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Jazz Quanta: February
by C. Michael Bailey
February's Jazz Quanta is a beautifully mixed bag of blues, jazz instrumental and classical. There is never a dull moment. Renee' and the Walkaways--The Walkaway Sessions (Self Produced, 2013). Vocalist Renee' Cheek heads up the piquant gumbo talent of her very own band, the Walkaways. The Walkaway Sessions is a Louisiana grassroots affair ...
Jazz Quanta: January
by C. Michael Bailey
The beauty of having written for All About Jazz since the early years is that I was given one of the first personal columns, “Bailey's Bundles," as named by publisher Michael Ricci. I have used it mostly for thematically-based multiple record reviews, then my end-of-the-year lists. As the years sped on, I began to concentrate on ...
Notable & Nearly Missed in 2013
by C. Michael Bailey
More music is released each year than can be realistically followed by a given writer. I typically listen to much more music than I write about, not because this music is not worthy somehow but there is so little time. So, this year, I am going to write a “Notable & Nearly Missed" column to catch ...
Christmas IV: Jazz Instrumental - Duke Ellington, Tim Warfield, Manhattan Brass and Ted Rosenthal Trio
by C. Michael Bailey
This holiday season has turned out better than the past several when considering quality seasonal music releases. The jazz instrumental contingent has provided several fine recordings for consideration. Harmonie Ensemble / New York, Steven Richman Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn / Piotr Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suites Harmonia Mundi ...
Christmas III: Jazz Vocals - Tianna Hall/Chris Cortez, Nnenna Freelon, New York Voices and Albrecht Mayer/The King’s Singers
by C. Michael Bailey
The vocal holiday offerings are all over the map stylistically. Latin, big band, small ensemble singing and whatever the Albrecht Mayer/King's Singer's collaboration is, this a hopping creative season. For a seasonal subgenre of any musical subgenre usually reserved for money-making more than art, this year's releases are exceptional. “May your days be ...
Christmas II: Two (Almost New) Chanticleer Christmas Offerings
by C. Michael Bailey
San Francisco's “Orchestra of Voices," Chanticleer have established themselves as America's premier all-male chorus. The group's repertoire spans 1500 years from anonymous plainchant to the group's tribute to the music of the big and small screen, Someone New (Chanticleer Records, 2013). Tailor made for singing holiday classics, Chanticleer has established a robust track ...
Christmas I - A Handel’s Messiah Throw Down, 2013...
by C. Michael Bailey
The 2005 article George Frideric Handel and His Messiah: The Perfect Holiday Collection provided an introduction to George Frideric Handel and his most popular composition, Messiah. Il caro Sassone, as Handel was known, was a larger-than-life figure in Age of Enlightenment England as his oratorio on the life of Christ would realize scarcely being out of ...
Kuniko: At The Bare Minimalism
by C. Michael Bailey
Percussionist Kuniko Kato is a total package who redefines our awareness of the vibraphone, marimba, indeed the entire percussive spectrum. If we think of the “vibes" as Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Victor Feldman, Gary Burton and Joe Locke then we are missing a full half of the population of players. On her debut and sophomore releases ...
The Jazz Coin: Scott Hamilton & John Escreet
by C. Michael Bailey
Twenty-first century jazz has a greater breadth and depth than any time previously. Granularity in jazz genre has become so reduced that genre designations are almost meaningless. In jazz, we are approaching a time when jazz will no longer be “jazz" but music in the most liberal sense of the word. But, until that time, we ...
Heleen van den Hombergh: Going Dutch
by C. Michael Bailey
Dutch vocalist Heleen van den Hombergh has released bookend recordings, Rush In The Woods (2004) and Way Back Home (2011). In between, life intervened, as it often will, coloring the second release considerably different from the first. Hombergh's singing and composition remain organic and compelling over the whole course, offering a glimpse at an artist at ...
