by Kabir Sehgal | Nov 10, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
The Pink Room Rondi Marsh Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal There is nothing more joyful and bittersweet than falling in and out of love. One day you’re seeing the stars, the next you’re cursing the darkness. Rondi Marsh’s “Pink Album” is the soundtrack for modern love and...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 22, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
With Love Dilee Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal A remarkable and creative synthesis of music, melody, and mirth, With Love is an incandescent offering from Diana “Dilee” Maher. That the album spans genres and classifications speaks to Dilee’s multi-disciplinary,...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 18, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Rediscovered Ellington: New Takes on Duke’s Rare and Unheard Music Dial & Oatts Rich DeRosa The WDR Big Band Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Rediscovered Ellington is a rarity that comes along once every few decades, a trove of mostly unheard music by a music...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 9, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Cumbia Universal Gregorio Uribe Big Band Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Liner Notes It’s Thursday night. The sun is down, and a star is out. A line forms outside Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village. They come to see the man in the hat: wearing his trademark sombrero vueltiao’,...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 4, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Recollecting You Kathy Sanborn Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Kathy Sanborn is a force in contemporary jazz—a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, producer, and recording artist with seven albums to her credit and a uniquely lush and powerfully emotive vocal style....
by Kabir Sehgal | Jul 31, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico Arturo O’Farrill & Chucho Valdés Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal “This project is a tribute to two of the greatest musical geniuses in the history of Afro Cuban music and jazz,” said Chucho Valdés. Quite naturally, he’s speaking of...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jul 21, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Ethereal Escapes Merrill Collins Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Ethereal Escapes is the musical sequel to Merrill Collins’ Echappees Etheriques. Performed by the composer at the piano along with flautist Laura Halladay and cellist Maksim Velichkin, the album connects...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jul 21, 2017 | All, Music
Guris Jovino Santos Neto & André Mehmari Review By Kabir Sehgal Guris is a masterful offering from Brazilian pianists Jovino Santos Neto and Andre Mehmari. This album, featuring two of Brazil’s finest keyboard players, is a celebration of master artist’s Hermeto...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jun 29, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Fly Away Butterfly Carol Albert Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Every so often, an artist comes along that makes you reimagine the possibilities of music. With Fly Away Butterfly, Carol Albert delivers a seminal and sizzling contribution to the artistic sphere, blending...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jun 23, 2017 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Carnival Donna E. Scott Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Donna E. Scott’s Carnival is a soaring and searing journey into the universal celebration of emotions. The prelude to Lent, Carnival is a spiritual time for reevaluating life, and beginning anew, as gray winter...