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Sharel Cassity: Just for You
by Edward Blanco
Crafting a wide range of bop-infused musical styles and playing odd-metered grooves on familiar standards to original compositions, alto saxophonist Sharel Cassity presents her recording debut as leader with a truly enticing session of jazz that is Just for You. Based in New York and an educator by profession, Cassity academically trained at both the New School and Juilliard, and is a talented woodwind specialist who also performs on all saxophones, flutes and the piccolo. On this album however, she ...
read moreDon Wilner: Mysterious Beauty
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Elegantly classy, swinging affair.
There is little mystery to the beauty of Mysterious Beauty. Easy instructions for home assembly of this recording follow graceful compositions of proven caliber. The repertoire includes materials from Porgy and Bess, Carmen, an all too brief Charlie Parker tune, “Danny Boy,” Brazilian music, a Ukrainian classical-folk theme sieved through jazz and more. All themes are arranged at a high level of musicality, bringing forth a listening experience heavily ...
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