Jazz/Blues
Trombonist Steve Turre Paints All the 'Colors for the Masters,' Smoke Sessions Records[REVIEW]
Pianist-Arranger John Beasley 'Presents Monk'estra Volume #1,' Mack Avenue Records [REVIEW]
Who better than Monk Institute Music Director John Beasley to finally create something that might have been thought of years ago: the concept of a "Monk'estra," which is, of course, a full-fledged 15-man orchestra doing nothin' but the hard, complex, circuitous compositions by The High Priest Of Bebop, baby, Thelonious Monk [1917-1982]. Eddie Turner & The Trouble Twins Are 'Naked...In Your Face,' 7-14 Productions, [REVIEW]
Born in Cuba, raised in Chicago, Eddie Turner played in San Francisco with Tracy Nelson and Mother Earth in the 1970s, Colorado's hard-rock Zephyr in the 1980s and The Otis Taylor Band in the 1990s. In the new millennium, his 2005 'Rise,' 2006 'Turner Diaries' and 2010 'Miracles & Demons' made him his generation's equivalent of Hound Dog Taylor or Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Now, he's 'Naked...In Your Face' (7-14 Records) on his first ever concert CD.
