O’Neill, Michael
Pajarito Music, 2024, CD
Instrument: Guitar
Issue: 30.2
Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 74
O’s Notes: Saxophonist Michael O’Neill leads his sextet with Erik Jekabson (t), John R. Burr (p), Dan Feiszli (b), Jason Lewis (d) and either Omar Ledezma or Brian Rice playing percussion. The featured vocalist is Tony Lindsay of the legendary Santana. They play eleven popular standards arranged with a jazzy Latin flair by O’Neill (4), Lewis (3), Burr (2), Jekabson (1), and Feiszli (1). Our favorites are “Lovely Day”, “I Can’t Help It”, “Another Star”, and “Pastime Paradise”.
Publicist: Bloom Media Relations