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Georgie Fame: Georgie Fame: Poet In New York
by AAJ Staff
Clive Powell aka Georgie Fame takes us back to the future with a CD that features three tunes of the legendary Pianist/Composer Tadd Dameron: “On A Misty Night", “That's The Way It Goes" and “Accentuate The Bass." Fame has set lyrics to these Dameron classics well as a salute to King Pleasure with a fine rendition of “Symphony Sid." Georgie Fame's voice is surely attuned to the jazz idiom despite his occasional forays into other forms of music, although he ...
read moreMark Murphy: The Latin Porter
by Mathew Bahl
During the course of this live album, Mark Murphy observes that “everything old is becoming new again. Even me, folks." Certainly, the 68-year-old singer shows no signs of slowing down. He recently won the 2000 Downbeat Magazine Reader's Poll as Male Vocalist of the Year, and he finished second in the voting for the Hall of Fame. In a genre that usually measures the gap between records in years, Mr. Murphy has released two CDs in 2000, Some Time Ago ...
read moreBill Carrothers: After Hours, Vol. 4
by Jim Santella
Pianist Bill Carrothers has selected songs you’ve heard time and again out on the town, when the club is getting ready to close and everyone’s left but you and the band. Dedicated to Frank Sinatra, the album contains romantic ballads that would follow heartbreak and reveal hopes of turning one’s love life around. Carrothers has a deeply emotional piano style that stresses harmony by overlapping the tones to create soundscapes. You can get acquainted with the artist by reading portions ...
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