Home » Jazz Musicians » Mike Valerio

Mike Valerio

Sign in / sign up and request admin access to the Mike Valerio musician page.


Tags

16
Album Review

Jim Self: My America 3/My Country

Read "My America 3/My Country" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Tuba maestro Jim Self, who always has a creative trick or two up his ample sleeve, has subtitled the third volume of My America, his recorded tribute to the land of the free and the home of the brave, My Country, to which he could have added the word “music," as this is an album of country and western songs splendidly arranged for a fourteen-member jazz group by Kim Scharnberg. This is by and large bright and ...

10
Album Review

Marilyn Scott: The Landscape

Read "The Landscape" reviewed by Jim Worsley


Some artists feel obligated to put out a new record every one-point-three years, or whatever their factory warranty calls for (mileage may vary). Others are more interested in quality than quantity. On her first record since Standard Blue (Prana, 2017), jazz vocalist Marilyn Scott has something to say about The Landscape. More than the title track, Scott's concerns with our landscape is the scope and focus of seven original compositions, all co-written with pianists Russ Ferrante or Scott Kinsey. Scott ...

4
Guilty Pleasures

Rock Swings

Read "Rock Swings" reviewed by Duncan Heining


A while ago, me and Mrs. O'Groove were at the Diamante Dance Academy, Chelmsford --I kid you not--for our regular lesson, when our teacher, Natasha Fellowes, put on this big band version of Van Halen's “Jump." Turned out it was off Paul Anka's Rock Swings album (2005). No particular reason but I've always had a soft spot for the number but this was a hoot. More than that, the arrangement takes what was a quick jive and turns it into ...

123
Album Review

Paul Anka: Rock Swings

Read "Rock Swings" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Pop music sure has changed since Paul Anka last helped rule the airways (as composer or performer) with such mainstays as “My Way, “Diana, “She's A Lady, and “Puppy Love.Decades later, Anka's own notes explain the Rock Swings! concept: “We all embraced the idea: to find songs from a diverse group of musicians, from Nirvana and Van Halen, to Lionel Richie and The Pet Shop Boys, and reinvent them in an entirely unique way: Swing! The result, a ...

Read more articles

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

My America 3/My...

Bassett Hound Records
2025

buy

My Universe

My Keter Records
2024

buy

The Landscape

Blue Canoe Records
2022

buy

Rock Swings

Verve Music Group
2005

buy

Cherokee

From: My Universe
By Mike Valerio

Unzip

From: The Landscape
By Mike Valerio

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.