to tell the story.TOWER OF POWER
Bio. With a landmark 50th anniversary album, 2018’s Soul Side of Town, still visible in their rearview mirror, one would think Tower of Power (or TOP, as it is more often referred to by its global legion of fans), the much-lauded creators of their own horn-based, hybrid brand of East Bay soul/funk/R&B/rock, would take a well-deserved breather. But that is not in the band’s DNA, nor that ofCHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
Busy performer Christian McBride is about to become ubiquitous 08.05.15. For local jazz buffs, this is the summer of Christian McBride.The 43-year-old bass virtuoso will perform with a pair of Grammy-winning trios over the next couple of months, leading his own at Scullers on June 3 and 4, then joining Chick Corea and drummer Brian Blade at Rockport Music (July 25 and 26), the Newport JazzCAMERON GRAVES
Batten down the sub-woofer, hold on to your trousers here comes thrash jazz – 11 songs in a tumultuous 33 minutes. Thrash jazz? That’s what Cameron Graves, keyboardist with LA saxophone star Kamasi Washington, terms these high-speed, high-velocity forays.Imagine Metallica having a crack at cosmic Return To Forever. YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with 50 YEARS OF FUNK & SOUL: LIVE AT THE FOX THEATER Over the course of two memorable evenings in June 2018, legendary soul-funk-R&B outfit Tower of Power returned to Oakland, the city that started it all, to celebrate its landmark 50th anniversary with a few thousand friends, family and fans.MACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
THIS BITTER EARTH
This Bitter Earth. CD - $11.99. 2 LP - $27.98. 2LP Test Pressing - SOLD OUT - $150.00. Temporarily out of stock. Signed CD - $11.99. *Also Available on 2LP Vinyl*. Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, ThisBitter
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride.SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUE CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson.CAMERON GRAVES
As guitarist Chris Cook unleashes crunchy riffs and drums and bass motor away, Graves’s piano sits atop the inferno delivering themes that would often sound breezily easygoing in calmer company. Rarely has the acoustic piano had such roaring accomplices. After some florid piano arpeggios opening track four, the title tune, the group does VERONICA SWIFT: THIS BITTER EARTH (CD REVIEW) With Confessions, Swift gained both commercial traction and critical purchase, all by the deceptively tender age of 25-years old. The singer returns with the socially serious and finely crafted This Bitter Earth. Confessions was curated with great care, deftly avoiding the heart of the Great American Songbook in favor of its rich marrow.MACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
THIS BITTER EARTH
This Bitter Earth. CD - $11.99. 2 LP - $27.98. 2LP Test Pressing - SOLD OUT - $150.00. Temporarily out of stock. Signed CD - $11.99. *Also Available on 2LP Vinyl*. Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, ThisBitter
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride.SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUE CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson.CAMERON GRAVES
As guitarist Chris Cook unleashes crunchy riffs and drums and bass motor away, Graves’s piano sits atop the inferno delivering themes that would often sound breezily easygoing in calmer company. Rarely has the acoustic piano had such roaring accomplices. After some florid piano arpeggios opening track four, the title tune, the group does VERONICA SWIFT: THIS BITTER EARTH (CD REVIEW) With Confessions, Swift gained both commercial traction and critical purchase, all by the deceptively tender age of 25-years old. The singer returns with the socially serious and finely crafted This Bitter Earth. Confessions was curated with great care, deftly avoiding the heart of the Great American Songbook in favor of its rich marrow. STORE | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. ABOUT | MACK AVENUE RECORDS HISTORY. Founded in the late 1990’s in Detroit, Michigan, Mack Avenue Records’ beginnings were conceived out of a genuine love for jazz and the artists that create it. Gretchen Valade, the label’s founder, sat at the grand piano in her living room composing Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee–inspired vocal charts and wanted to find a way toARTISTRY MUSIC
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDS Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CAMERON GRAVES
Cameron Graves) 01.13.17. Pianist Cameron Graves was a standout, and his album “Planetary Prince”, featuring more of the Get Down, will be out in the coming weeks. Mosley’s parents also got a big shout before launching into “Abraham” (Mosley’s given first name), the record’s other single, with Graves’ “ring tone intro FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson.TOWER OF POWER
Bio. With a landmark 50th anniversary album, 2018’s Soul Side of Town, still visible in their rearview mirror, one would think Tower of Power (or TOP, as it is more often referred to by its global legion of fans), the much-lauded creators of their own horn-based, hybrid brand of East Bay soul/funk/R&B/rock, would take a well-deserved breather.CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
Busy performer Christian McBride is about to become ubiquitous 08.05.15. For local jazz buffs, this is the summer of Christian McBride.The 43-year-old bass virtuoso will perform with a pair of Grammy-winning trios over the next couple of months, leading his own at Scullers on June 3 and 4, then joining Chick Corea and drummer Brian Blade at Rockport Music (July 25 and 26), the Newport JazzMACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). STORE | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDSMACK AVENUE DINER GROSSE POINTE311 MACK AVEMACK AVE DETROIT HISTORYMACK AVE GRILL MENU Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVE35865LITTLE MACK AVE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVEMACK AVENUEDINER GROSSE POINTE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUETOCORORO TRAVELTOCORORO CUBAN BIRDTOCORORO TRAVEL LOCATIONS INDIANATOCORORO FACTSTOCORORO BIRD CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CAMERON GRAVES
Cameron Graves) 01.13.17. Pianist Cameron Graves was a standout, and his album “Planetary Prince”, featuring more of the Get Down, will be out in the coming weeks. Mosley’s parents also got a big shout before launching into “Abraham” (Mosley’s given first name), the record’s other single, with Graves’ “ring tone intro JOHN BEASLEY REMEMBERS STEELY DAN'S WALTER BECKER: 'HE HAD John Beasley considered the late Walter Becker an essential mentor and a key figure in his own career.. The Grammy-nominated keyboardist, composer and arranger started working with Becker on Rickie Lee Jones' 1987 album Flying Cowboys, which led to Becker signing Beasley to Windham Hill Jazz and producing his first two albums, 1992's Cauldron and 1993's A Change of Heart.MACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). STORE | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDSMACK AVENUE DINER GROSSE POINTE311 MACK AVEMACK AVE DETROIT HISTORYMACK AVE GRILL MENU Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVE35865LITTLE MACK AVE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVEMACK AVENUEDINER GROSSE POINTE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUETOCORORO TRAVELTOCORORO CUBAN BIRDTOCORORO TRAVEL LOCATIONS INDIANATOCORORO FACTSTOCORORO BIRD CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CAMERON GRAVES
