11 Aug

[ August 18th, 2023 release via Capri Records: Mike Jones, Penn Jillette & Jeff Hamilton – Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing? ]

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Pianist Mike Jones leads a unique trio with bassist/magician Penn Jillette and master drummer Jeff Hamilton on a playfully swinging new album Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing?, out August 18, 2023 via Capri Records, is the second album pairing the music director for the Penn & Teller show with his boss

“[On The Show Before the Show,] you’re hearing the unfettered joy in making music. Jones’ all-over-the-keys virtuosity dominates, but Penn is not shy about producing a fat tone and vivid attacks.” – Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

“[Mike Jones is] a full-keyboard player with an elegant sense of swing and a commanding attack with superb taste in chord voicings, pedal tones and melody lines.” – Marc Myers, JazzWax

09 Jan

[ January the 14th, 2022 release via Planet Arts Recordings: Pete Malinverni plays Leonard Bernstein – On the Town ]

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out January 14, 2022 via Planet Arts Recording

On the Town – Pete Malinverni plays Leonard Bernstein– featuring pianist Malinverni with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Jeff Hamilton.

“Pete Malinverni is a pianist with a forthright and elegant style.” – Nate Chinen, New York Times

“Pianist Pete Malinverni is a wild cat. [His] playing can be dark, gritty and oddly rapturous…he digs into the piano and emerges with exotic treasure.” – Karl Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer

05 Nov

[ November the 19th, 2021 release via Capri Records: Jeff Hamilton – Merry & Bright ]

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Merry & Bright, drummer Jeff Hamilton’s holiday album featuring his acclaimed trio with pianist Tamir Hendelman and bassist Jon Hamar, is out November 19, 2021 via Capri Records.

The swinging album showcases Hamilton‘s favorite Christmas tunes selected from his memories growing up in a family where everyone gathered around the piano at holiday time to sing in four-part harmony.

15 Sep

[ September 21, 2021 release via Capri Records: Graham Dechter – Major Influence ]

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release date: 21.09.2021 via Capri Records

Major Influence, out September 17, 2021 via Capri Records, reunites Dechter with all-star rhythm section Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton and Tamir Hendelman“Los Angeles guitarist Graham Dechter wowed listeners with his 2009 debut as a leader, Right On Time, and he hits it out of the park again with his sophomore release, Takin’ It There.” – Jennifer Odell, DownBeat

“Dechter should be on the scene for many years to come. Only in his twenties, he shows both a skill and maturity that many players don’t find until middle age.”

– John Heidt , Vintage Guitar Hit List

09 Jul

[ July the 17th, 2020 release on Capri Records: Jeff Hamilton – Catch Me If You Can ]

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release date: July 17th, 2020 via Capri Records

4.5 stars: “Not only do Hamilton and his mates perform impeccably as a unit, each one is a superlative soloist whose soliloquys are never less than seductive…. Those who have heard the peerless Jeff Hamilton Trio before should know pretty much what to expect from its latest excursion; those who haven’t should experience the galvanic sensation that comes with unforeseen discovery.” – Jack Bowers, All About Jazz

”The empathy is in joyous evidence when they go out and swing… the trio is sublime, sprightly, and inspired” – Jerry D’Souza, All About Jazz

Jeff Hamilton‘s Catch Me If You Can features his trio with pianist Tamir Hendelman and bassist Jon Hamar. Building on the foundation of Hamilton’s stirring stick and trademark brush artistry, the outfit calls attention to the durability of the enduring piano trio tradition. As ever, this premier ensemble remains committed to upholding the fundamentals of robust mainstream jazz: forthright and economical improvisation, lyricism, and, above all, uncompromising swing.

21 Jun

[ June the 21st release from Capri Records: Akiko-Hamilton-Dechter – Equal Time ]

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Available June 21, 2019 via Capri Records

“Akiko’s playing is like watching a flower blooming, a bird spreading her wings in the music world. Akiko is here to stay.” – Dr. Lonnie Smith

“Jeff Hamilton is a most driving and technically accomplished drummer.” – David Badham, Jazz Journal International

“I love Graham Dechter’s warm guitar sounds… serious swinging, clean arrangements, a high level of intensity and a dose of beautiful lines.” – John Clayton