Oz Noy - Booga Looga Loo (ABSTRACT LOGIX February 15, 2019)

New York guitar phenom Oz Noy is that rare artist -- one who has cultivated his own distinct voice within the context of classic structures. His latest album, Booga Looga Loo reawakens timeless Boogaloo meets Jazz meets R&B grooves with Noy’s extended, unpredictable harmonic sensibility, stinging phrasing, and deft musical economy. Helping to realize Noy’s concept of the boogaloo record is a cast of musicians equally versed in the backbeat and the beyond, including drummers Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl and Steve Ferrone; bassists Will Lee, John Patitucci, and James Genus; and keyboardists Jerry Z and Brian Charette. Other contributors include Kevin Hays, Seamus Blake, and Anne Drummond. 

On Booga Looga Loo, five taut, incisive Noy originals are joined by striking reinventions of material by the Beatles (“Eight Days a Week,” with Lee on vocals), the Beach Boys (an achingly delivered “God Only Knows”), Ray Charles (“I Got a Woman”), and Thelonious Monk (“Bemsha Swing”). The album follows Twisted Blues, Oz Noy’s acclaimed two-volume exploration of the limits of the blues, a searing live set recorded in Shanghai with Weckl and bassist Étienne M'Bappé (Asian Twistz), a Soul Funk R&B record “Who Give A Funk" and the debut of Ozone Squeeze, Noy’s versatile, accessible trio with drummer Darren Stanley and vocalist and keyboardist Rai Thistlethwayte.

Oz Noy (Guitar)

Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Steve Ferrone (Drums)

Will Lee, John Patitucci, James Genus (Bass)

Jerry Z, Brian Charette, Kevin Hays (Keys)

Seamus Blake (Sax)

Anne Drummond (Piano)

1. BoogaLoo Fever

2. Chocolate Souffle

3. A Soul Thang

4. Bemsha Swing

5. Booga Looga Loo

6. I Got a Woman

7. God Only Knows

8. Eight Days a Week

Shows

Feb 19

Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1

New York, NY

Feb 28

Yoshi's Jazz Club, Oakland

Oakland, CA

Mar 05

Jammin' Java

Vienna, VA

Mar 06

Songbirds (Lower Level)

Chattanooga, TN

Mar 12

FTC StageOne

Fairfield, CT

Mar 14

Iridium

New York, NY

Mar 15

Iridium

New York, NY

Mar 16

Iridium

New York, NY

Mar 17

Iridium

New York, NY

Mar 19

Milkboy Philly

Philadelphia, PA

Mar 22

The Jazz Kitchen

Indianapolis, IN

Mar 23

The Jazz Kitchen

Indianapolis, IN

Mar 27

The Bitter End

New York, NY

Rebecca Angel - What We Had (TIMELESS GROOVES RECORDS August 3 2018) + SHOWS

REBECCA ANGEL AT RIVER SPIRIT MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL

September 8, 2018

@ 80 Washington Ave, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706

Purchase tickets here

REBECCA ANGEL AT BARNES AND NOBLE IN EASTCHESTER, NY

September 26, 2018

@ Eastchester

680 White Plains Rd

Scarsdale NY 1058

Rebecca Angel's voice makes the difference. With her refined charm, she gives the songs on What We Had the overwhelming splendor.

- Hans-Bernd Hülsmann www.smooth-jazz.de

Jason Miles' work playing, producing, arranging, and guiding some terrific musicians in support of this must-hear chanteuse brings a real sense of warmth to the work. WHAT WE HAD is a real treat, and Rebecca Angel's voice and writing are superb evidence of an artist with a very bright future ahead of them.

- Chris Gibson Broadway World

Talented young singer Rebecca Angel has released her first EP the memorable “What We Had”, an innovative set of fresh and heartfelt music.

The 22 year-old vocalist has an appealing and captivating voice. Using jazz as her base to explore different grooves, she collaborated with Grammy-winning Jason Miles, who produced recordings of celebrity artists including Miles Davis, Grover Washington Jr., Luther Vandross, etc. Jason is producer and arranger of “What We Had”, her debut EP, Miles and other top-notch musicians accompany her with a variety of backgrounds that showcase her soothing and distinctive voice at its very best.

In addition to Miles’ keyboards, the six selections (plus two remixed performances) utilize such fine musicians as soprano-saxophonist Hailey Niswanger, guitarists Ricardo Silveira, Jonah Miles Prendergast and Christian Ver Halen, bassists James Genus, Reggie Washington and Adam Dorn, drummer Brian Dunne, percussionists Mino Cinelu and Cyro Baptista, cellist Sebastian Stoger, flugelhornist Dennis Angel and flutist Gottfred Stoger. Rebecca excels at singing heartfelt lyrics and showcases her innovative scatting.

Rebecca’s version of the rarely performed Hoagy Carmichael gem “Winter Moon” features interplay between the singer and Niswanger on saxophone, catchy Latin rhythms and a haunting melody.  

Rebecca co-wrote the minor-toned and nostalgic “What We Had” with her father Dennis Angel and guitarist Prendergast, a celebratory look at the past. 

