Bill Charlap Trio - Uptown, Downtown (IMPULSE! RECORDS 2017)

Pianist Bill Charlap in a hell of a trio – working here with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington – both players who make the record bristle with fresh energy right from the start! Charlap's command of tone and timing are as wonderful here as on other records – already a great enough start in itself – but Kenny's well-paced work on drums, and those warmly-crafted lines on bass from Peter make the whole album a real treat – almost back to the kinds of surprising moments that both Washingtons brought to trio dates back in the 90s. If you're a Charlap fan, don't worry – Bill's style is very firmly in the lead here – but if you're looking for something extra, too, you'll definitely find it here – on titles that include "Satellite", "There's A Small Hotel", "I'm All Smiles", "Uptown Downtown", "Curtains", and "Bon Ami". © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.

1 Curtains

2 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

3 Uptown, Downtown

4 The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else

5 I’m All Smiles

6 There’s A Small Hotel

7 Satellite

8 Bon ami

9 Sophisticated Lady

New music from Miles Mosley and Brian Newman! (VERVE RECORDS)

Jazz bassist and vocalist Miles Mosley's new music video for "Shadow of Doubt" premiered August 18th on  Live For Live Music. The video, also available on Vevo, takes a look into Mosley’s life on the road – following his travels and providing a glimpse at his routine as a touring musician.

Mosley’s album, UPRISING, on Verve is available now digitally and physically. The album garnered wide praise, having debuted at #4 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart and #2 on the iTunes Jazz Album Chart.

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Shadow Of Doubt by Miles Mosley on VEVO.

Brian Newman – "Sunday In New York"

Brian Newman, singer, trumpeter and Verve recording artist, is gearing up for the release of his new album with the launch of a four-city “after hours” club tour that kicks off in Chicago on August 25th, as well as new track "Sunday in New York."

The tour dates coincide with Lady Gaga’s Joanne World Tour dates so Mother Monster fans can catch Brian’s performance directly after her show ends in those markets. Lady Gaga has often made surprise appearances at Newman’s club dates in the past.

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Bill Charlap & The European Jazz Piano Trio - Artfully Vol. 2 (BLAU RECORDS 2017)

Bill Charlap’s touch on the keyboard is light, almost stealthy, even when playing full chords, but always firm, clear and beautifully articulated. With the spirited support of Mark Hodgson bass and Stephen Keogh drums, it shows a trio which is, arguably, one of the best at casting spells. It has an ease and elegance that are rarely found in jazz.

This new album is the second instalment of a collection of recordings made at London’s Pizza Espress in 2011. As Scott Hamilton writes in the liner notes of the first volume “this is the type of trio which one dreams in finding out, great soloists with a huge sense of swing” 

There is a magic peculiar to piano trios; an atmosphere so wrapped that even up tempo pieces feels like ballads. Bill Evans could create that hush, or Keith Jarrett and a very few others and this includes, as well, Bill Charlap.

BILL CHARLAP. piano

MARK HODGSON, bass

STEPHEN KEOGH, drums

01. A Ballad & Five Brothers

02. Sophie

03. Vivi's Waltz

04. Our Love Rolls On

05. The Peacocks

Bill Charlap Trio - Notes from New York (2016)

Label: ¡Impulse!

Source: Zikeo

En neuf morceaux, l'album "Notes from New York" offre l'exemple accompli et chaleureux du talent de Bill Charlap. S'il se termine et se referme sur deux standards bien familiers, I'll Remember April, porté par les balais fringants de Kenny Washington, et le fameux On the Sunny Side of the Street, transfiguré, en solo, en balade à rebours des usages, le pianiste a fait le choix d'exhumer des mélodies rarement jouées, qui retrouvent vie sous ses doigts. Parmi les raretés, on redécouvre une chanson popularisée dans le jazz entre autres par Ella Fitzgerald, Make Me Rainbows, tiré de la B.O. du film Fitzwily (1967), écrite par John Williams quelques années avant qu'il ne s'illustre auprès de Steven Spielberg ou George Lucas, que Bill Charlap aborde à la manière d'Ahmad Jamal, porté par la swing de sa rythmique.

Émaillé de clins d'œil musicaux, Not a Care in the World est l'occasion pour le pianiste d'un solo facétieux qui redouble d'intensité avec le passage de Kenny Washington des balais aux baguettes. Introduit avec une subtilité qui rappelle que Bill Charlap n'est pas resté insensible à la poésie de Bill Evans, There Is No Music se développe avec un admirable sens de l'espace qui amène le pianiste à développer son expression jusque dans les registres les plus extrêmes du piano. Dans A Sleepin' Bee, il livre, en revanche, un solo plein d'humour qui semble avoir le caractère imprévisible du vol d'une abeille.

Autrefois régulièrement interprété par Hank Jones, Little Rascal on the Rock, composition de son cadet Thad Jones, s'entend comme une dédicace à un mentor disparu (en 2010), jouée avec une précision dans l'articulation du moindre trait et une fermeté d'attaque admirables, constamment au service du swing. Par contraste, Too Late Now, plus longue plage de l'album, se développe avec une touche de mélancolie dans une atmosphère crépusculaire très after hours. Composition du guitariste Tiny Grimes immortalisée par Charlie Parker, Tiny's Tempo rappelle que le be-bop fait partie intégrante de la culture de Bill Charlap, comme de ses partenaires, ainsi que Peter Washington en fournit l'illustration dans un brillant solo, et Kenny Washington dans les quatre-quatre qu'il échange avec le pianiste.

1 I'll Remember April
2 Make Me Rainbows
3 Not A Care In The World
4 There Is No Music
5 A Sleepin' Bee
6 Little Rascal On A Rock
7 Too Late Now
8 Tiny's Tempo
9 On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Bill Charlap
Peter Washington
Kenny Washington

 

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