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Michael Lington At Blue Note Napa
by Walter Atkins
Michael Lington Blue Note Napa Napa, CA October 7, 2017 Danish saxophonist Michael Lington and company presented a genuinely rousing evening of contemporary jazz music and a few surprises at the inviting Blue Note Napa venue. The exhilarating second set also included a few tracks from his current Second Nature album (Copenhagen Music, 2016). Lington's varied resume included collaborations with Randy Crawford, Jonathan Butler, Bobby Caldwell; Aaron Neville, Little Richard, Chuck Loeb and tons of ...
Continue ReadingMichael Lington: Pure
by Jeff Winbush
Here is a disclaimer: Michael Lington plays alto and tenor saxophone, and the saxophone is the dominant instrument of the smooth jazz genre, every bit as much the electric guitar is the dominant instrument of rock 'n' roll. This means Lington is trying to stand out in an extremely crowded field.So what is it about Lington that makes him distinctive and unique compared to Eric Marienthal, Euge Groove, Marion Meadows, Kim Waters, Jeff Kashiwa, Boney James, Dave Koz, ...
Continue ReadingMichael Lington: Stay With Me
by Brian Soergel
Saxophonist Michael Lington pulls it all together on his fourth CD, a work that should lift him from the fringe and put him on stage with the top tier of smooth jazz talent. What makes this recording so good? Lington's a passionate player who's had some tasty hits before, of course, but here he picks ten songs that all work together, gets top producers and writers such as Paul Brown and Brian Culbertson, and concentrates on making ten pop-jazz songs ...
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