Cameron Graves) 01.13.17. Pianist Cameron Graves was a standout, and his album “Planetary Prince”, featuring more of the Get Down, will be out in the coming weeks. Mosley’s parents also got a big shout before launching into “Abraham” (Mosley’s given first name), the record’s other single, with Graves’ “ring tone intro JOHN BEASLEY REMEMBERS STEELY DAN'S WALTER BECKER: 'HE HAD John Beasley considered the late Walter Becker an essential mentor and a key figure in his own career.. The Grammy-nominated keyboardist, composer and arranger started working with Becker on Rickie Lee Jones' 1987 album Flying Cowboys, which led to Becker signing Beasley to Windham Hill Jazz and producing his first two albums, 1992's Cauldron and 1993's A Change of Heart. NEWS | MACK AVENUE RECORDS 05.05.21. In a plain, gray building off Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem, pianist, Emmet Cohen, gently hammers on his instrument, head bopping to the drum hits and bass thuds that reverberate along the plant-lined walls of his apartment. Thirty years old and one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades, the Miami-born and Montclair, New ABOUT | MACK AVENUE RECORDS HISTORY. Founded in the late 1990’s in Detroit, Michigan, Mack Avenue Records’ beginnings were conceived out of a genuine love for jazz and the artists that create it. Gretchen Valade, the label’s founder, sat at the grand piano in her living room composing Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee–inspired vocal charts and wanted to find a way toTHIS BITTER EARTH
This Bitter Earth. CD - $11.99. 2 LP - $27.98. 2LP Test Pressing - SOLD OUT - $150.00. Temporarily out of stock. Signed CD - $11.99. *Also Available on 2LP Vinyl*. Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, ThisBitter
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride. YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CHRISTIAN SANDS
NEW ALBUM Be Water Buy now. Also Available on 2-LP on translucent royal blue vinyl. Christian Sands’ third recording for Mack Avenue Music Group captures and establishes him as a forceful leader in composition and conceptual vision.With Be Water, the music is akin to the element which has no form of its own, taking on the structure of whatever musical composition and performance in which it FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson.TOWER OF POWER
Bio. With a landmark 50th anniversary album, 2018’s Soul Side of Town, still visible in their rearview mirror, one would think Tower of Power (or TOP, as it is more often referred to by its global legion of fans), the much-lauded creators of their own horn-based, hybrid brand of East Bay soul/funk/R&B/rock, would take a well-deserved breather.CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
Busy performer Christian McBride is about to become ubiquitous 08.05.15. For local jazz buffs, this is the summer of Christian McBride.The 43-year-old bass virtuoso will perform with a pair of Grammy-winning trios over the next couple of months, leading his own at Scullers on June 3 and 4, then joining Chick Corea and drummer Brian Blade at Rockport Music (July 25 and 26), the Newport Jazz THE MOVEMENT REVISITED: A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF FOUR ICONS CD - $11.99. The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons is culminating documentation of a richly inspired piece – lauding four key figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali. Marshaling his ever-sharpening skills as a composer, arranger, conductor, musicianand
MACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). STORE | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDSMACK AVENUE DINER GROSSE POINTE311 MACK AVEMACK AVE DETROIT HISTORYMACK AVE GRILL MENU Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVE35865LITTLE MACK AVE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVEMACK AVENUEDINER GROSSE POINTE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUETOCORORO TRAVELTOCORORO CUBAN BIRDTOCORORO TRAVEL LOCATIONS INDIANATOCORORO FACTSTOCORORO BIRD CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CAMERON GRAVES
Cameron Graves) 01.13.17. Pianist Cameron Graves was a standout, and his album “Planetary Prince”, featuring more of the Get Down, will be out in the coming weeks. Mosley’s parents also got a big shout before launching into “Abraham” (Mosley’s given first name), the record’s other single, with Graves’ “ring tone intro JOHN BEASLEY REMEMBERS STEELY DAN'S WALTER BECKER: 'HE HAD John Beasley considered the late Walter Becker an essential mentor and a key figure in his own career.. The Grammy-nominated keyboardist, composer and arranger started working with Becker on Rickie Lee Jones' 1987 album Flying Cowboys, which led to Becker signing Beasley to Windham Hill Jazz and producing his first two albums, 1992's Cauldron and 1993's A Change of Heart.MACK AVENUE RECORDS
Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth (CD Review) 02.12.21 It seems jazz vocalist Veronica Swift has been in the music business all of her life, and for good reason: There is the well documented fact that she is the daughter of jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian, and she debuted on record at nine years old with Veronica's House of Jazz (SNOB, 2004). STORE | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDSMACK AVENUE DINER GROSSE POINTE311 MACK AVEMACK AVE DETROIT HISTORYMACK AVE GRILL MENU Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. TOUR DATES | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVE35865LITTLE MACK AVE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. MEDIA | MACK AVENUE RECORDSMACK AVE RECORDS311 MACK AVEMACK AVENUEDINER GROSSE POINTE
Mack Avenue Records Inc. home of Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music, and Sly Dog Records Featuring, Musical Artists in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, and Americana. A LITTLE DRIVING MUSIC A Little Driving Music. CD - $11.99. Signed CD - $11.99. After nearly a year of being cooped up within the same four walls, it’s only natural that one’s thoughts might turn to the freedom of the open road. That’s certainly true of virtuoso jazz bassist and world-renowned producer Brian Bromberg, whose third pandemic-erarelease shrugs off
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors. With an unusual amount of time on his hands during a year of lockdown, saxophonist/composer Steve Cole found himself pondering the difference between our authentic selves and the illusions we project to others. On his new album, Smoke and Mirrors, Cole offers up an intimately personal reflection of his own true self,free of
