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Tom Graf: Wish You Were Here
by Jim Olin
Wish You Were Here is the latest full-length from songwriter/composer Tom Graf. Graf is an industry vet -he co-wrote Merry Clayton's “Yes" from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack in 1987 -and he has been known to create head--turning music. He is an accomplished talent who considers jazz as one of his first loves. On Wish You Were Here, Graf weaves together his lyrical skills with various stellar vocalists.“No One Loves You More," featuring Marc Russo and Kimiko Joy, boasts ...
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by Bridget A. Arnwine
There's a familiarity to the songs on composer Tom Graf's Grafitti, that makes the disc feel like an old favorite even though it goes from funk and cha-cha to bop and straight-ahead jazz. There's such an air of familiarity, in fact, that if Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane could hear Grafitti in heaven, they might jump right in play along. It's in the way some songs begin--little flourishes here, borrowed notes there--and in the way it feels like ...
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