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Album Review

George Gee Swing Orchestra: Winter Wonderland

Read "Winter Wonderland" reviewed by Jack Bowers


After an absence of several years the New York City-based George Gee Swing Orchestra is back in a recording studio, doing what it does best--swinging merrily through a Winter Wonderland chock-full of holiday favorites that kids of all ages can relate to and appreciate. Gee formed his first band while still in college at Carnegie Mellon University, one day after interviewing Count Basie on the campus radio station. After moving back to New York City, where he ...

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Tim Mayer: Keeper of the Flame

Read "Keeper of the Flame" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On Keeper of the Flame, Tim Mayer, a Bostonian who now calls Mexico home, leads a sharp, swinging group of like-minded amigos on a (mostly) octet studio date enriched by Diego Rivera's colorful arrangements. Mayer plays tenor sax on half a dozen tracks, soprano sax on “Bye Bye Blackbird" and “Get Organized," alto flute on “Elusive." Mayer's tenor spans a bridge from early John Coltrane to George Coleman, Joe Henderson, Bob Mintzer and other post-bop patriarchs with a dash of ...

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George DeLancey: Paradise

Read "Paradise" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Is it acceptable to label a musical recording as “delicious"? If so, it describes bassist George DeLancey's sophomore release Paradise. He presents eight compositions, half from his pen and the remaining from Oscar Pettiford, John Lewis, Thelonious Monk, and Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein. The eight tracks, none of which tops five minutes, are well balanced with solos commensurate with that concept. Delancey is a young man (b.1988) with a very old soul. His music brings to mind the aforementioned ...

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The Tony Lustig Quintet: Taking Flight

Read "Taking Flight" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


With this sterling date, up-and-comer Tony Lustig ascends to his rightful place in the pantheon of baritone saxophonists operating today. He brings together a crack crew and delivers eight originals that simultaneously dare and delight. This music marks Lustig as a centrist, but one who's willing to take some risks and push at the boundary lines of conformity. It's the perfect blend of comfort and challenge, feeding the soul and firing the imagination all at once. And ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Winter Wonderland

Self Published
2023

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Keeper of the Flame

D Clef Records
2021

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Paradise

Self Produced
2020

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Taking Flight

Bimperl Entertainment & Media
2016

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Paradise

From: Paradise
By Tony Lustig

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