TOCORORO - MACK AVENUETOCORORO TRAVELTOCORORO CUBAN BIRDTOCORORO TRAVEL LOCATIONS INDIANATOCORORO FACTSTOCORORO BIRD CD - $11.99. Each recording by Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez tells a story. in Tocororo —his new album for Mack Avenue Records—Rodríguez’s story is represented by the national bird of Cuba. The Tocororo is a bird that if caged dies of sadness, reflectingnot
YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CAMERON GRAVES
Cameron Graves) 01.13.17. Pianist Cameron Graves was a standout, and his album “Planetary Prince”, featuring more of the Get Down, will be out in the coming weeks. Mosley’s parents also got a big shout before launching into “Abraham” (Mosley’s given first name), the record’s other single, with Graves’ “ring tone intro JOHN BEASLEY REMEMBERS STEELY DAN'S WALTER BECKER: 'HE HAD John Beasley considered the late Walter Becker an essential mentor and a key figure in his own career.. The Grammy-nominated keyboardist, composer and arranger started working with Becker on Rickie Lee Jones' 1987 album Flying Cowboys, which led to Becker signing Beasley to Windham Hill Jazz and producing his first two albums, 1992's Cauldron and 1993's A Change of Heart. NEWS | MACK AVENUE RECORDS 05.05.21. In a plain, gray building off Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem, pianist, Emmet Cohen, gently hammers on his instrument, head bopping to the drum hits and bass thuds that reverberate along the plant-lined walls of his apartment. Thirty years old and one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades, the Miami-born and Montclair, New ABOUT | MACK AVENUE RECORDS HISTORY. Founded in the late 1990’s in Detroit, Michigan, Mack Avenue Records’ beginnings were conceived out of a genuine love for jazz and the artists that create it. Gretchen Valade, the label’s founder, sat at the grand piano in her living room composing Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee–inspired vocal charts and wanted to find a way toTHIS BITTER EARTH
This Bitter Earth. CD - $11.99. 2 LP - $27.98. 2LP Test Pressing - SOLD OUT - $150.00. Temporarily out of stock. Signed CD - $11.99. *Also Available on 2LP Vinyl*. Whereas Veronica Swift’s 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on the captivating follow-up, ThisBitter
MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND Bio. Since its rollicking debut at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival, the Mack Avenue SuperBand has become a tradition at the annual event, a gathering of label superstars that the Motor City can look forward to every Labor Day weekend. Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival – 2015 captures the fourth incarnation of the all-star ensemble, for the first time under the leadership of Christian McBride. YELLOWJACKETS TO RELEASE COLLABORATION WITH THE WDR BIG BAND Posted on: 09.08.20. In a recent interview with Bob Mintzer in the Winter 2020 edition of the Jazz In Europe magazine, Bob Mintzer spoke at length about the Yellowjackets collaboration with Germany’s WDR Big Band. In November this year, the band will release the album documenting the collaboration titled Jackets XL.CHRISTIAN SANDS
NEW ALBUM Be Water Buy now. Also Available on 2-LP on translucent royal blue vinyl. Christian Sands’ third recording for Mack Avenue Music Group captures and establishes him as a forceful leader in composition and conceptual vision.With Be Water, the music is akin to the element which has no form of its own, taking on the structure of whatever musical composition and performance in which it FOR JIMMY, WES, AND OLIVER For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. CD - $11.99. 2-LP Vinyl - $34.98. Also Available on 2-LP 180gm in deluxe gatefold package. Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson.TOWER OF POWER
Bio. With a landmark 50th anniversary album, 2018’s Soul Side of Town, still visible in their rearview mirror, one would think Tower of Power (or TOP, as it is more often referred to by its global legion of fans), the much-lauded creators of their own horn-based, hybrid brand of East Bay soul/funk/R&B/rock, would take a well-deserved breather.CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
Busy performer Christian McBride is about to become ubiquitous 08.05.15. For local jazz buffs, this is the summer of Christian McBride.The 43-year-old bass virtuoso will perform with a pair of Grammy-winning trios over the next couple of months, leading his own at Scullers on June 3 and 4, then joining Chick Corea and drummer Brian Blade at Rockport Music (July 25 and 26), the Newport Jazz THE MOVEMENT REVISITED: A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF FOUR ICONS CD - $11.99. The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons is culminating documentation of a richly inspired piece – lauding four key figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali. Marshaling his ever-sharpening skills as a composer, arranger, conductor, musicianand
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JOHN BEASLEY: A JAZZ RENAISSANCE MAN11.16.20
Jazz Renaissance man John Beasley joins Tim to talk about his multifaceted career and life in jazz music. He’s a jazz pianist, a composer, an arranger, a music director and a producer. And chances are you’ve heard some of his work through film, TV or commercials. In this episode, John talks about his a one-of-a-kind music lineage and how he balances his many music loves.*
YELLOWJACKETS // ALL MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW11.12.20
The Yellowjackets
are an
anomaly in contemporary jazz. They actually began their career playing accessible fusion, then evolved toward pop-friendly smooth jazz. Over the decades, lineup changes engendered a widening musical philosophy that embraced post-bop, global polyrhythms, and expansive arrangements. They've become one of the most innovative electro-acoustic jazz ensembles. Keyboardist/composer Russell Ferrante, the
group's sole founding member, was joined by drummer Will Kennedyin 1987
and saxophonist/EWI player/arranger/composer Bob Mintzerin 1990.
Bassist Dane Aldersonmade his
debut on 2016's Cohearance. Jackets XL
is a
collection of imaginatively rearranged crowd and catalog favorites.Mintzer
enlisted the famed WDR Big Bandfrom Koln,
Germany as collaborators (he has been their principal conductor since 2016). Seven of the ten tunes here, creating a seamless interactionbetween ensembles.
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HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA // STRAIGHT NO CHASER10.28.20
Harold López-Nussa has been successfully making records that blur the lines between straight-ahead jazz, Latin Jazz and Cuban folk music for years now. His latest release on Mack Avenue, Te Lo Dije (the title roughly translates to "I Told You" pushes those boundries evenfurther.
López-Nussa once again has his favorite musicians working with him: Julio César González (Bass), his brother Ruy Adrían López-Nussa (Drums, Percussion) and Mayquel González (Trumpet). WIth a handful of guests to fill out the sound where needed, most notably accordanist Vincent Peirani, the band moves from traditional forms of Cuban music to sounds from France ("Windmills of Your Mind") and even Reggaeton("JazzTón").
