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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 ...
Dana Lauren: It's You or No One
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist Dana Lauren has a beautifully balanced alto voice that is pliant and malleable, one well suited for jazz. It's You or No One (Self Produced, 2010) was the singer's well-received debut, a smart collection of standards rendered well by top-notch musicians. Lauren sings inside and outside the box, straight-ahead and sideways with equal intensity and ...
C. Michael Bailey's Best Releases of 2010
by C. Michael Bailey
My approach to selecting what I consider the best recordings of the year has changed every year. In 2010, I am citing those discs to which I gave 5 out of 5 stars. About midway through the year, I restricted myself to largely vocal jazz releases, explaining the abundance of such recordings on the list.
Take 6: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
by C. Michael Bailey
A capella group Take 6 produces little more than an extended play CD with its holiday offering, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Ten songs clocking in at a slim 33 minutes make the disc a disappointment, save for that precious 33 minutes where the sextet does what it does best: sing. Opting for a ...
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Christmas Comes Alive
by C. Michael Bailey
Since 1994, former Stray Cats' guitarist Brian Setzer has led his own big band, specializing in a hybrid of rock and swing that was thought to have died with Bill Haley and the Comets. Also since that time, Setzer has made a cottage industry of playing holiday music with his big band, releasing Boogie Woogie Christmas ...
Mood Indigo: It's Christmas Eve
by C. Michael Bailey
Texas-based Mood Indigo is a jazz duo composed of multiple-instrumentalists Joe Romano and Susan Elliott. The duo's music tends toward the organic “Hot Club" type: largely acoustic, and elegantly wrought. The pair's first recording, Oh, Solo Duo (Self Produced, 2001), was a well-received collection of standards delivered in a sharp, piquant style that is readily accessible ...
Gina Stockton: All That I Can Bring
by C. Michael Bailey
"Contemporary Christian Music" is one of those soft, descriptive classifications that is all but meaningless, save for the fact that the alleged genre needs to be described as something. Contemporary Christian Music cannot even decide what it is, or what characteristics it possesses. More conservative listeners believe that only music based directly on Holy Scripture can ...
The Outtengrand Orchestra: The Outtengrand Orchestra Presents A Dangerously Groovy Christmas
by C. Michael Bailey
Bassist Norm Stockton has a lot of irons in the fire, both in the contemporary jazz and contemporary Christian music arenas. One such project, his Outtengrand Orchestra, released a finely crafted adult contemporary holiday offering in 2006, The Outtengrand Orchestra Presents A Dangerously Groovy Christmas. Contemporary jazz, made by the likes of The Rippingtons and Yellowjackets, ...
Salzburger Bachchoir / Salzburger Barockensemble, Howard Arman: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Marienvesper 1693
by C. Michael Bailey
Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) was a Bohemian fiddler with a serious Marian fixation (or at least his supporters had such a fixation). He is best known for a series of 16 violin sonatas, Mysterien Sonaten, Die Rosenkranz-Sonaten (Mystery Sonatas, Rosary Sonatas), dedicated to the Catholic Archbishop of Salzburg, that he composed between 1670 and 1676. Biber--a show-off ...
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