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Album:  Talking Hands Artists:  Greg Hatza and Enayet Hossain Label:  AIMREC Website:  https://www.aimrec.com Talking Hands , from keyboardist Greg Hatza and tabla player Enayet Hossain, mixes the Asian textures of the tabla with the glittery radiance of the electronic keys.  The duo's rapport is magnetic with the pulsating beats of the tabla embellished by the resonating effects and sinuous curves of the electronic keys. The recording launches with the title track, merging tribal beats with the rhapsodic banter of the keys, sprinting and flexing across the breadth of the track.  There is a conversational easiness to the chord movements that move further in "Crazy Calcutta Streets," harnessed in a percolating cadence, buoying the glittering effects of the keys, working as a sonic stimulant for the aural senses. The strolling rhythm of "Sweet Shop" is layered in warm aesthetics that switches to gyrating shimmies across "Dark Matter," peppered in glintin...

Album:  Hit It Artist:  BK Trio led by Brian Kooken Label:  Self-Released Website:  www.kookenguitarpiano.com From mollifying grooves to quick step meters, Hit It from BK Trio led by guitarist Brian Kooken courses through a vast array of harmonic forms across the jazz pallet.  Dripping with imaginative phrasing and organic interaction between Kooken's guitar, Greg Hatza's Hammond B3 organ, and Robert Shahid's drums, the trio's personable style in their communication speaks to listeners in an intimate and friendly manner. Collaborative activity among the members is continually illustrated like in “Always Looking Up” where Kooken's bubbly chords are interlaced in the pulsating drumbeats of Shahid and the deep toned throbbing of Hatza's Hammond organ.  Their exchanges and interplay are animated, moving freely while having the sensibilities to be aware of where each one is traveling and steering them in crisscrossing patterns.  A beautifully relaxing ...