Benny Benack III: Third Time's the Charm (2023,La Reserve/Bandstand Presents): Singing trumpet player, thirdalbum, mostly standards, pianist Emmet Cohen is outstanding withseveral big solos, guitarist Peter Bernstein appears on a fewcuts. A highlight is the duet with Bria Skonberg (she's anothersinging trumpet player) on "In a Mellotone."B+(**) [sp]
Hannah Gill: Everybody Loves a Lover (2023, TurtleBay): Jazz singer, 25, based in New York, first album (unless sherecorded something as Hanna Gill and the Hours: Wikipedia has anentry for the group, suggesting she did, but Discogs doesn't listanything). Eleven standards from the 1920s through the 1950s, witha swing band led by Danny Jonokuchi (trumpet), with sax, trombone,piano, guitar, bass and drums. The upbeat pieces are really up.B+(***) [sp]