A British jazz quartet on US-based Cuneiform Records label spamming an impressive range of styles and moods (all original tunes with composition duties shared between three band members). I especially like the idiosyncratic sound of the quartet and some of these arrangements. Carsten Pieper
Ha, the Ed Palermo Big Band has long been on my radar, but for whatever reason I never pressed the Buy- button. This weekend's special Cuneiform offer took care of that, thanks a lot! :-)
I have long been interested in their Zappa renditions, but here things get a little more diverse: Next to Zappa we're treated with Neil Young, Los Lobos and Giorgio Moroder in the typical Palermo big band sound. Wonderful :-) Carsten Pieper
In recent years I've become increasingly interested and appreciative of the Jazz genre, and over that time I've come to recognize Yazz Ahmed as being exceptionally skilled and talented, producing really strong work that I greatly appreciate and enjoy.
Her release "Polyhymnia" is a particular favorite, offering a collection of songs that are very engaging, and thoroughly entertaining. Definitely an excellent place to start in an exploration of work by this very talented artist... rikm
NIce coincidence, after having listened to their formidable Avanti! album, that I got as a former Cuneiform weekend special-deal the day before, last Friday Cuneiform came up with another Miridor album. I took that as a sign and bought this immediately. It's a little different to Avanti! but we're in it for variety, aren't we? So thanks again, Cuneiform Records, you're great!
Well, thanks to Miriodor, too, you're also great ;-) Carsten Pieper