Harold is is his usual flashy self, able to lay down a lightning run, but able to use his touch to bring across the emotion at the core of his native sounds. This is López-Nussa's third album since signing with Mack Avenue in 2016. I first became aware of his talent when he wrote for, and played on, the 90 Miles project recorded in Cuba by David Sanchez, Stefon Harris and Christian Scott (now Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah) in 2010. On Podcast 769 we get to talk with Harold about life in Cuba during the pandemic, the making of Te Lo Dije, and why he tries to make new and different music on each album. Musical selections include "Windmills of Your Mind," "Jazzton," and from 90 Miles, his composition "E'cha."*
CHRISTIAN SANDS // THE ABSOLUTE SOUND10.27.20
Pianist Christian Sands came out of the gate with his proverbial wheels screeching. A prodigy who cut his first record at the age of 12, he flashed impressive chops both as a sideman in Christian McBride’s Inside Straight Trio an on his previous three albums as a leader for Mack Avenue. On Be Water, as the Zen-like title might suggest, Sands has learned to relax and let his inherent romanticism come to the fore. That quality is apparent from the outset on “Intro,” an atmospheric prelude to this very ambitious project, and on the restful ballad “Still.” Other tunes like “Sonar” and the lovely waltz-time string quartet piece, “Be Water II,” show a newfound maturity in Sands’ game, revealing a more patient and poetic side. This is not to suggest that Sands keeps his abundance of chops totally in check here. His remarkable facility is showcased on the turbulent burner “Steam,” paced by bassist Yasushi Nakamura’s deep groove and featuring muscular bashing from drummer Clarence Penn, and also on the propulsive “Drive,” with an electrifying guitar solo from Marvin Sewell. An added treat is Sands’ soulful reading of Steve Winwood’s “Can’t Find My WayHome.”
*
YELLOWJACKETS // “EVEN SONG” JAZZED PREMIERE10.15.20
GRAMMY® Award-winning group Yellowjackets’ upcoming _Jackets XL _celebrates their 40th anniversary of collaboration while joining forces with Germany’s iconic WDR Big Band and re-imagining some of the quartet’s classic tunes. The newest Yellowjackets single, “Even Song,” was originally recorded for 1993’s _Run for Your Life_ arranged by Vince Mendoza. Here the track has been reimagined and revamped in concert with the WDR Big Band. “Even Song” will be released as a single on October 16th, and will be featured on the upcoming album to be released by Mack Avenue Records on November 6th.*
PERFORMANCES FROM OUR ARTISTS10.01.20
LIVE Q&A WITH JOEY DEFRANCESCO HOSTED BY ALONZO BODDEN DAN WILSON - DTC ORGAN TRIO LIVE AT AVCLUB (9/29/20) EMMET COHEN - LIVE FROM EMMET'S PLACE VOL.26 FT. GODWIN LOUIS WARREN WOLF _REINCARNATION _CD RELEASE LIVESTREAM*
TE LO DIJE: HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA’S POP ALBUM09.30.20
For his latest album, Cuban jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa pays tribute to popular music of the island. “Te Lo Dije!” HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA seems to brag from the CD cover of his new record. _Te Lo Dije_ is the ninth LP from the Cuban pianist who tours regularly in France. The previous (and terrific) _Un Dia Cualquiera_ was recorded in the United States. From the first moment here, it’s obvious that we’ve returned to Havana. “Bocadito de Helado!” is the call of the ice cream man, the intoxicating recording that plays everywhere throughout the capital. These are the kinds of street noises that ALFONSO PEÑA, one of the best sound engineers in his country, weaves into “Habana Sin Sábanas.” For this overture, which can be translated as “Havana Without Makeup,” Harold López-Nussa introduces his new quartet instead of the trio that we are used to.*
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE / CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER (ALBUM REVIEW)09.28.20
Following his ambitious homage to leaders of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four, Christian McBride returns to his hard-swinging big band with 2020's For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. Where The Movement found him drawing inspiration from icons like Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver finds the bassist drawing equal motivation from the work of jazz icons like organist Jimmy Smith, guitarist Wes Montgomery, and saxophonist/arranger Oliver Nelson.*
JAZZ ALBUM REVIEW: CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE’S “FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER” — A MIGHTY CHEERY BIG BAND09.25.20
_Inspired by their leader, bassist Christian McBride, the musicians in this big band always sound like they are having the times of theirlives.
