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It Takes Two / Heart's Desire
Label: Catalyst Productions
Released: 2003
Track listing: It Takes Two -- Blue Bossa; Til There Was You; You Go to My Head; My Romance; Blue
Moon; La Vie en Rose; Angel Eyes; Harlem Nocturne; Rain on the Roses; The Nearness of You; I
Janiece Jaffe: It Takes Two / Heart's Desire
by Jack Bowers
These two CDs by bright-eyed, Indiana-based songstress Janiece Jaffe were hand-delivered to me by the artist herself during a between-sessions break at the 31st conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) last January in Toronto. The earlier of the two, It Takes Two, dating from 1996, pairs Jaffe with bassist Tom Hildreth (eight tracks) ...
When A Smile Overtakes A Frown
By Luqman Hamza
Label: Catalyst Productions
Released: 2000
Track listing: Can't See for Looking; Expressing What She Means to Me; Golden Earrings; Estate; When a Smile Overtakes a Frown; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams; When You Surrender; That Awkward Age; Do I Hear a Waltz?; The Summer Knows; K.C. Cutie.
Luqman Hamza: When A Smile Overtakes A Frown
by Dave Nathan
Indiana's Catalyst Productions continues to provide the platform for talented but well hidden Midwest jazz artists who seem to have fallen between the recording cracks. Now comes Luqman Hamza, long time Kansas City resident and well-known piano/vocalist (in local circles), with a distinguished recorded outing. Hamza is not new to this game by any means. At ...
Jeanne Trevor: Love You Madly
by Dave Nathan
Jeanne Trevor has been a fixture in St. Louis entertainment and community service arenas for almost 40 years. After all those years, the Catalyst label has provided the chance to make her own album. Nowhere does that well worn phrase, “it's about time" have more meaning than here. Ms Trevor has all the vocal tools and ...
Janiece Jaffe: It Takes Two
by Dave Nathan
For her second album as a leader, Indiana denizen Janiece Jaffe is accompanied by just guitar and bass, each separately. Guitarist Marcos Cavalcante is on the first six cuts, while bassist Tom Hildreth holds fort on the rest. Jaffe is in good company with this approach. Sheila Jordan recorded with just bass players Arild Andersen and ...
Willie Akins: Alima
by Dave Nathan
A well kept secret for over 40 years, Willie Akins cut his jazz teeth in New York playing with such jazz giants as Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane at Mintons and Small's Paradise. Working out of St. Louis for the last several years, the Catalyst label has given Mr. Akins his first crack at an album ...
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