Tim Alhoff Trio Prelude

Sep 1,2010
While on tour in Germany myself, I discovered Tim Allhoff. The winner of the 2010 New German Jazz Award, Allhoff stands firmly at the new dawn of modern jazz piano. Check out the track “Winzigwinzigklein” for an example of More...

Rosey Chan One

Sep 1,2010
Pianist Rosey Chan knows a thing or two about shaking things up in the halls of classical music, with genre-defying, multimedia live shows that captivate the eyes and ears. On her Sting-produced release One, Chan More...

Alpha Rev New Morning

Sep 1,2010
Austin’s Alpha Rev hits the sonic ground running with New Morning, their major label debut. Featuring an unabashed blend of artful roots-infused rock, the record brims with soaring choruses and aural attitude, courtesy of More...

Scissor Sisters Night Work

Sep 1,2010
This dance-funk spectacle features tons of synths and truly catchy songs. “Fire With Fire” sounds stadium-ready with the biggest hook on the record, while shades of disco, new wave, and techno abound, wrapped in racy lyrics More...

Joe Genuardi Last Round

Sep 1,2010
Don’t let the cover pic of Joe holding a guitar fool you; the man is a talented pianist who also plays most of the other instruments on his record. Last Round’s direct influences might be Billy and Elton, but Genuardi More...

John Zorn And The Dreamers Ipos

Sep 1,2010
Avant-garde composer Zorn has a storied career spanning a wide variety of genres, with a focus on Jewish themes. His work with the Dreamers includes the fine piano, Rhodes, and organ playing of Jamie Saft, who gives the More...

Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano and Out of Noise

Sep 1,2010
Grace Larkin The innovator hits us with two new albums in one. Playing the Piano is a taste of the composer’s haunting solo piano pieces, including some of his famous film themes and earlier works. Out of Noise does a 180, More...

Bear In Heaven Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Sep 1,2010
Grizzly Bear and the Ramones must have shacked up in a hotel room and made sweet love, because Bear in Heaven is without a doubt their new offspring. Perhaps Pink Floyd threw in a few swimmers themselves, accounting for More...

Pinetop Perkins And Willie ‘‘Big Eyes Smith Joined at the Hip

Sep 1,2010
The Grammy-winning blues and boogie pianist joins forces with the former Muddy Waters drummer to create an album to keep by your side at all times—a record for all moods. Heavily blues influenced, Joined at the Hip fires More...

Ed Alstrom Gettin Organized

Jul 1,2010
Ed Alstrom cooks up a tasty tonewheel storm on his latest release. Alstrom has performed with everyone from Herbie Hancock to Blood Sweat & Tears, and has been the weekend organist at Yankee Stadium since 2004. Trained More...

Roberto Fonseca Akokan

Jul 1,2010
Havana-born pianist and composer Roberto Fonseca takes the Latin jazz world by simmering storm on his new album Akokan. The gifted instrumentalist, whose work was previously heard with Buena Vista Social Club and the late More...

Jacky Terrasson Push

Jul 1,2010
Jazz piano renegade Jacky Terrasson makes his Concord Records debut with Push, which adventurously and deftly marries straight-ahead jazz to electronics and funk backbeats. With deep-pocketed accompaniment from Ben Williams More...

Devo Something For Everybody

Jul 1,2010
The absolute masters of post-punk pop for thinking people are back with a vengeance. Their first studio album in two decades has every drop of the strong cocktail of sardonic wit, irresistible hooks, and idiosyncratic synth More...

The Jeff Lorber Fusion Now Is the Time

Jul 1,2010
The first album since 1981 with “Fusion” after Jeff’s name is both a return to the jazz-funk keyboardist’s roots in that genre, and an ensemble effort by the baddest mofos out there: Jimmy Haslip on bass, Randy Brecker on More...

Tasto Solo Meyster ob Allen Meystern

Jul 1,2010
The unique mission of this quartet is to perform music written for the keyboards of the Middle Ages, on exact replicas of the Medieval clavisimbalum, organetto, and Gothic organ. Translating as “maestro of all maestros,” the More...

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