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Laura Harrison: Now...here
by C. Michael Bailey
Canadian cum California girl Laura Harrison is blessed with a perfect mid-range alto that is sharply defined and true. She honed her talent in music through study and then by becoming a music educator. Finally, Dr. Harrison has gotten around to recording a jazz vocal disc, Now...here, and it is a daring treat. Harrison shows little ...
Free Range Saxophone Quartet: Fireflies
by C. Michael Bailey
Since inception, the Origin Classical imprint has existed as a stylistic hinge between classical music and jazz. Defying genre definition, Origin Classical's archive should properly be considered simply music--that which defies category. Only a single release, Linda Tsatsanis and John Lenti's And I Remain: Three Love Stories--Music of the Seventeenth Century for Voice and Lute (Origin ...
Patty Cronheim: Days Like These
by C. Michael Bailey
Livia Devereux's Night Winds Whisper (Self Produced, 2010) sported a very jazzy “Walking After Midnight" , proving that well-written music can survive in any genre climate. Patty Cronheim proves the same on Days Like These, a disc also populated with lesser-known standards and forays outside of the typical jazz realm. Stevie Wonder's “Superstition" ...
Kathleen Kolman: Dream On
by C. Michael Bailey
New England jazz polyglot Kathleen Kolman displays efficiency in art with the release of Dream On. The recording serves as both her Masters Degree project at Lesley University in Cambridge and her first commercial release. She joins a rarefied group of female jazz vocalists who call New England home, including Donna Byrne, Kris Adams, Krisanthi Pappas, ...
Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion
by C. Michael Bailey
Donny McCaslin's Perpetual Motion is an embarrassment of riches, employing a lineup populated by the edgiest, most progressive-thinking jazz musicians currently composing. Alto saxophonist David Binney (who also produces the disc), pianist Uri Caine, bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Antonio Sanchez have been producing music that has positively expanded jazz music for the past decade. McCaslin ...
Various Artists: Jazzvox Presents: In Your Own Backyard
by C. Michael Bailey
Nich Anderson is a Northwest coast jazz vocalist and jazz vocals champion who has been bringing jazz vocal talent to his “house concerts" in Washington State for the past 10 years. Anderson and Origin Records' house presence Bill Anschell have produced a recording documenting some of this talent. The result is a collection of duets and ...
Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by C. Michael Bailey
Flautist Mark Weinstein has enjoyed impressive success with his almost yearly releases. Timbasa (Jazzhead Records, 2010), Tales from the Earth (With Omar Sosa) (Ota Records, 2009) and Straight No Chaser (Jazzhead Records, 2008) were all favorably reviewed within these sacred electrons. Weinstein belongs to an elite club of jazz flautists, a necessarily small one that includes ...
Frank Portolese: Plectrum Jazz Guitar Solos
by C. Michael Bailey
Solo jazz guitar is a harsh and unforgiving lover. The piano provides a more complete performance experience as a solo instrument for technical reasons, though this same completeness can be achieved on guitar by a precious few, talented enough to achieve such artistic parity. Add to this the stipulation that a plectrum (guitar pick) be used ...
The Da Capo Best Music Writing 2010
by C. Michael Bailey
The Da Capo Best Music Writing 2010Ann Powers, Guest Editor; Daphne Carr, Series EditorHardcover; 352 pagesISBN: 0306819252Da Capo Press2010 This is an editorial disguised as a review written by a music writer about a collection of articles written by other music writers, compiled and ...
Tom Rizzo: Imaginary Numbers
by C. Michael Bailey
Los Angeles-based guitarist Tom Rizzo originally released Imaginary Numbers as a self-produced offering from his website, with the title Imaginary Numbers--Guitar Plus Eight. The disc has, fortunately, been picked up by Origin Arts, joining several other notable guitarists at the label including Corey Christiansen, Larry Koonse, Mimi Fox and John Stowell. Origin Art continues to accumulate ...
