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Azure McCall: The Gift
by Franz A. Matzner
Draped in Gospel style, as well as content, Azure McCall’s latest release falls safely into the category of inspirational music. Tunes like “Without a Song” and “Hello Love” leave no doubt that this is message music, something that even the bluesy tune “Change,” with its exasperatingly obvious motivational lyric, and the admittedly well-executed ballad “Not a Day Goes By” confirm.
Boasting powerful lungs, and a sincere, if bombastic, approach, McCall belts out tune after tune, hitting the ...
read moreGeorge Cables: Looking for the Light
by C. Michael Bailey
Art Pepper called him "Mr. Beautiful." Equally proficient as sideman or leader, George Cables has been producing quality jazz for the past thirty years. In addition to Pepper, he has provided support for an impressive list of masters, including Dexter Gordon, Frank Morgan, Joe Farrell, Frank Foster, Windard Harper, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, and Gary Bartz, the last of whom joins Cables on this recording.
Looking for the Light is the result of some introspection ...
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