Jazz Articles about The Abby & Norm Group

The Abby & Norm Group: Melodic Miner's Daughter

by Jack Bowers
July 25, 2003

Melodic Miner’s Daughter, Abby and Norm Zocher’s second album on their own A to Z label, is smooth jazz in the best sense of the phrase; that is to say, smooth yet substantive. Even though for the most part airy and graceful, it’s designed not so much for radio air-play or popularity charts as for the more scrupulous listener. In other words, the talented husband-and-wife team and their able companions simply play their music, often warmly and gently but without ...