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Perfection: Keely Smith - The Song Is You (1958)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Few pop singers in the 1950s could swing like Keely Smith. Anita O'Day was certainly one of them, but Smith was the finer vocalist and surely knew more songs and required fewer takes in the studio. In some respects, Smith was the female Frank Sinatra, able to move ahead of the beat, behind it and go a different way on song lines and pull them off. So many of her albums are excellent with a different feeling on each one. ...
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Denny Zeitlin: With a Song in My Heart
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Pianist Denny Zeitlin's very first recording was for Columbia in 1963, as a sideman on Jeremy Steig's Flute Fever. His first trio leadership album, Cathexis, came next for Columbia in February 1964, with Cecil McBee on bass and Freddie Waits on drums. Carnival followed in October, with Charlie Haden on bass and Jerry Granelli on drums. By then, Denny was on the map as an innovative trio leader. [Photo above of Denny Zeitlin] Two more trio LPs were recorded for ...
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Chicago's Joanie Pallatto And Bradley Parker-Sparrow Release New Album, 'Song'
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Joanie Pallatto
Duets for voice and piano from vocalist-composer Joanie Pallatto and pianist-composer Bradley Parker-Sparrow. These twelve tracks of original music and Lyrics create a mood of intimacy, improvisation and reflection. Their personal songs of harmonizing energy are presented as the first duet recording released from Chicago's renowned couple, featuring gentle songs, swinging grooves, scat singing and expansive piano solos. Praise “Joanie Pallatto has a stirring and special voice" —Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune “Sparrow is one of Chicago's originals, he does not ...
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A Lyrical And Emotional Song Exploring Timelessness by Pianist / Composer Uriel Pascucci
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Uriel Pascucci
"Peasant Song" is the new composition by Uriel Pascucci, a consolation song along with a metaphor of time. A jazz song with several fusion elements including polyphonic vocals, which in some moments have Gospel reminiscence and at times they sound like a Motet from medieval music. The main voice is accompanied by a jazz trio and trumpet. The sections in which the synths and keyboards appear are a metaphor of time. The synths and keyboards create a temporal lapse, a ...
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Yaacov Mayman Debuts New Song With All-Star Band At Made In NY Jazz Festival, Montenegro
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Yaacov Mayman
Grammy-Nominated saxophonist Yaacov Mayman talks about the debut of his composition “Tik Tok" at the Made in NY Jazz Festival, Montenegro. Q: Yaacov, congratulations on performing at Montenegro's Made in NY Jazz Festival. How was the experience performing at the Submarine Muzeon in Tivat? Yaacov Mayman: Thank you! Performing at the Submarine Muzeon in Tivat was an unforgettable milestone. The unique setting and the venue's rich history made it a truly magical experience. The audience was incredible, and the atmosphere ...
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Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson On Her New Release 'A Lady With A Song'
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
A memorable jazz singer based in Southern California, Amber Weekes has always been a storyteller who puts a lot of heart and honest feelings into her interpretations of superior standards taken from a wide variety of sources. The same can be said of Nancy Wilson (1937–2018). The beloved singer was discovered by Cannonball Adderley (with whom she made a classic album), recorded a string of jazz-inspired albums for Capitol in the 1960s, had great success in the pop world, and ...
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Documentary: Bert Joris and A Song Is Born
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Bert Joris is a Belgian trumpeter and flugelhornist with a beautiful tone who has been recording since 1978. Let me give you a taste. In 1987, Bert recorded with legendary Belgian vibraphonist Fats Sadi on a spectacular album called Sadi's Nonet. If you dig Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool, you'll love this album. Here's Thanks a Million... Recently, Jef Somers in Belgium sent along a link to a 48-minute documentary on Bert. It's directed by Jef's brother, Steven Somers, ...
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Single Review: Alexia Gardner Brings Startling Emotion To Her Interpretation Of The Soul And Blues Song ‘miss Celie’s Blues’
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Alexia Benz Gardner
On her album Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father, Alexia Gardner delivers a masterclass on taking well-known classics and reimagining them as something new and personal. The new single ‘Miss Celie’s Blues’ is a delightful take on the 1985 song. Alexia Gardner has shared her new song, “Miss Celie’s Blues," taken from her fifth album, Feeling the Love, Songs of My Mother, Songs of My Father, released in 2023. A British singer with Jamaican roots, ...
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Multi-Instrumentalist Julian Calv Releases A Cover Of The Moondog Song 'Encore' (Originally Titled 'Utsu') Through Deko Entertainment
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Percussionist Julian Calv was a music major who recently graduated from Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA. He now resides in the art community of Windsor, VT. Calv can occasionally be seen on Church Street in Burlington, VT, busking much in the way Moondog, aka the Viking of Sixth Avenue, did in NYC during the '50s and '60s. Calv has studied every aspect of the avant-garde musician’s creative life. In addition to composing and performing, Moondog’s life included the invention of ...
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Backgrounder: Tony Bennett - Movie Song Album
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
As we say goodbye to the late Tony Bennett, let's listen to one of his favorite Columbia albums—The Movie Song Album. Here's the song list as well as the arrangers and notable soloists: Song From “The Oscar" (Maybe September) (arr,cond Johnny Mandel) (Lou Levy, piano) Girl Talk (arr,cond Neal Hefti) (Jimmy Rowles, piano) The Gentle Rain (arr,cond Johnny Mandel) (Luiz Bonfá, guitar) Emily (arr,cond Johnny Mandel) The Pawnbroker (arr,cond Quincy Jones) Samba De Orfeu (arr,cond Johnny Mandel) (Luiz Bonfá, guitar) ...
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