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If You Can Only Have One Christmas Recording…

by C. Michael Bailey
November 3, 2018

This Holiday article is early and necessary. I am writing this rare stand-alone review of a Seasonal offering because I have a couple of bah-humbug friends who disrespect Christmas Music. I am giving them, and all other such music Philistines, their warranted comeuppance by introducing the only proof I have ever found for the existence of ...

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Gregorian Chant – Melodies I & II

by C. Michael Bailey
October 21, 2018

The Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes, France was re-founded in 1833, following a period of latency. In the late 19th century, the monastery was challenged by the Holy Father, Pope Pius X to fully research the role of plainchant in the liturgy and to edit books on chant that reflected this research. If there ...

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Bailey’s Bundle – Seven Women (Plus Three) 2018 – Part IX

by C. Michael Bailey
October 5, 2018

Yilian Cañizares and Omar Sosa Aguas Ota Records 2018 Pianist/composer Omar Sosa has established himself as a pioneer at the edge of Cubano-Caribbean music. Sosa teams with violinist/vocalist Yilian Cañizares for a breezy and sensual stroll through 11 original, for lack of a better term, world music compositions that are as ...

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Seven Women (Plus Three) 2018 – Part VIII

by C. Michael Bailey
August 29, 2018

Cheryl Bentyne (and Mark Winkler) Eastern Standard Time Café Pacific Records

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Ten Men

by C. Michael Bailey
July 18, 2018

My unscientific estimate contends that there are three female vocalists for every male vocalist. This does not mean that there are no male vocalists out there as evidenced by these ten examples. They just take a little longer to accumulate. Jay Leonhart and Tomoko Ohno Don't You Wish Chancellor Music

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Seven Women (Plus Three) 2018 – Part VII

by C. Michael Bailey
July 9, 2018

Well, that didn't take long. What started as “Five Women" quickly grew into the present “Seven Women" and will continue to the end of this year as “Seven Women (Plus Three) as a continuing reflection of the state of female vocalists and instrumentalists. We are blessed with an abundance of musical riches. Adi Meyerson ...

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Skip Heller, Birdie Jones, and Carnival of Soul

by C. Michael Bailey
June 30, 2018

“I have a bluegrass gig tomorrow am. Playing a Link Wray Tribute tomorrow night...seeing the Dead Milkmen tonight." --My most recent text message from Fred “Skip" Heller. For all of the recently revealed foibles of Social Media, perhaps the best thing about it is how it makes a really big world smaller. ...

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Seven Women 2018 – Part VI

by C. Michael Bailey
June 17, 2018

Jazz vocals remains a vibrant and productive subgenre as evidenced by this spate of recent releases. Diane Marino Soul Serenade: The Gloria Lynne Project M&M Records 2018 Singer Gloria Lynne had a long and productive career, one that remained unjustly in the shade, deserving of the attention that ...

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Joyful Noise: Gregorian Chant by The Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey of Solesmes

by C. Michael Bailey
June 2, 2018

Every generation since the beginning of recorded music discovers Gregorian Chant. The most recent (re)discovery was in the mid-1990s with the phenomenally successful Chant CDs from The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos released on Angel Records. The actual performances were recorded some 20 years earlier and released to less than optimistic reviews and sales ...

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Judy Carmichael: All Taken in Stride

by C. Michael Bailey
May 28, 2018

Swinger! A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood to Harlem Judy Carmichael 276 Pages ISBN: # 978-1979764414 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017 Pianist and vocalist Judy Carmichael is a jazz girl who has been performing professionally for nearly 40 years. In her memoir Swinger! A Jazz Girl's Adventures from Hollywood ...