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The Uptown Jazz Collective: She Do What She Do
by Jerry D'Souza
The Uptown Jazz Collective makes a strong impression on She Do What She Do, fitting firmly into several grooves. The group is as much at ease singing the blues as it is filtering the essence of jazz, and giving gospel a big slab of soul--even delving into poetry. The band is tight and swings deliciously, creating some fine aural textures that not only complement, but also draw a tangent to, baritone vocalist T.C. III. The singer is in ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
The Uptown Jazz Collective is a muscular, energetic band that mixes some serious messages with some seriously good time grooves on She Do What She Do. The Ensemble is led by two baritones: saxophonist B. J. Jansen and vocalist William Theodore Carney III, aka T. C. III. The pair is backed by some strong rhythm playing, while pianist Marcus Persiani also delivers some creative lead work. Jansen's strong on the raucous R&B style of baritone playing, but ...
read moreTC III, B.J. Jansen and The Uptown Jazz Collective Release New Album on ARC - Artists Recording Collective
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T.C. the rd, B.J. Jansen and The Uptown Jazz Collective have released, She Do What She Do, on the internationally known ARC Artists Recording Collective Label. She Do What She, is dedicated to T.C.'s late mother Trudy Pitts and features one of her original compositions, Psalm 150." Also featured is the title composition, She Do What She Do," written by T.C. III., LATIN," along with standards from the American Jazz Song Book. Jansen and Carney are joined by Marcus Persiani ...
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