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Marlon Jordan: You Don
by Woodrow Wilkins
There's a little bit of Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and perhaps such contemporaries as Rick Braun and Chris Botti on You Don't Know What Love Is. However, there's a whole lot of Jordan. More to the point, lots of Jordans. This recording, featuring Stephanie Jordan, is definitely a family affair. The Jordans rank with other noted jazz families, like the Adderleys of Florida, the Eubanks of Pennsylvania, the Montgomerys of Indianapolis, and the Laws of Houston. They hail from New ...
read moreAl Belletto Big Jazz Band: Jazznocracy
by Jack Bowers
Thoroughly enjoyable. Although the live recording venue does him no favors, alto saxophonist Al Belletto - yes, the same Al Belletto whose swinging sextet recorded for Capitol, Bethlehem and other labels in the mid-'50s and '60s - has assembled quite an admirable big band way down yonder in his New Orleans home. Among its sidemen are some of the area's finest mainstream players including drummer John Vidacovich, saxophonists Ray Moore and Frank Mayes, trombonist Rick Trolsen, pianist John Mahoney, and ...
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