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Alex Frank

He may only be in his 20’s, but Alex Frank has already established himself as a first-call bassist for film (Jersey Boys, Black Nativity), television (You’re The Worst, Modern Family, Friends With Better Lives), and records (Bruce Forman, Dave Damiani). Along with pianist Peter Smith and guitarist John Storie, Alex recently founded the group Too Marvelous For Words, a tribute to the original Nat King Cole trio, which has begun touring nationally. Alex has also become an in-demand accompanist for jazz singers Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. (America’s Got Talent winner, 2011), Renee Olstead (TV’s Still Standing, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Spencer Day, Jackie Ryan, Erin Boheme, Sara Gazarek, Jane Monheit, James Tormé, Melissa Morgan, and film icon Molly Ringwald

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Introducing Adrian Galante

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: It Amazes Me; You're All the World to Me; With Every Breath I Take; I Hadn't Anyone Till You; It's Alright with Me; The Folks Who Live on the Hill; Thanks a Million; Two for the Road

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Article: Live Review

Ella Sophie Quartet at Sam First

Read "Ella Sophie Quartet at Sam First" reviewed by Alex Siegers


Ella Sophie Quartet Sam First Los Angeles, CAMay 21, 2025 The future of jazz singing is bright. Ella Sophie (Ella Dunbar-Wilcox) is a New Zealander jazz vocalist and composer living in Los Angeles took audiences on a journey through the American Songbook, shedding new light on these well-loved tunes. She was ...

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Article: Album Review

Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante

Read "Introducing Adrian Galante" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The late Phil Woods used to argue that of all the members of the woodwind family, the clarinet is by far the most difficult to manage, saying it was “designed by six guys who had never met one another." If Australian-born, New York-based clarinetist Adrian Galante has any problems with the instrument, they are in no ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Matt Otto: Umbra

Read "Matt Otto: Umbra" reviewed by Gary Fukushima


In his 30-plus years in music, Matt Otto has, in addition to mastering improvising and training his ear to near perfection, learned to write incredibly complex compositions, challenging in every musical aspect: melodic, harmonic, rhythmic. Yet even now, his composing continues to evolve. “I feel like it's maybe less evolution than like going back ...

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Isn't It Romantic

Label: Arden House Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: It Could Happen To You; I Remember You; Sunday In New York; You Go To My Head; The Nearness Of You; The Birth Of The Blues; Speak Low; Isn't It Romantic; In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning; But Beautiful; Just Little Loving'; Hallelujah I Love Him So.

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Article: Album Review

Judy Whitmore: Isn't It Romantic

Read "Isn't It Romantic" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Sometimes it is a pleasure to listen to an album simply because the quality of the music is so consistently gratifying. And if the music is sung as well as Judy Whitmore sings it on Isn't It Romantic, well, that is icing on the cake, as are the superb performances by her supporting cast, especially pianist ...

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Article: Album Review

Judy Whitmore: Isn't It Romantic

Read "Isn't It Romantic" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


It seems that for most singers at some point in their career, delving into the Great American Songbook is “de rigueur." And why is that? Perhaps it's because the melodies are captivating, the lyrics are meaningful, and the quality of the compositions has proven to be timeless. In any event singer Judy Whitmore has added her ...

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My Patsy Cline Songbook

Label: Staci Griesbach
Released: 2019
Track listing: "My Patsy Cline Songbook" Track Listing: 1. Crazy 2. Sweet Dreams 3. Blue Moon of Kentucky 4. Why Can’t He Be You 5. So Wrong 6. Leavin’ On Your Mind 7. Walkin’ After Midnight 8. I Fall to Pieces (intro) 9. I Fall to Pieces 10. Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey 11. She’s Got You 12. Strange 13. He Called Me Baby 14. Always 15. You’re Stronger Than Me 16. Faded Love

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Midnight Bloom

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Time; Embraceable You; No Moon At All; Estrada Branca (This Happy Madness); ‘Round Midnight /Midnight Madness Called Jazz; Quiet Now; Love Dance; The Night We Called It A Day; Teach Me Tonight; You Are There; Solitary Moon; Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams; Stars (Endless Stars); Midnight Bloom.


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