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Dan Kozar: I Remember You
by C. Michael Bailey
Ontario-native Dan Kozar plays, for lack of a better description, a nylon-string classical guitar. This fact alone should alert you that you are in for a mellow time. On that score, Kozar does not disappoint, but at the same time, you should not expect a sleeper of a recording. Quite the contrary...
Jim Black/Alasnoaxis: Habyor
by C. Michael Bailey
This is not jazz-rock fusion. This is not adult contemporary jazz. For God's sake, this is certainly not smooth jazz. Seattle-bred and New York City-based drummer Jim Black's third AlasNoAxis recording continues where he left off on Splay (Winter & Winter, 2002)--exploring the rock side of jazz. Think of AlasNoAxis as a well-behaved Jonas Hellborg/Shawn Lane ...
Red Priest: Red Priest's Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons
by C. Michael Bailey
Red Priest is a group of very intelligent period instrument specialists with a red-hot wicked sense of humor.? After the release of the group's two previous recordings, Priest on the Run and Nightmare in Venice , the group went on tour with what was touted as their highly controversial interpretation of Vivaldi's first four ...
Fantasy Jazz in 20-bit Glory: Red Garland, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery
by C. Michael Bailey
Fantasy Jazz continues its service to the jazz community with four appropriately remastered discs from the Prestige and Riverside labels.. Red Garland Red Garland's Piano Prestige 7086 Dallas Texas native Red Garland did not lead a recording session until August 17, 1956 when bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Art Taylor, and Garland entered ...
Marty Paich and Art Pepper: Moanin' vs + Eleven
by C. Michael Bailey
Marty Paich (1925-1995) was the West Coast Tadd Dameron. He had a perfect swing and be bop arranging temperament. Paich was a superb pianist and a better arranger, being called upon to orchestrate for Chet Baker, Ray Brown, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Art Pepper. It was with Art Pepper that Paich would forge ...
MAXJAZZ: Erin Bode, Mulgrew Miller, Denny Zeitlin and Jessica Williams
by C. Michael Bailey
MAXJAZZ has shouldered its way to the forefront of independent jazz labels by intelligently grouping the label's releases into thematic series. Represented in these four recent releases are the first two series: The Vocal Series and The Piano Series. Typical of all MAXJAZZ releases, the sonics are close and clear. The engineering and production are impeccable, ...
Courtney Pine: Devotion
by C. Michael Bailey
The management typically frowns on an initial discourse regarding the issuing record label when writing a review, but in the case of Courtney Pine's debut on Telarc Jazz, I feel it is warranted. Compared with the majority of Telarc's releases (dead middle mainstream) Mr. Pine's new release can only be approached by those of ...
Ray Charles, 1930-2004: Part 2 of 4
by C. Michael Bailey
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Ray Charles The Very Best of Ray Charles Rhino Records 2000 Ray Charles (not Georgia) has been on my mind. On the day the great musician passed away, I penned the short tome to his unique contribution to music, Ray Charles, 1930-2004: ...
Karrin Allyson: Wild for You
by C. Michael Bailey
West Coast-based jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson was five albums into her Concord career before she hit on niche—well-conceived concept recordings. The first in this series was From Paris to Rio (Concord 4865, 1999), which found Ms. Allyson in the original French and Portuguese mood. From Paris to Rio contains a collection of specifically chosen melodies, all ...
Two From RED Records: Pino and Vito Di Modugno
by C. Michael Bailey
Il Modugno Della Famiglia The Hammond B3 Organ and the accordion are distantly related kinfolk. However, this distance is shortened dramatically when accordionist father Pino Di Modugno and organist son Vito Di Modugno join each other on their respective recordings Bedouin and Organ Grooves. Both recordings employ the same personnel, save for the trumpet chair, which ...
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