Gino Amato: Latin Crossroads (2024)

Gino Amato: Latin Crossroads (2024)

by | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Gino Amato’s is a classically trained pianist who has worked with the Puerto Rican salsa band La Sonora Ponceña and pianist Papo Lucca, studied with Don Sebesky and Jim McNeely, formed the Steely Dan tribute group Royal Scam, and has written for big bands and Latin...
Eric Person: Rhythm Edge [Remastered] (2007)

Eric Person: Rhythm Edge [Remastered] (2007)

by | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

What we have here is a remastered version of an album which was released in 2007, but I didn’t hear it at the time and I am very pleased indeed to have it now as this is a delight for anyone interested in hugely complex and complicated jazz with wonderful arrangements...
Doug Ferony: Alright Okay You Win (2024)

Doug Ferony: Alright Okay You Win (2024)

by | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Ferony might be a name new to many of you, but you may recognise his face as he has been in quite a few movies, normally uncredited, such as ‘Back To School’, ‘GoodFellas’, ‘Spiderman II’, and The Irishman’. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1985, he went to acting...
Yuka Mito: How Deep Is the Ocean (2024)

Yuka Mito: How Deep Is the Ocean (2024)

by | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Yuka Mito is a Japanese jazz singer, and here she has been joined by a Japanese trio to work their way through seven classic numbers with a total playing time of 30 minutes. There is no doubt the band can play, with Hiroki Morioka having a wonderful touch on piano,...