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Denise Donatelli: Whistling in the Dark... The Music of Burt Bacharach
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The Burt Bacharach canon has always been fertile ground for artists of all kinds to explore. Stan Getz devoted an entire album to his fare. The big Bacharach hits are branded deep in the cultural psyche. Thus, the challenge that Grammy-nominated vocalist Denise Donatelli and producer Larry Klein have here is how to use a different ladle to invite you to imbibe from their recipe for Bacharach's musical champagne. The session offers four Bacharach/Hal David hits--three hits ...
Continue ReadingMelody Gardot: Sunset in the Blue - The Deluxe Version
by William H. Snyder
Henri Matisse, the master of the use of color, said, “Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue." Melody Gardot's Sunset in the Blue: The Deluxe Version shows its mastery, in both the color of its cover design and the execution of its musicianship. Back in the day, Matisse got in trouble with some art critics for his simile. Some listeners might have a similar reaction to Melody's music, but not all. Gardot's ...
Continue ReadingMelody Gardot: Sunset in the Blue
by Scott Gudell
Melody Gardot emerged from her own smoky shadows of the mid-2000s as if she were some femme fatale emanating from a film noir movie. The plot twist was that she was the good girl, but it was her body that had been damaged in an auto accident. An extensive recovery followed. Her long, lean cane only reinforced her long, lean looks. The shades added just a touch of mystery. If there was anything positive, it was that she confronted the ...
Continue ReadingAnthony Wilson: Seasons
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista Anthony Wilson, noto principalmente per la sua partecipazione nel quartetto di Diana Krall fino dal 2001, è anche un compositore/arrangiatore molto attivo con vari progetti a suo nome, tra i quali spiccano un trio (con organo e batteria) e un nonetto, a cavallo tra avanguardia e tradizione. La sua discografia conta già una decina di titoli, di cui questo Seasons è il più recente, e uno dei lavori più ambiziosi. La suite che dà il titolo al CD ...
Continue ReadingAnthony Wilson: Campo Belo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Campo Belo è l'ottava uscita discografica del chitarrista statunitense Anthony Wilson, conosciuto da molti per la sua militanza nel gruppo di Diana Krall che continua dal 2001. Due anni dopo Jack of Hearts (che lo vedeva al fianco del leggendario batterista Jim Keltner e dell'organista Larry Goldings), Wilson torna a dare spazio alle sue doti compositive ed esecutive alla testa di un quartetto che include tre giovani musicisti brasiliani. Il titolo dell'album e la nazionalità dei tre partner non ci ...
Continue ReadingAnthony Wilson: Power Of Nine
by Budd Kopman
Anthony Wilson, the son of Gerald Wilson--and Diana Krall's guitarist for quite a while--has been gradually making a name for himself with each of his releases, of which The Power Of Nine is the sixth. Increasing his forces to a nonet, Wilson has created an album of interesting arrangements and many beautiful sounds, blending the brass and reeds expertly. The beginning of the record sounds like standard fare, starting with a straightforward mid-tempo Duke Pearson tune, “Make ...
Continue ReadingAnthony Wilson Nonet: Power Of Nine
by Alain Londes
Anthony Wilson's young talent has earned him opportunities to play with a number of other jazz artists within different configurations. The guitarist son of legendary composer/arranger/bandleader Gerald Wilson has already played with the likes of Bennie Wallace, Larry Goldings, Joe Henry, Harold Land, Chris Botti and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He joined Diana Krall on her Grammy-winning Live In Paris (Verve Records, 2002), and they have remained friends since. Wilson has been a member of the Jazz Studies faculty at ...
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