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Tom Talbert

Tom Talbert: Bix, Duke, Fats

November 18, 2009

I tend to avoid tribute albums. Barring a handful of gems, among them Louis Armstrong's salutes to Fats Waller and W.C. Handy, most miss the mark because they try too hard to one-up or mimic the subject of their adulation. One of the rare exceptions is Tom Talbert's Bix, Duke, Fats. Recorded in 1956 for Atlantic ...

To a Lady

By Tom Talbert

Label: Essential Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Chiripa; To a Lady Asking Foolish Questions; Tune for Two; `Round Midnight; Love's Melody; Dance Delively; Little Girl Blue; A Month of Sundays; Pavane de la Belle aux Bois Dormant; Divertissement; Green Night; Orange Bright

The Tom Talbert Orchestra: To a Lady

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2001

Bob Brookmeyer, speaking recently about the passing of so many of Jazz’s creative voices, said, “Thank goodness we still have Lee Konitz.” And Tom Talbert, Bob. Talbert, who has been composing and arranging for groups of every size and shape for nearly sixty years, shows again on To a Lady, his first album since ’98, that ...

Tom Talbert Orchestra: To a Lady

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

Long time arranger, band leader and composer Tom Talbert has released his third in a line of jazz albums called the Discover Jazz Series. The first two releases are reissues of earlier albums recorded in 1956 and 1991 for other labels. But this new addition appears to be made exclusively for this series. Of the twelve ...