Origin Records Reviews

Phil Kelly - My Museum
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide

Switching from his usual partners, the NW Prevailing Winds, Phil Kelly takes on a new collective of musicians here, the SW Santa Ana Winds. The move is from Seattle to Los Angeles physically, and similarly for the musical aesthetic. Despite the core ... read more

Giacomo Gates - Centerpiece
by Adam Greenburg, All Music Guide

Centerpiece is the third album from Connecticut-based crooner Giacomo Gates. This is full fledged jazz lounge singing at its contemporary best. The songs are standards from throughout the timeline of jazz, but with an extra ounce of emphasis on some ... read more

Chris Walden - Home Of My Heart
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz

German-born, Los Angeles-based composer/arranger/flugelhornist Chris Walden looks way too young to be this good at a task as daunting as big band writing. He looks almost too young to be sitting in with the band, though he is pushing the ripe old ... read more

Les DeMerle - Cookin' At The Corner, Vol.2
by Larry Hollis, Cadence, April-June 2008

"Cookin' At The Corner, Vol. 2" is a live club set from Hilton Head, South Carolina. Les De Merle leads his trio from the drums and sings rougher material like “Work Song” and “All Around The World” in an energetic if occasionally overdone voice, ... read more

Vasilic Nenad Balkan Band - FOLK SONGS
by Rainer Voss , JazzDimensions-Germany

The CD title "Folk Songs" of Vasilic Nenad the Balkans of tape of recent bringing in wakes probably false associations in the German-speaking countries. But no fear, which presents which the Vasilic Nenad the Balkans tape, does not sound after ... read more

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