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Album Review

Dawn Lambeth: I Get Ideas

Read "I Get Ideas" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci

Not everyone was fortunate enough--or long lived enough--to have been around for the glory days of Benny Goodman's 1937 band, with a young Martha Tilton singing songs she barely knew, and scared to death of Benny as well. But the Liltin' Miss Tilton was plenty talented, and she made a big impression soon enough. And if a listener just moved the dial a bit, Connee Boswell or Lee Wiley could be found too. They were spectacularly good singers:  great phrasing, ...

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Album Review

Arts & Sciences: New You

Read "New You" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il leader del quartetto Arts & Sciences (attivo a Oackland, California) è il tastierista Michael Coleman, non a caso autore di tutto il materiale tematico contenuto in questo interessante CD, la cui peculiarità principale sembra risiedere in un diffuso eclettismo, che nello specifico non è però, fortunatamente, in alcun modo sinonimo di genericità (come spesso accade). Vi convivono infatti lacerti elettronici e pillole post-cameristiche, un'adesione a un lessico jazzistico tendenzialmente avanzato, ora ruvido e ora più tendente all'informale, e altro ...

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