My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2014: Oran Etkin, Gathering Light (Motéma) Rob Garcia 4, The Passion of Color (BJU) Frank Lacy & The Smalls Legacy Band, Live at Smalls (SmallsLive) Mark Alban Lotz, Solo Flutes (LopLop) Ulf Wakenius, Momento Magico (ACT) Mark Weinstein, Latin Jazz Underground (Zoho)
This review appears in the September 2013 issue of The New York City Jazz Record. — Michel Gentile/Daniel Kelly/Rob Garcia WORKS (Connection Works) By David R. Adler Flutist Michel Gentile, pianist Daniel Kelly and drummer Rob Garcia aren’t just trio mates: they’re business partners, overseeing the nonprofit Connection Works as it programs concerts, workshops and educational events in Brooklyn. WORKS, their
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, July 2013: David Ake, Bridges (Posi-Tone) Terence Blanchard, Magnetic (Blue Note) Gerald Cleaver’s Black Host, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (Northern Spy) Michel Gentile/Daniel Kelly/Rob Garcia, Works (Connection Works) Steven Lugerner, For We Have Heard (NoBusiness) Peter Madsen with Alfred Vogel, Soul of the Underground