Posts tagged Steve Johns

Trombonist Eric Goletz’s sextet may be playing standards on his newest album. But it’s anything but standard. On Standard-ized! all six musicians vivify standards with unremitting energy. Even the album’s title contains an exclamation mark. ! More importantly, they perform with unmistakable joy. Their joy is apparent even as the …

You have to give Eric Goletz credit for perseverance. And for virtuosity. And for creating music that reaches out to listeners while providing inimitable improvisational excellence. Goletz imagined a sound that he wanted to record in the eighties. However, the times weren’t right for him to find a producer who …