I’d like to personally congratulate Northern California for surviving the Third Ice Age. Big cold front just passed through Santa Cruz, which made for ideal conditions to sit inside and listen to records all day. Here’s what’s happening in jazz during the end of a frozen December at KZSC:
- OUTER BRIDGE ENSEMBLE Determined (OBM)
- PINK MARTINI Get Happy (Heinz)
- COREY CHRISTIANSEN Lone Prairie (Origin)
- GEORGE COLLIGAN The Endless Mysteries (Origin)
- BOBBY WATSON Check Cashing Day (Lafiya)
- CRAIG YAREMKO Organ Trio
- DAVID BECKER TRIBUNE Distance Travel (Acoustic Music)
- SERGIO GALVAO Phantom Fish (Pimenta)
- KENNY GARRETT Pushing The World Away (Mack Avenue)
- GEORGE COTSIRILOS TRIO Variations (oa2
Last minute…new releases worth sticking in your ears: JOHN CLAYTON Parlor Series; HOWARD ALDEN/ANDY BROWN QUARTET Heavy Artillery; ELEC TET Shiny Metal Objects; JASON LEE BRUNS JAZZ COLLECTIVE Live At Catalina Jazz Club.