Home » Jazz Articles » Mark Lambert
Jazz Articles about Mark Lambert
Ute Lemper: Pirate Jenny
by Scott Gudell
Germany's optimistic yet fragile Weimar Republic period was wedged between two brutal wars during the early 20th century. Extending from 1918 to 1933, it was proudly called the Jazz Age and the Golden Twenties and offered an abundance of free-flowing entertainment choices. It was also a time of inflation, chaos and conflict dominated by economic instability and political extremism. Although German cabaret had its origins at the beginning of the century, its true glory days reigned during those ...
Continue ReadingMark Lambert: Under My Skin
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Revisiting classic standards is always somewhat risqué--a challenge, to say the least. Where does the balance between the familiar and the overlooked lie when it comes to repertoire? And how much further can the envelope be pushed without the music being absolutely boorish and unrecognizable? Mark Lambert answers both these questions in spectacular fashion in his remarkable tribute to the jazz standard in Under My Skin by recasting the music in an utterly contemporary and relevant setting, and with a ...
Continue ReadingMark Lambert: Under My Skin
by AAJ Italy Staff
Mark Lambert è un tipo simpatico. I suoi dischi si possono apprezzare o ignorare, senza grandi sussulti. Ha dalla sua una dimensione divertita e rilassante che mette con le spalle al muro. “I Love Paris" sembra suonata da una band di muezzin, innamorati persi del songbook americano. La dimensione “straniante" che il chitarrista dà alla sezione A è indovinata e porta il CD verso chissà quali idee. Ma non è così, perché il nostro si fa subito sopraffare dalla verve ...
Continue Reading
