Gene Segal - Transformation (SteepleChase Productions ApS 2018)

Guitarist/composer Gene Segal has released three albums on SteepleChase LookOut:

Mental Images (SCCD 33114), Matter (SCCD 33121) and Spiral (SCCD 33132) during the period from 2014 to 2017, all of which received critical and public acclaims. Always being adventurous, unpredictable, inventive Segal showcases his new and in a way debut album here for the SteepleChase’s main label with a little bit more jazz-bound material.

“… rich and exciting chops from Segal’s axe make for a blues jamming delight.” (George W. Harris – The Jazz Weekly on Mental Images)

“… The band has a joyful swing…Music that grows and grows.” (The Jazz Weekly on Matter)

GENE SEGAL guitar

ADAM NIEWOOD tenor & soprano saxophone, ewi

BEN STREET bass

BILLY HART drums

1 EXOSPHERE (Gene Segal) 6:11

2 TRANSFORMATION (Gene Segal) 9:00

3 SANDY’S DANCE (Gene Perla) 5:45

4 THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON (Gene Segal) 7:28

5 DARN THAT DREAM (Jimmy van Heusen) 7:28

6 TWO TIRED SOULS (Gene Segal) 5:58

7 UGLY BEAUTY (Thelonious Monk) 2:11

8 TAURUS PEOPLE (Faruk Dawud) 6:17

9 MYSTERIOSO (Thelonious Monk) 08:05

Pat Martino - Formidable (HighNote Records 2017)

FORMIDABLE is the title of Pat Martino's first studio recording as a bandleader in 11 years and it is an excellent metaphor for the guitarist's fearless and virtuosic playing. Martino grew up in Philadelphia, PA, a musical melting pot where many jazz greats began their journey, so perhaps it's of little surprise that he emerged as one of the most exciting guitar players in the 1960s, having already developed a mature style by the age of 20. Today, the guitarist still plays his instrument with the same fiery enthusiasm that he had as a young player first making his name, having lost none of his talent for furious, daring improvisations, or hard-swinging grooves. Martino's core trio featuring Pat Bianchi and Carmen Intorre, Jr., is here augmented by the fiery saxophone of Adam Niewood and the forceful trumpet of Alex Norris. Martino's excellent choice of sidemen is made evident by the thoughtful communication and sense of fun shared between Martino and his colleagues.

El Nino (J. Calderazzi)

Hipsippy Blues (H. Mobley)

Homage (G. Niewood)

Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love (Mingus)

El Hombre (Martino)

In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck)

Nightwings (Martino)

In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington)

On the Stairs (Martino)

Pat Martino: guitar and leader

Pat Bianchi: organ

Carmen Intorre, Jr.: drums

Adam Niewood: tenor saxophone (tracks 1,2,3,5,7,9)

Alex Norris: trumpet (tracks 1,3,5,7,9; flugelhorn, track 2)

Adam Niewood - Paradigm Shift Live at Lafayette Bar (2017)

Adam Niewood (Saxophones, various woodwinds, EWI / electronic wind instrument, Drums) is a jazz improviser and American composer living in Manhattan New York, USA.

Adam grew up in a musical household in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. His father Gerry: an improvising jazz musician and freelancing woodwind doubler. His mother Gurly: a classical clarinetist and pianist, with a full-roster of local piano students.

"Piano lessons on the first floor - Jazz on the 3rd floor - There was music floating around in the house every day!!!"

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1. Sandy's Dance (Live) 8:59

2. Joy (Live) 9:16

3. Mellow Drama (Live) 7:56

4. Vertigo (Live) 8:08

5. The Wrong Opinion (Live) 9:31

6. Not Quite Right (Live) 8:36

7. This Way to the Egress (Live) 5:53

Adam Niewood - Drums

Vic Juris - Guitar

Dick Oates - Alto Saxophone

Gene Perla - Bass

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