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Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury, Volume 2

Read "Treasury, Volume 2" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Like any other handiwork you can name, contemporary jazz did not emerge from a vacuum. It sprang forth from a variety of sources, including but not limited to bebop, cool jazz, swing, trad jazz (Dixieland), blues, stride and perhaps the granddaddy of them all, ragtime. Yes, ragtime. Before there was King Oliver or Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington or Woody Herman, Charlie Parker or Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson or John Coltrane, there was ragtime. And for those who surmise that ragtime ...

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Terry Waldo: Treasury Volume 1

Read "Treasury Volume 1" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Simply stated, and without hyperbole, Terry Waldo is an American musical treasure. He's also a treasure purveyor. A protégé of and mentored by Eubie Blake, Waldo is a player, composer, arranger, author, podcaster, theatrical director, and the noted oracle for ragtime and early American popular music. With Treasury Volume 1 (the first of a three-volume set), Waldo and his all-star Gotham City Band cover ten selections from the embryonic days of American jazz.Things kick this lively session off ...

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Terry Waldo & the Gotham City Band: Treasury Volume 1

Read "Treasury Volume 1" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Pianist Terry Waldo isn't stuck in the past; he revels in it, as do his eager teammates on Treasury, Vol. 1--the first of three such discourses, according to the album's liner notes--recorded not in jazz's primal era but in May and June 2022 (save for “After You've Gone," recorded in October 2018 with the splendid guest vocalist Veronica Swift). Waldo, a student of jazz from its origins to present-day genres, treads a well-worn path here, reprising bright and enduring themes ...

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Hannah Gill: Spooky Jazz. Vol. 2

Read "Spooky Jazz. Vol. 2" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


In most cases, seasonal albums get shelved after the holiday passes, but Hannah Gill's Spooky Jazz Vol. 2 is an exception. Although it might appear to be a novelty record centered on Halloween-themed songs, the music here transcends the holiday, offering a collection of tunes enjoyable throughout the year. Although the selections here are overall light-hearted and whimsical, this is by no means a comedy record. Much like Slim Gaillard's music, Hannah Gill's material entertains and ...

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The New Wonders: Steppin' Out

Read "Steppin' Out" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Although the ten songs performed by cornetist Mike Davis' Brooklyn-based septet, The New Wonders, on the group's second album, Steppin' Out, are well removed from new, most have stood the test of time and remained popular with a small yet devoted number of trad jazz enthusiasts, some for a century or more. The New Wonders carry forward a storied tradition that dates at least as far back as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in the early 1920s and whose best-known ...

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Sweet Megg: Bluer Than Blue

Read "Bluer Than Blue" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


One of the more niche genres in the history of jazz is western swing. Primarily dance music and hugely popular in the Southwest, it originated as a jambalaya blending hot jazz, country, blues, pop and traditional fiddle playing, performed by combos such as the Light Crust Doughboys and Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. It incorporated instrumentation including violins, steel and electric guitars with other instruments. The music was a precursor of rockabilly. Bluer Than Blue superbly resurrects that energetic ...

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Ricky Alexander: Just Found Joy

Read "Just Found Joy" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


The odd picture on the cover of Ricky Alexander's Just Found Joy is neither a takeaway from The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966) album cover, nor a play on the GOAT acronym. Actually, the album art was photographed at the Store Barns Farm in Downstate New York. This is a superb album of a dozen (less one original) older classic hits played by traditional jazz adepts--if not GOATS--who excel performing in this genre. “People Will Say ...

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Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander

Sweet Megg & Ricky Alexander

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

I'm always amazed when young musicians and singers today are passionate about and obsessed with a long-ago jazz era. I just assume that given a choice, these artists would rather stick with post-war jazz movements—from bebop to fusion and beyond. Not Sweet Megg and Ricky Alexander and the musicians they hang out with. For them, the year is 1935, when syncopation was king and bluesy vocals were sandwiched in the middle of hot jazz recordings by small groups. Their album's ...

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Jazz Artists Sweet Megg And Ricky Alexander Join Forces On New Album Coming June 2021

Jazz Artists Sweet Megg And Ricky Alexander Join Forces On New Album Coming June 2021

Source: EMPKT PR

New York City-based jazz artists Sweet Megg (Meaghan Farrell) and Ricky Alexander prove you can always re-spark a romance, even for music. The two solo artists, who have been performing together for the past few years, aim to make early jazz classics popular again with their debut collaboration album, I’m in Love Again. The album is set to be released on Turtle Bay Records on June 11th, 2021. The two artists bring together a delightful collection of playful and romantic ...

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Treasury, Volume 2

Turtle Bay Records
2025

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Steppin' Out

Turtle Bay Records
2024

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Just Found Joy

Turtle Bay Records
2024

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Bluer Than Blue

Turtle Bay Records
2024

buy

Steppin' Out

Turtle Bay Records
2024

buy

Spooky Jazz. Vol. 2

Turtle Bay Records
2024

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A Kiss To Build A Dream On

From: Strike up The Band
By Ricky Alexander

You Hit the Spot

From: Strike up The Band
By Ricky Alexander

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