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The Eric Byrd Trio + 4: Brother Ray
by C. Michael Bailey
Ray Charles has been spared the anemic tribute efforts others have had to endure. With the recent release of Maceo Parker's Roots and Grooves, and now the Eric Byrd Trio's Brother Ray, we are treated to two very fine tribute recordings that stand firmly on their own creative feet. Like Parker, pianist/vocalist Byrd is a superb ...
Back to the Roots with Louis Armstrong
by C. Michael Bailey
Why must we still listen to this tin-horn, old fashioned, moldy fig jazz when we have cool labels like ECM and Winter & Winter pressing the most cutting edge music imaginable? One reason is because the iconic cornet player Buddy Bolden left no recordings, thus making trumpeter/cornetist/singer Louis Armstrong the ground zero center of jazz. Armstrong ...
Chris Humphrey: Nothing but Blue Sky
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist/composer Chris Humphrey's release Nothing but Blue Sky continues a recent trend of jazz vocal recordings that feature the vocalist backed sparingly with a piano trio or less instrumentation, without brass or reeds. This enables craftsmen like Humphrey to both explore and display their talents for both singing and, in the case of Humphrey, arranging the ...
Melody Breyer-Grell: Fascinatin' Rhythms: Singing Gershwin
by C. Michael Bailey
2008 is shaping up to be a stellar year of stripped-down jazz vocal recitals. Witness Long Beach native Melody Breyer-Grell's collection of Gershwin standards, Fascinatin' Rhythms; Breyer-Grell is supported by the basic jazz piano trio, with the intelligently applied supplementation of solo instruments. Breyer-Grell's voice is front and center in this recording, never obscured by the ...
Diane Hubka: Diane Hubka Goes to the Movies
by C. Michael Bailey
Hubka, Hubka... The marketplace is clotted with exceptional recordings by female jazz vocalists/instrumentalists, the vast majority complimenting their voices with a certain piano talent. Diane Hubka is one of the few, if not the only, female vocalist who also plays guitar. She has enjoyed considerable exposure with recordings like, Haven't We Met (A-Records, 1998), Look No ...
Horace Silver: Live At Newport '58
by C. Michael Bailey
Horace Silver Live At Newport '58 Blue Note 2007 For a jazz artist of such longevity, pianist Horace Silver has precious few live recordings as leader. Before Paris Blues: Olympia Theater, Paris, 1962 (Fantasy, 2003) was released, Silver's single live recording was Doin' The Thing At The Village Gate (Blue ...
Uri Caine: The Classical Variations
by C. Michael Bailey
One of the most attractive things about pianist and composer Uri Caine is his creative unpredictability. There are no musical genres he fears and, moreover, fears to combine in the post-provocative eutectoids. Caine's entire career has been characterized by this unpredictability, but he does have his favorite themes. One of those themes is his recasting of ...
Tangria Jazz Group: Tangria Jazz Group
by C. Michael Bailey
Tangria Jazz Group is what happens when the academy gets bored in the classroom and decides to go blow in the studio. The trio's first recording, Songs From Lady Bird was inspired by drummer/percussionist/physical chemist Sheryl Mebane's jazz novel Lady Bird (Pearl Street, 2003). Mebane's Eleven: Tunes for Two (Blastfamous, 2007) featured an abundance of original ...
Sabertooth: Dr. Midnight
by C. Michael Bailey
New York City has The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note and Birdland and can boast being home to scores of famous jazz musicians, but America's Second City, Chicago also has a storied history that includes the famous Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. Chicago also includes, among its children, some of the most distinctive jazz talent ...
Diane Schuur: Some Other Time
by C. Michael Bailey
One listen to any Diane Schuur recording and it's clear that “Deedles has a musical personality as big as a universe. Schuur's expansive and expressive voice does not mince words or techniques. She sings a straight-ahead, no-nonsense brand of jazz that brims with brio and leaves no misunderstanding what the composers intended for the Great American ...
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