jazz2love

  New Release:  Reflections from Deb Bowman Label:  Mama Bama Records Release Date:  April 11, 2025 Website:  www.debbowman.com Vocalist Deb Bowman dabbles in a myriad of styles including jazz, pop, gospel, Broadway showtunes, and Latin rhythms over the course of her career performing in cabarets and musicals.  Her thoughtful approach to interpreting lyrics shows a sensitivity that brings the words to life.  Channeling her experiences as a live performer into her recording Reflections scents the songs with her essence, giving the tracks depth accented by her chic flair.  Possessing the smooth glide liken to vintage Diana Ross blended with the warmth of CeCe Gable's timbres and the clarion resonance of Jane Monheit, Bowman balances elegance with impetuousness, classic versing with inventive vocal hooks, continually illustrating an appreciation for traditional idioms while experimenting with modern enhancements.  Bowman worked closely with her...

  New Release:  Zito's Jump from James Zito Label:   Self-Released Release Date:  April 18, 2025 Website:  www.jameszitomusic.com From funky booglaloo jazz grooves to creamy bossa nova swells, soul-imbued blues, dancehall smooth jazz, bebop stylizing, and swinging straight-ahead jazz romps, guitarist-composer-leader James Zito embraces traditional jazz principles and melodic motifs, interpreted through a contemporary lens on his debut Zito's Jump .  Inspired by 20th century influencers like guitarists Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, George Benson, and trumpet player Lee Morgan, Zito demonstrates a craftsmanship for sowing harmonic chord patterns complimented by nuanced phrases and interpolated by rousing improvisations.  Zito takes a bow to jazz masters while parallelly imprinting his own signature vibe on the melodies, an assortment of original instrumentals and cover tunes.  Moving off the beaten path is the soothing serenade, "The Nearness of Yo...

New Release:  New America from Nick Biello Label:  La Reserve Records Release Date:  June 20, 2025 Website:  www.nickbiellomusic.com Fusing the cool bop sensations of bassist Alex Tremblay with the syncopated drumming of Peter Kronreif and the springy flourishes of pianist George Colligan on leader-saxophonist Nick Biello's offering New America , the combination puts a modern glint on traditional swing.  The harmonic forms are interspersed with improvised phrasing singed by the swiveling flares of Biello's saxophone and the glimmering crinkles of trumpet player Charlie Porter.  From bossa nova trimmings and piercing improvisations to soaring big band arcs and swirling riffs, the quintet charts an intricate course that wows the listener.  The band travels across elevated jaunts, searing whirls, and surging crescendos, Biello and his team drive a vitality into the scores that is authentic and appealing. https://www.nickbiellomusic.com/

  New Release:  Time Shift from Tim Jago Label:  Bespoke Jazz Release Date:  June 27, 2025 Website:  www.timjagomusic.com Composer-guitarist Tim Jago has a way of portraying the dissonance and harmony he witnesses in nature through his music.  His new release Time Shift is a sonic expression of the sometimes feral, sometimes exotic, sometimes mystical, and sometimes peaceful landscape of his childhood, while living in the outback of Western Australia.  Performing on the album with Jago are:  Mark Small on saxophone, Martin Bejerano on keyboards, Dion Kerr on electric and upright bass, and David Chiverton on drums.  Together, the quintet implement the tools of modulating meter changes through transitioning between dissonant and consonant phrasing, coiling free-style counterpoints to bring nature's atmospheric shifts into imaginary chordal patterns.  His message of finding unity among harmonious, diverse and polarizing factions is discerni...

New Release:  Under A Lavender Sky from Ermelinda Cuellar Label:  Self-Released Release Date:  March 21 2025 Website:  www.ermelindacuellar.com Of Peruvian descent, Texas-based vocalist Ermelinda Cuellar showcases her gift as as jazz crooner on her recording Under A Lavender Sky with arrangements by Horace Alexander Young and accompanied by a 12-piece orchestra.  Singing melodies in Spanish and English, she tailors the tunes to her warm and caressing timbres, moving between a lulling sonorous and a festive vibrancy.  Cuellar shines a starry glisten on classic jazz standards and Latin favorites with startling ease and finesse. https://ermelindacuellar.com/