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The Tom Talbert Orchestra: To a Lady
by Jack Bowers
Bob Brookmeyer, speaking recently about the passing of so many of Jazz’s creative voices, said, “Thank goodness we still have Lee Konitz.” And Tom Talbert, Bob. Talbert, who has been composing and arranging for groups of every size and shape for nearly sixty years, shows again on To a Lady, his first album since ’98, that he hasn’t lost the touch that endeared him to such bandleaders as Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Charlie Barnet, Tony Pastor, Boyd Raeburn ...
Continue ReadingThe Tom Talbert Orchestra: The Warm Cafe
by Jack Bowers
“Discover Jazz,” the booklet accompanying this splendid CD suggests, and there are few more pleasant ways to do so than by taking one’s seat near the bandstand for an hour or so of delightfully easygoing music in Tom Talbert’s amiable Warm Cafe. A tip of the fedora to Essential Music Group for reissuing the album, which was recorded in 1991–92. That Talbert, a topnotch composer / arranger for some sixty years, derives his inspiration from such Swing Era giants as ...
Continue ReadingTom Talbert Orchestra: To a Lady
by Dave Nathan
Long time arranger, band leader and composer Tom Talbert has released his third in a line of jazz albums called the Discover Jazz Series. The first two releases are reissues of earlier albums recorded in 1956 and 1991 for other labels. But this new addition appears to be made exclusively for this series. Of the twelve items on the play list, eight come from Talbert's pen. These tunes were written to show off ensemble discipline and solo skills of the ...
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