Jazz Articles about Lynne Arriale

Lynne Arriale: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

by J. Robert Bragonier
November 7, 2000

The year was 1994; the location, Orlando, Florida. I was visiting for meetings and, out for a stroll in the evening, I wandered into a small bar with a piano trio. For the next hour or more, I sat entranced by the poise and artistry of Lynne Arriale, a totally new name to me. Her touch, her elegance, her respect for and dedication to melody, her careful listening to and intimate interaction with her superb sidemen, Jay Anderson and Steve ...

Lynne Arriale Trio: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

by C. Michael Bailey
November 1, 2000

Acid Impressionism. Classically trained pianist Lynne Arriale follows up Melody (TCB 99552) with an equally fine live recording, her first. Live At the Montreux Jazz Festival shimmers with wall-to-wall orchestral playing. The music here is full-bodied with a plush base provided by Arriale's smart pedal work. “Alone Together" swirls, while the two Monk tunes become her own as her Midas touch manifests while playing and then transforming these standards into a year 2000 body. Miles' “Seven Steps to Heaven" illustrates ...

Lynne Arriale/The Lynne Arriale Trio: Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2000

We all have albums in our collection that are earmarked as fovorites for certain specific occasions. The Lynne Arriale Trio Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival is one of my favorite after-work-put-your-feet-up albums. As the title suggests, the album is a live recording and the ambiance of the concert carries through. You can sense the excitement and that little “butterflies" tension that comes with the knowledge that there won't be any “take two". And you also feel the enthusiasm of ...

Meet Lynne Arriale

by Craig Jolley
October 1, 2000

Pianist Lynne Arriale served an apprenticeship in New York before striking out with her own trio in the early 90's. Her resume includes a performance at the 1998 IAJE convention and an appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. She has released six CD's to date. Live at Montreux (TCB 20252), a trio session with Steve Davis, drums and Jay Anderson, bass is just coming out (September, 2000). Classical music background I started playing when I was very little, ...

Lynne Arriale: Live At Montreux

by Craig Jolley
October 1, 2000

Least likely titles at the Tower listening post: “Come Shmooze with Me--Lynne Arriale's Tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes." “Arriale Plays Dead--The Music of Jerry Garcia."

Lynne Arriale does not look for the easy way out. Her piano technique would allow her to crank out “songbook" CD's that could easily compete with all the others. Instead she selects tunes her trio can do something with. They slow “Evidence" ("Just You, Just Me" if you're keeping score at home) down to a ...

Mary Pearson: You and I

by Dave Hughes
September 1, 2000

Vocalist Mary Pearson's CD You and I is interesting in that each song is a duet in which she is accompanied by a lone instrument. It may be a piano (Lynne Arriale on four tunes, Fred Hersch on two), a guitar, a bass, or on two tunes, drums. While Pearson doesn't delve into scat singing or daring improvizational flights, her interpretations, phrasing, and articulation are excellent. Of the dozen tunes on the program, nine are standards and three are very ...

Mary Pearson: You and I

by Dave Nathan
July 1, 2000

When Nashville is mentioned, jazz, especially jazz vocalizing, is not the first thing that comes to mind - - in fact, it's likely to come to mind at all for most. Pearson comes from and works out of the country musical capitol of the world, and has been doing so for some time now. With this her first album, she may be driving a small wedge in the monopoly country music enjoys in that city.

There's no ensemble playing on ...