The Brazilian vocalese “Agora Sim” puts the focus on her instrumental ability in unison with Jonah’s guitar.

“Feel Alive”, which was also co-written by Rebecca, is a superior pop tune that is both funky and infectious.

Leiber and Stoller’s “Stand By Me”, heard in both radio and electro mixes, has a tight bass-drum rhythm, dynamic keyboards, a bluesy vocal by Rebecca and some natural and creative scat-singing.

The program closes with the first-ever vocal recording of Marcos Valle’s 2005 instrumental hit “Jet Samba” which is given both a radio and an electronic Ipanema mix.

Rebecca Angel has loved music all of her life. She remembers her father introducing her to the recordings of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Elvis and the Beatles, Astrud Gilberto and Sade, all of whom became inspirations in her eclectic style.  She graduated with a degree in Vocal Jazz Studies from Ithaca College and has performed at the Iridium, The Metropolitan Room and CaféNoctambulo in New York.

Rebecca Angel creates consistently memorable musical statements throughout “What We Had”, with her substantial talents, a very impressive debut.

1 Winter Moon

2 What We Had

3 Agora Sim

4 Feel Alive

5 Stand By Me - Radio Mix

6 Jet Samba - Radio Mix

7 Stand By Me - Electro Mix

8 Jet Samba - Ipanema Remix

Rebecca Angel, vocals

Jason Miles keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Moog bass, pads, and percussion

Dennis Angel flugelhorn

Gottfried Stoger flute

Hailey Niswanger soprano saxophone

Sebastian Stoger cello

Jonah Miles Prendergast guitar

Christian Ver Halen guitar

Ricardo Silveira acoustic rhythm guitar

James Genus acoustic bass

Reggie Washington bass

Adam Dorn bass

Mino Cinelu percussion,

Cyro Baptista percussion

Brian Dunne drums

rebeccaangel.net

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Tia Fuller - Diamond Cut (MACK AVENUE RECORDS 2018)

Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Tia Fuller uses the process of diamonds forming under four levels of extreme pressure and heat as a metaphor for the time she spent honing her artistic craft. When looking up the term ‘diamond cut,’ you’ll learn that it was not necessarily pertaining to the shape but to the proportioning and the balance as to which the highest amount of light is reflected through the diamond. The process serves as a direct correlation to her teaching and playing.

While the phrase “diamond in the rough” often describes burgeoning talents brimming with potential, Fuller has exhibited impending greatness since emerging on the international jazz scene more than a decade ago. Now, her artistic capacity has blossomed tremendously, resulting in her fourth Mack Avenue Records release — the aptly titled Diamond Cut, her first album as leader since 2012’s Angelic Warrior. In those six years, she’s transitioned from being a member of Beyoncé’s touring band to becoming a full-time professor at Berklee College of Music, while still juggling a demanding career as a solo artist and touring with the likes of drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, bassist Esperanza Spalding, and Ralph Peterson Jr., among others.

“Not that I’ve arrived by any means, but I think I’m in a space of empowerment, knowing that I’m walking in my purpose,” says Fuller as she reflects on her multifaceted career. “I’m in the fullness of my purpose. Now, I’m more able to directly reflect the light toward others because of what other people have poured and reflected into me. I feel that I’m in a solid place to give back things of substance.”

Produced by GRAMMY® Award-winner Terri Lyne Carrington, the album finds Fuller leading two superb rhythm sections, both of which contain some of jazz’s brightest luminaries — bassist Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette, then bassist James Genus and drummer Bill Stewart. Adding texture and harmonic support of several compositions are guitarist Adam Rogers and organist Sam Yahel.

In The Trenches

Save Your Love For Me

I Love You

Queen Intuition

Joe'n Around

Crowns of Grey

The Coming

Soul Eyes

Delight

Fury of Da'Mond

Tears of Santa Barbara

Joe'n Around (alternate take)

Michael Zilber - Originals For The Originals (ORIGIN RECORDS 2017)

The Bay Area saxophonist / composer's 11th recording as leader or co-leader is a labor of love that reflects both his keen sense of the history of the music and his infinite capacity to SWING. Citing the profound influence of seven sax masters - Michael Brecker, Sonny Rollins, Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane and Paul Desmond - Zilber, along with New York greats Dave Kikoski on piano, bassist James Genus, and drummer Clarence Penn, has fashioned a potent homage that is infused with all-knowing nods to his heroes. "...art music of the highest order performed with passion, wit and verve." JAZZTIMES.

Breckerfast Club

Leaves (for Michael Brecker)

Partly Sonny

Autumn Lieb

Weather Wayne

Pastel Blues (for Wayne Shorter)

Hen House
Late Night Trane (in the distance)

Lieb Dich

Coltraning Daze

St. Paul (Desmond)

Michael Zilber: tenor and soprano saxophones

David Kikowski: piano

James Genus: bass

Clarence Penn: drums

Matt Clark: piano (7)

Peter Barshay: bass (7

Akira Tana: drums (7)