HARMOLODIC MONK By Don Albert Harmolodic Monk is a very fresh approach to the music of Thelonious Monk played by Matt Lavelle (cornet, flugelhorn and alto clarinet) and John Pietaro (vibraphone, bodhran, congas and percussion). You will either love this or hate it. It’s not really my bag but I Read More
Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro Harmolodic Monk By Howard Lawes Harmolodic Monk is an album by Matt Lavelle playing by turns cornet, flugelhorn and alto clarinet and John Pietaro on vibraphone, bodhran, congas and percussion. There are 10 tracks with a total playing time of 72 minutes. Quoting from the Read More
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JULIE LYON QUINTET – JULIE (Unseen Rain UR9957) By Bruce Crowther http://jazzmostly.com/jazz-cd-reviews-early-january-2015 This is another debut album, this time bringing to wide attention singer Julie Lyon who leads her New York Quartet through a selection of songs, mostly familiar, that display her rhythmic ease and intelligent interpretations. Among the songs performed here Read More
Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro – Harmolodic Monk – Unseen Rain UR9953, 73:30 (Matt Lavelle – cornet, Flugelhorn, alto clarinet; John Pietaro – vibraphone, bodhrán, congas, percussion) Just when you think Thelonious Monk’s music couldn’t get a new spin, along comes John Pietaro and Matt Lavelle’s 73-minute, ten-track Monk tribute, Read More
CD Review: By Vittorio Lo Conte http://www.musiczoom.it Between the music of Thelonious Monk and that of Ornette Coleman there is quite a distance, yet the two musicians on this album manage to delete this gap and make a tribute to Monk different from anything done so far – and that’s saying Read More
Harmolodic Monk Trumpet and flugelhorn artist Matt Lavelle studied with Ornette Coleman back in 2005 and subsequently took on the alto clarinet as well. The avant-garde musician who also has his own blog, teams up with John Pietaro, the vibraphonist and percussionist for an album of the music of Thelonious Read More
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HARMOLODIC MONK (UR9953) CD Review: http://www.jsojazzscene.org/cdreviews.htm by George Fendel Harmolodic Monk; Matt Lavelle, trumpet, flugelhorn and alto clarinet; and John Pietaro, vibes and percussion. Monk’s Music is interpreted with thought, creativity and a hint of mystery by this imaginative duo. It’s definitely Monk with all sorts of new shadings Read More
Unlike so many past masters tributes which feature some of the subject writer’s work, then a smattering of tunes cherished by the deceased mainman, and finally cuts written by the tributees, Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro’s Harmolodic Monk is 100% Thelonius cuts stretched and refabricated by a horn player and Read More
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Fronting a quartet featuring the Hammond B-3 organ of Greg “Organ Monk” Lewis, the guitar of Marvin Sewell and Mike Campenni on drums, trombonist Pat Hall runs through a set of seven tunes on this release—four, including an epic reading of his “Waltz for Debby” are Evans originals. One is Read More
Matt Lavelle / John Pietaro – Harmolodic Monk This great album may well claim the title of “disc of the year”. Formally it belongs in the category tribute album, but it was too different from the usual work of this kind. Especially because we have a double tribute here. One Read More
Matt Lavelle, John Pietaro: “Harmolodic Monk” (2015) CD Review Harmolodic Monk, the new CD from Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro, is an interesting jazz album taking the musical philosophy and approach of Ornette Coleman and applying it to compositions by Thelonious Monk. The results are sometimes soulful, sometimes emotional. These Read More
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At the time of this writing, from the author‘s window, the view is of wet snow mixed with rain. In such nasty weather the debut album of the Julie Lyon Quintet is the best cure for the blues. Anyway, I would warm it up with mugs of anything hot or Read More
UNSEEN RAIN JULIE LYON QUINTET/Julie: It’s interesting to see that the new generation of jazz divas can draw water from the same well but still manage to spike the drink with a special sauce of their own that gives them some distinctive real estate to plant a flag on. Certainly Read More
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Sumari: Matt Lavelle, Jack DeSalvo, Tom Cabrera
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12 Houses Recording session at Systems Two in Brooklyn. All photos by Jeff Evans. Matt Lavelle – conductor, composer, trumpet, flugelhorn, alto clarinet, Anaïs Maviel – voice, Lee Odom -Clarinet, soprano saxophone, Charlie Waters – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, Ras Moshe – tenor saxophone, concert flute, bells, Tim Stocker – Read More
Pat Hall – TIME REMEMBERED (THE MUSIC OF BILL EVANS): Pat’s trombone work is just “kickin’” on this great tribute to the music of Bill Evans. …and very nicely complemented by organ from Greg “Organ Monk” Lewis, guitar from Marvin Sewell and drums by Mike Campenni. Tunes like the Read More
“No Lunch In Hackensack”, Jimmy Bennington – drums, Steve Cohn – piano, Unseen Rain Records – foUR9979 Unseen Rain Records is a fairly new company, created by guitarist Jack DeSalvo, that in the last few years has put some superb recordings and this is one of them. Most of the Read More
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Sumari: Matt Lavelle, Jack DeSalvo and Tom Cabrera. Three post-modern multi-instrumentalist shamans channeling intrepid music extending from jazz into new music and folk and World music.
