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Dave Zinno: Fetish
by Rob Rosenblum
While it is obvious that bassist Dave Zinno put a lot of thought into the writing and arrangements here, it is the quality of solo performances that gives this album its worthy distinction. Some may be familiar with pianist Tim Ray from his inclusion in the trio backing one of altoist Greg Abate's albums and his own trio outing on Whaling City Sound label. But trumpeter Eric Benny Bloom and most impressively, the tenor mastery of Mike Tucker, were previously ...
read moreDave Zinno Unisphere: Fetish
by Jack Bowers
Dave Zinno's New York-based Unisphere is a quintet/sometime sextet that is rhythmically sound, melodically smooth and anchored by his assertive bass lines. The group employs a splendid two-horn front line (tenor saxophonist Mike Tucker, trumpeter Eric Benny Bloom) and adds a third, trombonist/arranger Rafael Rocha, on the freewheeling closer, “Meu Fraco e Cafe Forte" (in English, “My Weakness Is Strong Coffee") but Rocha doesn't solo. The quintet morphs to sextet on five other numbers wherein keyboardist Leo Genovese joins the ...
read moreDouglas Olsen: 2 Cents
by Jack Bowers
What seems at first blush to be a nonet on this splendid new album is actually trumpeter Douglas Olsen's core quartet, amplified on various selections by talented guests who raise the number anywhere from a quintet to an octet. Even though Olsen has been a super-busy free-lancer on the New England jazz scene for more than two decades, 2 Cents is apparently his first recording date as leader of his own group; with that in mind, perhaps Olsen reasoned it ...
read moreLarry Fuller, Kendrick Scott & More
by Joe Dimino
This week we open with veteran jazz bassist and long-time educator Dave Zinno with music off his newest CD Stories Told. Then we profile the Iowa-based group Heartland Trio and dig the sounds of the Detroit Tenors. From there, we get into some new jazz from Jeff Pifher, Warren Galea and Jan Geijtenbeek. We look into the music and life of Canadian cat Mike Allen, some tasty new stuff from Kendrick Scott and wrap it all up old school with ...
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