_
Christian McBride, _For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver _(Mack Avenue)
In the late 90’s, I was assigned by Verve Records the pleasant job of writing the notes to reissues of classic albums by the king of the Hammond organ, Jimmy Smith: _Blue Bash!_ was one, another was _The Dynamic Duo_, co-led by another prince of the music, guitarist Wes Montgomery, who gives one of his sunniest performances.(I also chose the selections as well as wrote the notes for Verve’s _The Finest Hour of Jimmy Smith_.) Generally, one talks to the musicians before writing these little essays. I tried. I called Smith so many times that I became friends with his wife. He was unwilling to talk, even when Mrs. Smith said, “Oh, Jimmy, do it for Mike.” The one thing he said to me that I remember — and that is printable — is the bleak “What’s in it for me?” What would _he_ get out of a reissue of his music? Not much in terms of cash and he didn’t want his reissues to be competing with his latest recordings. I had a backup plan for my essay on _Blue Bash!_ I called co-leader guitarist Kenny Burrell, whose son got back to me with the discouraging news that Kenny, one of my musical heroes, wouldn’t be available for a conversation “this year.”*
ACCLAIMED CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND…‘FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER’ (ALBUM REVIEW)09.25.20
Grammy-winning bassist, composer, and all-round jazz impresario CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE has already released one stunning album this year with his major opus paying tribute to Civil Rights leaders on _The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons_, reviewed on these pages. Now McBride brings us another poignant effort, featuring his Grammy-winning big band ((CMBB’s third release) and quartets comprised of his lifelong friend and stellar organist JOEY DEFRANCESCO and frequent collaborator guitarist MARK WHITFIELD. Regular CMBB drummer QUINCY PHILLIPS anchors both the big band and quartets which alternate on renditions of songs inspired by the 1966 recordings of organist Jimmy Smith and guitarist Wes Montgomery at Rudy Van Gelder’s famed studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Over the course of three days, the two jazz icons recorded the material for two now-classic albums: _The Dynamic Duo_ (1966) and _Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes _(1968), backed by a big band featuring arrangements by the great Oliver Nelson. As you can imagine McBride and company swing like crazy on this one, inspired by their forbears.*
JOHN BEASLEY MONK’ESTRA PLAYS JOHN BEASLEY (5 STAR REVIEW)09.22.20
John Beasley has arranged the brass brighter and brasher, the low horns to be more growly and his tasty keyboard parts to be artfully highlighted on his third far-reaching album with MONK’estra. Extending marvelously synchronized section motifs—those indelibly quirky Monk phrases—into swelling backdrops that balance freely impassioned soloists, Beasley as a pianist and composer, too, draws out even more melodic, harmonic and rhythmic implications in music by Monk, Bird and Duke. The intricate recasting of “Donna Lee” contains several thrills, but the motifs throughout are colored vividly, etched with fine yet robust lines and graceful in their surprising twists. The large ensemble’s performance seems flawless and the small group Beasley’s assembled for a few tracks with longtime colleagues such as bassist John Patitucci, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and soulful harmonica player Grégoire Maret is bonded in camaraderie. Among the virtues of Beasley’s charts is that they never outstay their welcome; instead, they leave us wanting more. And with the abundance of details to absorb here, that’s really saying something. Beasley has a brilliant musical mind and warm yet exploratory touch, and his originals fit sweetly amid the time-honored repertoire. Jazz history is beautifully served here by Beasley leading his orchestra to embody his own unique vision.*
PIANIST/COMPOSER HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA CAPTURES THE SOUL OF MODERN CUBA ON ‘TE LO DIJE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)09.08.20
Havana-based pianist and composer HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA captures the joyous, dancing, vibrant music of today’s Cuba with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban pop music, defiantly standing up to the doubters who failed to share his radical vision. To understand the title, many didn’t think he could pull off such a marriage on this, his ninth album and third for Mack Avenue. Much like its near equivalent in English, “I told you so,” the Spanish phrase “Te lo dije” can be deployed as a boast or a put-down – often both at once. López-Nussa throws down that gauntlet on _Te Lo Dije_, featuring the pianist’s core quartet of drummer RUY ADRIÁN LÓPEZ-NUSSA, bassist JULIO CÉSAR GONZÁLEZ and trumpeter MAYQUEL GONZÁLEZ, bolstered by a number of special guests including Afro-Cuban funk superstar CIMAFUNK; French accordionist VINCENT PEIRANI; famed Cuban reggaeton vocalist RANDY MALCOM; and vocalistKELVIS OCHOA.
*
JOHN BEASLEY: A JAZZ RENAISSANCE MAN11.16.20
Jazz Renaissance man John Beasley joins Tim to talk about his multifaceted career and life in jazz music. He’s a jazz pianist, a composer, an arranger, a music director and a producer. And chances are you’ve heard some of his work through film, TV or commercials. In this episode, John talks about his a one-of-a-kind music lineage and how he balances his many music loves.*
YELLOWJACKETS // ALL MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW11.12.20
The Yellowjackets
are an
anomaly in contemporary jazz. They actually began their career playing accessible fusion, then evolved toward pop-friendly smooth jazz. Over the decades, lineup changes engendered a widening musical philosophy that embraced post-bop, global polyrhythms, and expansive arrangements. They've become one of the most innovative electro-acoustic jazz ensembles. Keyboardist/composer Russell Ferrante, the
group's sole founding member, was joined by drummer Will Kennedyin 1987
and saxophonist/EWI player/arranger/composer Bob Mintzerin 1990.
Bassist Dane Aldersonmade his
debut on 2016's Cohearance. Jackets XL
is a
collection of imaginatively rearranged crowd and catalog favorites.Mintzer
enlisted the famed WDR Big Bandfrom Koln,
Germany as collaborators (he has been their principal conductor since 2016). Seven of the ten tunes here, creating a seamless interactionbetween ensembles.
*
HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA // STRAIGHT NO CHASER10.28.20
Harold López-Nussa has been successfully making records that blur the lines between straight-ahead jazz, Latin Jazz and Cuban folk music for years now. His latest release on Mack Avenue, Te Lo Dije (the title roughly translates to "I Told You" pushes those boundries evenfurther.
López-Nussa once again has his favorite musicians working with him: Julio César González (Bass), his brother Ruy Adrían López-Nussa (Drums, Percussion) and Mayquel González (Trumpet). WIth a handful of guests to fill out the sound where needed, most notably accordanist Vincent Peirani, the band moves from traditional forms of Cuban music to sounds from France ("Windmills of Your Mind") and even Reggaeton("JazzTón").
Harold is is his usual flashy self, able to lay down a lightning run, but able to use his touch to bring across the emotion at the core of his native sounds. This is López-Nussa's third album since signing with Mack Avenue in 2016. I first became aware of his talent when he wrote for, and played on, the 90 Miles project recorded in Cuba by David Sanchez, Stefon Harris and Christian Scott (now Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah) in 2010. On Podcast 769 we get to talk with Harold about life in Cuba during the pandemic, the making of Te Lo Dije, and why he tries to make new and different music on each album. Musical selections include "Windmills of Your Mind," "Jazzton," and from 90 Miles, his composition "E'cha."*
CHRISTIAN SANDS // THE ABSOLUTE SOUND10.27.20
Pianist Christian Sands came out of the gate with his proverbial wheels screeching. A prodigy who cut his first record at the age of 12, he flashed impressive chops both as a sideman in Christian McBride’s Inside Straight Trio an on his previous three albums as a leader for Mack Avenue. On Be Water, as the Zen-like title might suggest, Sands has learned to relax and let his inherent romanticism come to the fore. That quality is apparent from the outset on “Intro,” an atmospheric prelude to this very ambitious project, and on the restful ballad “Still.” Other tunes like “Sonar” and the lovely waltz-time string quartet piece, “Be Water II,” show a newfound maturity in Sands’ game, revealing a more patient and poetic side. This is not to suggest that Sands keeps his abundance of chops totally in check here. His remarkable facility is showcased on the turbulent burner “Steam,” paced by bassist Yasushi Nakamura’s deep groove and featuring muscular bashing from drummer Clarence Penn, and also on the propulsive “Drive,” with an electrifying guitar solo from Marvin Sewell. An added treat is Sands’ soulful reading of Steve Winwood’s “Can’t Find My WayHome.”
