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Rene Marie: How Can I Keep From Singing
by C. Michael Bailey
Back To The MAX. The new jazz label, MAXJAZZ, was formally founded with the release of the first four recordings in their “Vocal Series." These recordings included LaVerne Butler's Blues In The City, Carla Cook's It's All About Love (MXJ 106), Christine Hitt's You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (MXJ 107), and Asa Harris' All In Good Time (MXJ 108). All of these recordings garnered critical praise, with It's All About Love being nominated for a Grammy Award. ...
Continue ReadingMulgrew Miller: Chapters 1 and 2
by Robert Spencer
Chapters 1 and 2 is a single-disc reissue of two of Miller's mid-Eighties releases – his first two as a leader: Keys to the City (1985) and Work! 1986. Miller is a versatile and well-traveled pianist whose work here shows his impressive pedigree to good effect: he's worked with Blakey, Betty Carter, Mercer Ellington, and a host of others. Buhaina would certainly appreciate the energy Miller brings to the proceedings, and Marvin “Smitty" Smith, the drummer on Keys to the ...
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