Pianist/keyboardist Jesse Fischer has always focused on the groove in his music. It's a bent of his that can at times lean to a kind of populism, it can also at times feel like overseasoning. Yet Fischer's latest album, Day Dreamer, and album from the new father, an album more rested, more settled, is his most straightforward collection of songs yet.The R&B influence that … [Read more...]
Jesse Fischer – “Suite for the Blue Planet” feat. Takuya Kuroda (Video)
Keyboardist Jesse Fischer's latest album, Day Dreamer is his finest release yet, maintaining the same signature buoyant sound he's always had but with fewer moving parts for a less-is-more approach that really makes for the most fun listen he's provided yet. Part of thatlisten is the uplifting "Suite for the Blue Planet" featuring the always impressive trumpeter Takuya Kuroda. … [Read more...]
Jesse Fischer feat. Leon “Foster” Thomas – Nomads (Video)
Keyboardist Jesse Fischer is set to release his next album, Day Dreamer, on September 25 on Ropeadope Records. It's an album that sits back a bit elementally, Fischer as more contemplative,as his press release states, as he approaches fatherhood. What results is a less is more sound that may be some of his strongest work yet. The album opener, "Nomads", features Leon " Foster" … [Read more...]
Jose James’ ‘Yesterday I Had the Blues’ Out This Spring
Coming after Jose James' recent albums, While You Were Sleeping, No Beginning, No End, and Black Magic, with explorations into rock, electronic, R&B, soul, and funk in addition to his jazz roots, James' new project Yesterday I Had The Blues might seem like a departure. In fact, he's returning to those jazz roots here - check out James' versions of some John Coltrane tunes from … [Read more...]