*
YELLOWJACKETS // “EVEN SONG” JAZZED PREMIERE10.15.20
GRAMMY® Award-winning group Yellowjackets’ upcoming _Jackets XL _celebrates their 40th anniversary of collaboration while joining forces with Germany’s iconic WDR Big Band and re-imagining some of the quartet’s classic tunes. The newest Yellowjackets single, “Even Song,” was originally recorded for 1993’s _Run for Your Life_ arranged by Vince Mendoza. Here the track has been reimagined and revamped in concert with the WDR Big Band. “Even Song” will be released as a single on October 16th, and will be featured on the upcoming album to be released by Mack Avenue Records on November 6th.*
PERFORMANCES FROM OUR ARTISTS10.01.20
LIVE Q&A WITH JOEY DEFRANCESCO HOSTED BY ALONZO BODDEN DAN WILSON - DTC ORGAN TRIO LIVE AT AVCLUB (9/29/20) EMMET COHEN - LIVE FROM EMMET'S PLACE VOL.26 FT. GODWIN LOUIS WARREN WOLF _REINCARNATION _CD RELEASE LIVESTREAM*
TE LO DIJE: HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA’S POP ALBUM09.30.20
For his latest album, Cuban jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa pays tribute to popular music of the island. “Te Lo Dije!” HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA seems to brag from the CD cover of his new record. _Te Lo Dije_ is the ninth LP from the Cuban pianist who tours regularly in France. The previous (and terrific) _Un Dia Cualquiera_ was recorded in the United States. From the first moment here, it’s obvious that we’ve returned to Havana. “Bocadito de Helado!” is the call of the ice cream man, the intoxicating recording that plays everywhere throughout the capital. These are the kinds of street noises that ALFONSO PEÑA, one of the best sound engineers in his country, weaves into “Habana Sin Sábanas.” For this overture, which can be translated as “Havana Without Makeup,” Harold López-Nussa introduces his new quartet instead of the trio that we are used to.*
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE / CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER (ALBUM REVIEW)09.28.20
Following his ambitious homage to leaders of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four, Christian McBride returns to his hard-swinging big band with 2020's For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. Where The Movement found him drawing inspiration from icons like Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver finds the bassist drawing equal motivation from the work of jazz icons like organist Jimmy Smith, guitarist Wes Montgomery, and saxophonist/arranger Oliver Nelson.*
JAZZ ALBUM REVIEW: CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE’S “FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER” — A MIGHTY CHEERY BIG BAND09.25.20
_Inspired by their leader, bassist Christian McBride, the musicians in this big band always sound like they are having the times of theirlives.
_
Christian McBride, _For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver _(Mack Avenue)
In the late 90’s, I was assigned by Verve Records the pleasant job of writing the notes to reissues of classic albums by the king of the Hammond organ, Jimmy Smith: _Blue Bash!_ was one, another was _The Dynamic Duo_, co-led by another prince of the music, guitarist Wes Montgomery, who gives one of his sunniest performances.(I also chose the selections as well as wrote the notes for Verve’s _The Finest Hour of Jimmy Smith_.) Generally, one talks to the musicians before writing these little essays. I tried. I called Smith so many times that I became friends with his wife. He was unwilling to talk, even when Mrs. Smith said, “Oh, Jimmy, do it for Mike.” The one thing he said to me that I remember — and that is printable — is the bleak “What’s in it for me?” What would _he_ get out of a reissue of his music? Not much in terms of cash and he didn’t want his reissues to be competing with his latest recordings. I had a backup plan for my essay on _Blue Bash!_ I called co-leader guitarist Kenny Burrell, whose son got back to me with the discouraging news that Kenny, one of my musical heroes, wouldn’t be available for a conversation “this year.”*
ACCLAIMED CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND…‘FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER’ (ALBUM REVIEW)09.25.20
Grammy-winning bassist, composer, and all-round jazz impresario CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE has already released one stunning album this year with his major opus paying tribute to Civil Rights leaders on _The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons_, reviewed on these pages. Now McBride brings us another poignant effort, featuring his Grammy-winning big band ((CMBB’s third release) and quartets comprised of his lifelong friend and stellar organist JOEY DEFRANCESCO and frequent collaborator guitarist MARK WHITFIELD. Regular CMBB drummer QUINCY PHILLIPS anchors both the big band and quartets which alternate on renditions of songs inspired by the 1966 recordings of organist Jimmy Smith and guitarist Wes Montgomery at Rudy Van Gelder’s famed studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Over the course of three days, the two jazz icons recorded the material for two now-classic albums: _The Dynamic Duo_ (1966) and _Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes _(1968), backed by a big band featuring arrangements by the great Oliver Nelson. As you can imagine McBride and company swing like crazy on this one, inspired by their forbears.*
JOHN BEASLEY MONK’ESTRA PLAYS JOHN BEASLEY (5 STAR REVIEW)09.22.20
John Beasley has arranged the brass brighter and brasher, the low horns to be more growly and his tasty keyboard parts to be artfully highlighted on his third far-reaching album with MONK’estra. Extending marvelously synchronized section motifs—those indelibly quirky Monk phrases—into swelling backdrops that balance freely impassioned soloists, Beasley as a pianist and composer, too, draws out even more melodic, harmonic and rhythmic implications in music by Monk, Bird and Duke. The intricate recasting of “Donna Lee” contains several thrills, but the motifs throughout are colored vividly, etched with fine yet robust lines and graceful in their surprising twists. The large ensemble’s performance seems flawless and the small group Beasley’s assembled for a few tracks with longtime colleagues such as bassist John Patitucci, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and soulful harmonica player Grégoire Maret is bonded in camaraderie. Among the virtues of Beasley’s charts is that they never outstay their welcome; instead, they leave us wanting more. And with the abundance of details to absorb here, that’s really saying something. Beasley has a brilliant musical mind and warm yet exploratory touch, and his originals fit sweetly amid the time-honored repertoire. Jazz history is beautifully served here by Beasley leading his orchestra to embody his own unique vision.*
PIANIST/COMPOSER HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA CAPTURES THE SOUL OF MODERN CUBA ON ‘TE LO DIJE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)09.08.20
Havana-based pianist and composer HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA captures the joyous, dancing, vibrant music of today’s Cuba with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban pop music, defiantly standing up to the doubters who failed to share his radical vision. To understand the title, many didn’t think he could pull off such a marriage on this, his ninth album and third for Mack Avenue. Much like its near equivalent in English, “I told you so,” the Spanish phrase “Te lo dije” can be deployed as a boast or a put-down – often both at once. López-Nussa throws down that gauntlet on _Te Lo Dije_, featuring the pianist’s core quartet of drummer RUY ADRIÁN LÓPEZ-NUSSA, bassist JULIO CÉSAR GONZÁLEZ and trumpeter MAYQUEL GONZÁLEZ, bolstered by a number of special guests including Afro-Cuban funk superstar CIMAFUNK; French accordionist VINCENT PEIRANI; famed Cuban reggaeton vocalist RANDY MALCOM; and vocalistKELVIS OCHOA.
