Jazz/Blues
'Good Days a Comin' for Ivas John Due to His Solid Fifth CD on Right Side Up Records [REVIEW]
Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions Results in 'Istanbul Underground' on Nublu Records [REVIEW]
East meets West in this delicious fusion of jazz, world, rock, prog, soundtrack (for a movie that doesn't exist) and engaging instrumental Euro-Pop. There's no telling where it will take you until you go there...and you find yourself wanting to return. 'Istanbul Underground' (Nublu Records), by Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, is like walking out of your hotel room onto the main thoroughfare of the Turkish metropolis, closing your eyes and breathing it all in. Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison Are 'In Movement' on ECM Debut CD [REVIEW]
Drummer Jack DeJohnette, 73, has played on more ECM records than any other musician. Why, then, is the 'In Movement' ECM debut of his new trio with tenor/soprano/sopranino saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and electric bassist/electronics master Matthew Garrison major jazz news?
