Jazz Articles about Michael Gamble

About Michael Gamble

Album Review

Michael Gamble: And the Rhythm Serenaders

Read "And the Rhythm Serenaders" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 22, 2016

Nothing deep or inscrutable here, simply good, clean, appetizing swing served with gusto by bassist Michael Gamble and the Rhythm Serenaders. While the size and makeup of the group varies from track to track, there's no doubt that everyone on the premises is in the proper frame of mind and fully attuned to Gamble's purpose, which is to leave the listener smiling broadly and tapping his or her toes. The album was recorded at the Isis Music ...

Album Review

Michael Gamble and The Rhythm Serenaders: Michael Gamble and The Rhythm Serenaders

Read "Michael Gamble and The Rhythm Serenaders" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
August 19, 2016

Swing Era music was exciting, infectiously rhythmic music, played for dancers. Bassist and bandleader Michael Gamble and the company of musicians making up The Rhythm Serenaders stay true to both the sound and the spirit of that time in this program of well known Swing standards, plus a few more obscure standards that might have been. They draw from the repertoires of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday,and Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five, to name a few. ...