*
JOHN BEASLEY: A JAZZ RENAISSANCE MAN11.16.20
Jazz Renaissance man John Beasley joins Tim to talk about his multifaceted career and life in jazz music. He’s a jazz pianist, a composer, an arranger, a music director and a producer. And chances are you’ve heard some of his work through film, TV or commercials. In this episode, John talks about his a one-of-a-kind music lineage and how he balances his many music loves.*
YELLOWJACKETS // ALL MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW11.12.20
The Yellowjackets
are an
anomaly in contemporary jazz. They actually began their career playing accessible fusion, then evolved toward pop-friendly smooth jazz. Over the decades, lineup changes engendered a widening musical philosophy that embraced post-bop, global polyrhythms, and expansive arrangements. They've become one of the most innovative electro-acoustic jazz ensembles. Keyboardist/composer Russell Ferrante, the
group's sole founding member, was joined by drummer Will Kennedyin 1987
and saxophonist/EWI player/arranger/composer Bob Mintzerin 1990.
Bassist Dane Aldersonmade his
debut on 2016's Cohearance. Jackets XL
is a
collection of imaginatively rearranged crowd and catalog favorites.Mintzer
enlisted the famed WDR Big Bandfrom Koln,
Germany as collaborators (he has been their principal conductor since 2016). Seven of the ten tunes here, creating a seamless interactionbetween ensembles.
*
HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA // STRAIGHT NO CHASER10.28.20
Harold López-Nussa has been successfully making records that blur the lines between straight-ahead jazz, Latin Jazz and Cuban folk music for years now. His latest release on Mack Avenue, Te Lo Dije (the title roughly translates to "I Told You" pushes those boundries evenfurther.
López-Nussa once again has his favorite musicians working with him: Julio César González (Bass), his brother Ruy Adrían López-Nussa (Drums, Percussion) and Mayquel González (Trumpet). WIth a handful of guests to fill out the sound where needed, most notably accordanist Vincent Peirani, the band moves from traditional forms of Cuban music to sounds from France ("Windmills of Your Mind") and even Reggaeton("JazzTón").
Harold is is his usual flashy self, able to lay down a lightning run, but able to use his touch to bring across the emotion at the core of his native sounds. This is López-Nussa's third album since signing with Mack Avenue in 2016. I first became aware of his talent when he wrote for, and played on, the 90 Miles project recorded in Cuba by David Sanchez, Stefon Harris and Christian Scott (now Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah) in 2010. On Podcast 769 we get to talk with Harold about life in Cuba during the pandemic, the making of Te Lo Dije, and why he tries to make new and different music on each album. Musical selections include "Windmills of Your Mind," "Jazzton," and from 90 Miles, his composition "E'cha."*
CHRISTIAN SANDS // THE ABSOLUTE SOUND10.27.20
Pianist Christian Sands came out of the gate with his proverbial wheels screeching. A prodigy who cut his first record at the age of 12, he flashed impressive chops both as a sideman in Christian McBride’s Inside Straight Trio an on his previous three albums as a leader for Mack Avenue. On Be Water, as the Zen-like title might suggest, Sands has learned to relax and let his inherent romanticism come to the fore. That quality is apparent from the outset on “Intro,” an atmospheric prelude to this very ambitious project, and on the restful ballad “Still.” Other tunes like “Sonar” and the lovely waltz-time string quartet piece, “Be Water II,” show a newfound maturity in Sands’ game, revealing a more patient and poetic side. This is not to suggest that Sands keeps his abundance of chops totally in check here. His remarkable facility is showcased on the turbulent burner “Steam,” paced by bassist Yasushi Nakamura’s deep groove and featuring muscular bashing from drummer Clarence Penn, and also on the propulsive “Drive,” with an electrifying guitar solo from Marvin Sewell. An added treat is Sands’ soulful reading of Steve Winwood’s “Can’t Find My WayHome.”