Just a cursory glance at the biography and discography of bassist, composer and producer Joris Teepe makes you smile in the title of his latest album. Since his arrival in New York (in 1992) he is a much sought after musician. And that’s an understatement. His contributions to recordings of Read More
Jazz CD Reviews Pat Hall – “Time Remembered” – The Music of Bill Evans [TrackList follows] – Unseen Rain An unusual quartet takes an equally unusual run through Bill Evans territory. Published on October 2, 2014 Pat Hall – “Time Remembered” – The Music of Bill Evans [TrackList follows] – Read More
Patrick Hall: Time Remembered: The Music Of Bill Evans (2014) By JOHN EPHLAND, Published: September 27, 2014 | 1,232 views The unconventional inside a conventional skin. That’s what we have here with trombonist Pat Hall’s offering Time Remembered: The Music of Bill Evans. Playing it from the bottom up, so Read More
By Josh Campbell A very interesting album from Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro. The concept, and I love concept albums, is to use Monk compositions and Ornette Coleman’s harmolodic methods. Interestingly, we find John Pietraro on the vibraphone in addition to percussion leading to a unique duet. Matt Lavelle is Read More
Jack DeSalvo & Tom Cabrera, Juniper: This is the kind of music that results from artists who invest years in learning their instruments and expressing them in ways that fall outside normal conventions. DeSalvo and Cabrera have partnered their guitars and percussion before, and that investment, too, bears fruit on Read More
DeSalvo and Cabrera’s third UR album is perhaps their most ambitious yet, including music with multiple layers of strings and percussion, their signature duos and a solo piece each.
Media Alert: Pat Hall’s Time Remembered: The Music of Bill Evans (Unseen Rain UR9960) Street Date August 5, 2014 Pat Hall: Trombone, Greg “Organ Monk” Lewis: Organ, Marvin Sewell: Guitar, Mike Campenni: Drums http://www.unseenrainrecords.com/?p=880 CD Review: http://www.jsojazzscene.org/cdreviews.htm by George Fendel Considering the fact that Bill Evans passed away nearly 35 Read More
Bassist and composer Joris Teepe, who first appeared on Unseen Rain on Lewis Porter’s Trio Solo, has reason to be Workaholic. While his adroit bass playing is constantly in-demand by other jazz greats, he presents here an extraordinary album of his own music. Along with Joris on double-bass and electric Read More
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Pat Hall – Time Remembered: The Music of Bill Evans “Well, only one more tribute album,” – says Blase Dzhazfen, who barely glanced at the cover of this CD. But putting the disc on to listen to it once, from the first bars, makes sure that this tribute is at Read More
HARMOLODIC MONK Album Release Event Whynot Jazz Room, Sunday, July29, 7:30PM 14 Christopher St, NYC Harmolodic Monk is matt Lavelle (trumpet, alto clarinet, flugelhorn) and John Pietaro (vibes, percussion). The pair will be performing a set of selections from their Unseen Rain Records debut album, one which explores some of Read More
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Pat Hall Time Remembered: The Music of Bill Evans UR9960 Pat Hall embraces the spirit of Bill Evans with a unique vision and with great success! Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com Bill Evans compositions are covered on a fairly regular basis. An entire release devoted to perhaps Read More
Jim Eigo June 17, 2014 Pat Hall: Trombone, Greg “Organ Monk” Lewis: Organ, Marvin Sewell: Guitar, Mike Campenni: Drums http://www.unseenrainrecords.com/?p=880 CD Review: See your review on the site Honoring Bill Evans, June 16, 2014By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) This review is from: Time Remembered: The Music of Bill Evans (MP3 Read More
THE ELECTRIC MILES PROJECT Listen HERE Purchase HERE Chris Kelsey, electric saxophones What I Say: Rolf Strum, electric guitar • Jack DeSalvo, electric guitar • Joe Gallant, electric bass • Dean Sharp, drums