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Pamela Hines Trio: The Music of Richard Whiting
by Dan McClenaghan
The first thirty seconds of a listening experience sets the tone. The disc spins, and music emerges. It's Richard Whiting's “Sleepy Time Gal." And it just might be the loveliest thing pianist Pamela Hines has ever recorded, languid and syrupy, with the trio that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Miki Matsuki. Her trio mates are as locked into the tune's concept--and Hines' concept--as they can be. The Music of Richard Whiting is Hines' album-long tribute to the ...
read morePamela Hines: Jazz Meditations
by Paul Olson
When I reviewed Massachusetts pianist Pamela Hines' 2004 small-group CD Twilight World, I criticized Hines for not showing enough of herself on the recording and letting her fellow players overwhelm the proceedings. “There simply isn't enough of the group's alleged leader, I wrote. “Let's hope that next time Pamela Hines steps forward in a more egotistical musical context where she hedges no bets and either succeeds or fails, in full view.There was no “next time about it, however. ...
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