*
YELLOWJACKETS // “EVEN SONG” JAZZED PREMIERE10.15.20
GRAMMY® Award-winning group Yellowjackets’ upcoming _Jackets XL _celebrates their 40th anniversary of collaboration while joining forces with Germany’s iconic WDR Big Band and re-imagining some of the quartet’s classic tunes. The newest Yellowjackets single, “Even Song,” was originally recorded for 1993’s _Run for Your Life_ arranged by Vince Mendoza. Here the track has been reimagined and revamped in concert with the WDR Big Band. “Even Song” will be released as a single on October 16th, and will be featured on the upcoming album to be released by Mack Avenue Records on November 6th.*
PERFORMANCES FROM OUR ARTISTS10.01.20
LIVE Q&A WITH JOEY DEFRANCESCO HOSTED BY ALONZO BODDEN DAN WILSON - DTC ORGAN TRIO LIVE AT AVCLUB (9/29/20) EMMET COHEN - LIVE FROM EMMET'S PLACE VOL.26 FT. GODWIN LOUIS WARREN WOLF _REINCARNATION _CD RELEASE LIVESTREAM*
TE LO DIJE: HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA’S POP ALBUM09.30.20
For his latest album, Cuban jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa pays tribute to popular music of the island. “Te Lo Dije!” HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA seems to brag from the CD cover of his new record. _Te Lo Dije_ is the ninth LP from the Cuban pianist who tours regularly in France. The previous (and terrific) _Un Dia Cualquiera_ was recorded in the United States. From the first moment here, it’s obvious that we’ve returned to Havana. “Bocadito de Helado!” is the call of the ice cream man, the intoxicating recording that plays everywhere throughout the capital. These are the kinds of street noises that ALFONSO PEÑA, one of the best sound engineers in his country, weaves into “Habana Sin Sábanas.” For this overture, which can be translated as “Havana Without Makeup,” Harold López-Nussa introduces his new quartet instead of the trio that we are used to.*
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE / CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER (ALBUM REVIEW)09.28.20
Following his ambitious homage to leaders of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four, Christian McBride returns to his hard-swinging big band with 2020's For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver. Where The Movement found him drawing inspiration from icons like Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver finds the bassist drawing equal motivation from the work of jazz icons like organist Jimmy Smith, guitarist Wes Montgomery, and saxophonist/arranger Oliver Nelson.*
JAZZ ALBUM REVIEW: CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE’S “FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER” — A MIGHTY CHEERY BIG BAND09.25.20
_Inspired by their leader, bassist Christian McBride, the musicians in this big band always sound like they are having the times of theirlives.
_
Christian McBride, _For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver _(Mack Avenue)
In the late 90’s, I was assigned by Verve Records the pleasant job of writing the notes to reissues of classic albums by the king of the Hammond organ, Jimmy Smith: _Blue Bash!_ was one, another was _The Dynamic Duo_, co-led by another prince of the music, guitarist Wes Montgomery, who gives one of his sunniest performances.(I also chose the selections as well as wrote the notes for Verve’s _The Finest Hour of Jimmy Smith_.) Generally, one talks to the musicians before writing these little essays. I tried. I called Smith so many times that I became friends with his wife. He was unwilling to talk, even when Mrs. Smith said, “Oh, Jimmy, do it for Mike.” The one thing he said to me that I remember — and that is printable — is the bleak “What’s in it for me?” What would _he_ get out of a reissue of his music? Not much in terms of cash and he didn’t want his reissues to be competing with his latest recordings. I had a backup plan for my essay on _Blue Bash!_ I called co-leader guitarist Kenny Burrell, whose son got back to me with the discouraging news that Kenny, one of my musical heroes, wouldn’t be available for a conversation “this year.”*
ACCLAIMED CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND…‘FOR JIMMY, WES AND OLIVER’ (ALBUM REVIEW)09.25.20
Grammy-winning bassist, composer, and all-round jazz impresario CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE has already released one stunning album this year with his major opus paying tribute to Civil Rights leaders on _The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons_, reviewed on these pages. Now McBride brings us another poignant effort, featuring his Grammy-winning big band ((CMBB’s third release) and quartets comprised of his lifelong friend and stellar organist JOEY DEFRANCESCO and frequent collaborator guitarist MARK WHITFIELD. Regular CMBB drummer QUINCY PHILLIPS anchors both the big band and quartets which alternate on renditions of songs inspired by the 1966 recordings of organist Jimmy Smith and guitarist Wes Montgomery at Rudy Van Gelder’s famed studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Over the course of three days, the two jazz icons recorded the material for two now-classic albums: _The Dynamic Duo_ (1966) and _Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes _(1968), backed by a big band featuring arrangements by the great Oliver Nelson. As you can imagine McBride and company swing like crazy on this one, inspired by their forbears.*
JOHN BEASLEY MONK’ESTRA PLAYS JOHN BEASLEY (5 STAR REVIEW)09.22.20
John Beasley has arranged the brass brighter and brasher, the low horns to be more growly and his tasty keyboard parts to be artfully highlighted on his third far-reaching album with MONK’estra. Extending marvelously synchronized section motifs—those indelibly quirky Monk phrases—into swelling backdrops that balance freely impassioned soloists, Beasley as a pianist and composer, too, draws out even more melodic, harmonic and rhythmic implications in music by Monk, Bird and Duke. The intricate recasting of “Donna Lee” contains several thrills, but the motifs throughout are colored vividly, etched with fine yet robust lines and graceful in their surprising twists. The large ensemble’s performance seems flawless and the small group Beasley’s assembled for a few tracks with longtime colleagues such as bassist John Patitucci, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and soulful harmonica player Grégoire Maret is bonded in camaraderie. Among the virtues of Beasley’s charts is that they never outstay their welcome; instead, they leave us wanting more. And with the abundance of details to absorb here, that’s really saying something. Beasley has a brilliant musical mind and warm yet exploratory touch, and his originals fit sweetly amid the time-honored repertoire. Jazz history is beautifully served here by Beasley leading his orchestra to embody his own unique vision.*
PIANIST/COMPOSER HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA CAPTURES THE SOUL OF MODERN CUBA ON ‘TE LO DIJE’ (ALBUM REVIEW)09.08.20
Havana-based pianist and composer HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA captures the joyous, dancing, vibrant music of today’s Cuba with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban pop music, defiantly standing up to the doubters who failed to share his radical vision. To understand the title, many didn’t think he could pull off such a marriage on this, his ninth album and third for Mack Avenue. Much like its near equivalent in English, “I told you so,” the Spanish phrase “Te lo dije” can be deployed as a boast or a put-down – often both at once. López-Nussa throws down that gauntlet on _Te Lo Dije_, featuring the pianist’s core quartet of drummer RUY ADRIÁN LÓPEZ-NUSSA, bassist JULIO CÉSAR GONZÁLEZ and trumpeter MAYQUEL GONZÁLEZ, bolstered by a number of special guests including Afro-Cuban funk superstar CIMAFUNK; French accordionist VINCENT PEIRANI; famed Cuban reggaeton vocalist RANDY MALCOM; and vocalistKELVIS OCHOA.
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