Jazz Articles

Luna Quartet: New Standards

by Eric J. Iannelli
December 4, 2004

The Luna Quartet's “new standards" are, as one might infer from the album's paradoxical and punning title, all their own material. For the group's third album, pianist Steve Moon and bassist Damon Lee have divvied up songwriting duties, netting three apiece. Guitarist Ian Scherer, a new addition to the quartet, contributes one.

The standout is “Miss B's Logic," written by Moon. This five-minute song seems to encapsulate what the latest incarnation of the Luna Quartet is all about: appealing, deceptively ...

Sisters Morales: Para Gloria

by Javier AQ Ortiz
April 18, 2003

Quick and to the Point: Beauty in Texas song....

Tejanas Lisa and Roberta Morales sing to honor their mami, Doña Gloria Morales, interpreting significant standard fare from the Latin American popular songbook. Their harmoniously fortified duo interpretations, backed by excellent musicians, fail-safe lyrical gems and arrangements, inflect the material at hand with their fresh, enjoyable, danceable, and melodically romantic personalities.

Sisters Morales don’t shy away from assailing interpretive challenges that often prove fatal for many Hispanic ...

Eric Madis: Traveling Light

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2000

Those that are familiar with his recorded work, or those who have been lucky enough to hear him perform live in and around his home base Seattle, know that guitarist/singer/composer Eric Madis is an eclectic musician that draws from many styles and influences. The result is a style that is wholly his own, as evidenced on his debut CD, entitled Traveling Light. For this CD, Madis is in a blues bag, as he explores the blues repertoire of the last ...