Jazz Articles about Geoff Nudell

About Geoff Nudell

Album Review

Bruce Lofgren: Earthly and Cosmic Tales

Read "Earthly and Cosmic Tales" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
September 30, 2024

Long-time fans of SoCal guitarist and arranger Bruce Lofgren are going to find this recording something of a departure. More akin to a chamber group than Lofgren's past forays into standards and big band jazz, the characterization of the recording as “instrumental adventures" is really quite apt. Clarinet, cello, bass, vibes and percussion are what Lofgren brings to the table, And a tuneful, melodious and largely joyful recording it is, with a mix of originals and covers that are equal ...

Album Review

Thisbe Vos: Under Your Spell

Read "Under Your Spell" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
May 7, 2013

A Southern California Girl with a love of standards and romantic music, Thisbe Vos is not your typical female vocalist performing Louis Prima/ Keely Smith duets in a jazz band. Born in the Netherlands, Vos began exploring music by playing the harp and doing musical theatre and only after joining the British swing band, The Jive Aces, did she begin to embrace the style of love songs, ballads and swing that are the focus of her music. Her debut album ...

Album Review

Thisbe Vos: Under Your Spell

Read "Under Your Spell" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 24, 2013

First, there is that name...Thisbe Vos. It is not merely exotic; it is something much more than that, something mythic. Dutch-born, living the dream in America's land of Milk and Honey--LA--Vos, by her looks, voice, repertoire, composing...demands attention, and gets it without ever raising her voice. Her debut, two years percolating, Under Your Spell is a fully realized throwback that doesn't sound a day over the rainbow. Made up of five standards and six smacking, swinging originals, Under Your Spell ...