Jazz Articles about Tom Talbert

About Tom Talbert

Album Review

The Tom Talbert Orchestra: To a Lady

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2001

Bob Brookmeyer, speaking recently about the passing of so many of Jazz’s creative voices, said, “Thank goodness we still have Lee Konitz.” And Tom Talbert, Bob. Talbert, who has been composing and arranging for groups of every size and shape for nearly sixty years, shows again on To a Lady, his first album since ’98, that he hasn’t lost the touch that endeared him to such bandleaders as Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Charlie Barnet, Tony Pastor, Boyd Raeburn ...

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Album Review

Tom Talbert Orchestra: To a Lady

by Dave Nathan
March 1, 2001

Long time arranger, band leader and composer Tom Talbert has released his third in a line of jazz albums called the Discover Jazz Series. The first two releases are reissues of earlier albums recorded in 1956 and 1991 for other labels. But this new addition appears to be made exclusively for this series. Of the twelve items on the play list, eight come from Talbert's pen. These tunes were written to show off ensemble discipline and solo skills of the ...