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The Ryles Jazz Orchestra: Live at Ryles
by Jack Bowers
Another big band has left me foraging for words with which to describe my great surprise and pleasure on hearing it for the first time. Boston’s Ryles Jazz Orchestra is most definitely the real deal, or it was when this awesome concert date was recorded almost three years ago at the jazz club from which it takes its name.
I don’t know who these gentlemen (and, I assume, two ladies) are but music director Frank Vardaros deserves a medal for ...
Continue ReadingFrankie V: Oceans of Dreams
by Dave Hughes
You don't have to think too much about this artist's choice of professional identity (first name ending with the friendly-sounding long 'e' and initial only in lieu of surname) to see what market he's aiming for. Frankie V is obviously trying to capture the flugelhorn segment of the ultra-smooth jazz market, hoping that potential listeners and buyers will make the imagery leap from Kenny G to him.
This stuff is so light and airy, so creampuff-sweet, and so completely safe ...
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