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Turtle Island String Quartet with the Ying Quartet: 4 + Four
by C. Michael Bailey
The classical string quartet is considered the invention of classical composer Franz Josef Haydn. The Turtle Island String Quartet has a reputation of pursuing not so obvious applications of the classical string quartet format. This is quite apparent on their debut Telarc release--is it jazz or classical? The Turtle Island four join forces with the Ying ...
Ray Charles 1930-2004: Part 3 of 4 (The Soundtracks)
by C. Michael Bailey
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Taylor Hackford had the dream job of selecting the songs to be used in his movie, Ray , the biopic of singer Ray Charles. Additionally, in his consideration, he had the original item, Mr. Charles, himself for guidance. A Labor of love, 15 years in the making, the ...
Sonny Landreth: Grant Street
by C. Michael Bailey
Sonny Landreth Grant Street Sugar Hill Records 2005 “A [man] had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept...as he played, he pressed a knife on the strings of the guitar in a manner popularized by Hawaiian guitarists who used steel bars. The effect was unforgettable. His ...
Joe Pass: Virtuoso
by C. Michael Bailey
Joe Pass was born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Pass was born into a blue-collar non-musical family and began to play the guitar when he was 9. The guitarist's father, a steel mill worker, realized early that his son was musically talented and encouraged him to listen to all music ...
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
by C. Michael Bailey
Elijah Wald Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues Amistad Press ISBN: 0-06-052427-8 2004 per · spec · tive ( noun ) (From Dictionary.com with elaborations by the author) (a) The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other ...
Monty Alexander: Live at the Iridium
by C. Michael Bailey
Monty Alexander belongs to the same piano tradition as Gene Harris and Junior Mance. All have a firm command of the blues that can effectively be translated into the ballad realm. Monty Alexander has been cultivating this style and approach for thirty years, with fresh evidence on his new live recording. Alexander's affiliation with the two-fisted ...
Stevie Holland: Restless Willow
by C. Michael Bailey
With the title derived from the opening track, “It Might As Well Be Spring," singer Stevie Holland could be considered the personified restless willow. Holland has an easy vocal style that never falls prey to over-extension. She swings with a confident grace, her phrasing tasteful and accurate. These are the things that may strike the listener ...
Alleluia, Handel!
by C. Michael Bailey
George Frideric Handel (1685-1721) was born in Halle, Saxony to Georg and Dorothea Handel on February 23rd. He was christened the next day at Marktkirche , St Mark's Church in Halle. Saxon by birth, cosmopolitan by reputation and appeal, Handel stood the musical world on its ear during his career, prompting one critic to say,
Michel Camilo: Solo
by C. Michael Bailey
Michel Camilo's last recording, Live at the Blue Note, won a Best Latin Jazz Grammy® in 2003. His followup is a solo offering that fairly surveys his various influences and interests, including Camilo's Latin-tinged, impressionistic original compositions; the music of Brazil, particularly that of Jobim; and the Great American Songbook. This disc is reminiscent ...
Ellen Demos: Osmosis
by C. Michael Bailey
Immediately, American expatriate Ellen Demos makes me recall two vocalists from this past year. The first is Lisa Sokolov , with her unique vocal style. Demos possesses the same vocal uniqueness without the burden of the iconoclastic that Sokolov bears. Second is Johanna Grüssner , who, like Demos, used mostly guitar accompaniment and weaved a large ...
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