Jazz Articles about Don Stille

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Album Review

Christy Bennett's Fumee: Good Morning Heartache: The Music of Irene Higginbotham

Read "Good Morning Heartache: The Music of Irene Higginbotham" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
December 20, 2022

Vocalist Christy Bennett has made a specialty of unearthing the work of forgotten songwriters from the past, particularly women. That has led to this album where she presents ten songs written by Irene Higginbotham, a jazz composer active in the '40s. Higginbotham's name is not well known today but a couple of her songs are; “This Will Make You Laugh" was a popular tune for Nat King Cole and “Good Morning Heartache" has been sung by many people, ...

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Album Review

Don Stille: Keys to My Heart

Read "Keys to My Heart" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2008

Although pianist Don Stille doesn't have the sort of style that could readily be uncovered in a blindfold test, he does play with style, not to mention warmth, intelligence and perception. The Chicago-based Stille also plays accordion, an instrument not often in the jazz forefront these days, on five of his second album's eleven tracks. The accordion is so seldom heard, in fact, that it's rather a shock at first listen, eliciting visions of sunny, flower-laden Parisian boulevards rather than ...