Musician of the day: Jenny Scheinman

I am totally in the mood of jazz violin, after listening to Chris Church (from Jesse Cook's band) and Regina Carter last week. And I "discovered" Scheinman from Ben Allison's latest CD Think Free(BTW, Allison has always put out interesting music and this CD is no exception) Now I'm listening to her CD The Rabbi's Lover.

Music of the day: Rain Day

This song is the perfect description of the weather today. It came from new Flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook's latest album, The Rumba Foundation. I saw him playing with his band at Yoshi's last week. They sounded even better live. His music might not have a lot of depth. Even he admitted it was commercial stuff but all I care was that its beautiful music. I was surprised to see that his band featured a violinist, Chris Church. His playing fitted very well, by providing a whimsical atmosphere. Their show had lots of variety too: some songs are duet between two guitars, some are guitar + percussion. And there was of course a solo guitar piece by Cook.

Here is the Rhapsody link