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Scott Oakley Trio: Jazz For The Holidays

Read "Jazz For The Holidays" reviewed by Jim Santella


Straight-ahead jazz should be creative enough to fire the imagination with music above and beyond the tried and true formula that’s brought to us year in and year out. And yet the tradition must be maintained. These holiday songs simply cannot be turned into playthings for the avant-gardist to toy with. Scott Oakley and his two veteran partners recognize this necessary quality and apply creative colors to each of these holiday staples. The pianist mixes tone clusters and splashes of ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Jazz For The Holidays

Invisible Music Records
2002

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