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Jazz Singer/Songwriters Part II: Maria Neckam and Tanya Balakyrska

by C. Michael Bailey
June 17, 2012

“Jazz Singer/Songwriters Part I: Louise Van Aarsen and Rebecka Larsdotter"“ featured two new artists standing in the middle of the adult contemporary jazz vocals map. Both discs have elements of mainstream acoustic and mainstream contemporary electric jazz and feature original compositions by the singers themselves. Where Maria Neckam and Tanya Malakyrska differ is in their concerted ...

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Allman by Any Other Name: Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks

by C. Michael Bailey
June 3, 2012

The post-millennial Allman Brothers Band has given birth to numerous side projects--often multiple side projects--for almost all of the current members. Both guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks have have led multiple bands outside of the Allman Brothers and both have live recordings of these side projects released within months of one another. ...

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The Rolling Stones' Some Girls in Sound and Print

by C. Michael Bailey
May 27, 2012

Some Girls (Rolling Stones, 1978) was the last great Rolling Stones record. Some will argue that Tattoo You (Rolling Stones, 1981) was the last, but Tattoo You was comprised of outtakes from several previous recording sessions going back to Goats Head Soup (Rolling Stones, 1973). It was released as an excuse for the 1981 tour--better than ...

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John Pizzarelli and Tessa Souter: Classical Mashups

by C. Michael Bailey
May 21, 2012

The improvisatory nature of jazz provides a myriad of ways to enhance and tweak both the arrangement and performance of the music's canon. One approach being tried is the interpolation of one harmonically or rhythmically related song into another. Guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli and vocalist Tessa Souter have produced just such projects in their recordingsDouble Exposure and ...

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Fine & Mellow - Three Voices and Deborah Shulman/Larry Zalkind

by C. Michael Bailey
May 17, 2012

Summit Records hits a quiet home run with the release of Three Voices' Transitions and Deborah Shulman & Larry Zalkind's Lost in the Stars: The Music of Bernstein, Weill & Sondheim. Three VoicesTransitionsSummit Records2012 Three Voices is the trio of flugelhornist Kim Pensyl, vibraphonist ...

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The London Blues of Zoë Schwarz

by C. Michael Bailey
April 29, 2012

The American music genres blues and jazz are the subatomic particles of every note played since their commission to media in the early part of the last century. While one did not beget the other, were this a Venn diagram, there would exist an overlapping of blues and jazz in that place behind the roadhouse on ...

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C. Michael Bailey's Best Releases of 2011

by C. Michael Bailey
December 16, 2011

As in 2010, this end-of-the-year best recordings list is drawn from albums awarded “five stars" on the author's score sheet when first reviewed. Dana LaurenIt's You or No One Vocalist Dana Lauren has a beautifully balanced alto voice that is pliant and malleable, one well suited for jazz. It's ...

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Five Golden Rings for Christmas

by C. Michael Bailey
December 3, 2011

The 2011 holidays are nearly upon us and with them, the requisite focused recordings. The number of such offerings has diminished in the last number of years. What has not diminished is the quality of the recordings, as evidenced by these five “golden rings." Happy holidays, jazz fans. Elisabeth Lohninger Band

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Robert Johnson’s Persistent Ghost

by C. Michael Bailey
November 6, 2011

The centenary of blues musician Robert Johnson's birth passed quietly May 8, 2011. Anticipating it was the release of The Complete Recordings: The Centennial Collection (Legacy Recordings, 2011). The liner notes for this release, penned by Ted Gioia and Steve LaVere, continue the best biographical line of the allusive singer begun in the liner notes of ...

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Wynton Marsalis' Swinging Into The 21st Redux

by C. Michael Bailey
November 3, 2011

Sony Legacy has re-issued trumpeter Wynton Marsalis' monumental recorded conclusion to the 20th century, Swinging Into The 21st. Originally comprised of nine albums released between June 1999 and August 2000, Swinging Into The 21st was Marsalis' effort to cap two decades of recording with CBS/Sony. The music was impressive in its variety and creative density.