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Alessandra Belloni: Tarantelle & Canti D
by C. Michael Bailey
Rhythmic and sanguine is the contemporary Italian folk music as expressed by Alessandra Belloni and her group. Without surprise, the music is not that different than that provided by Medieval Italian Music specialists such as Acantus. There is nothing particularly balladic about this music. It is sensual and humid, almost gypsy-like in its abandon. All of ...
Marcus Miller: The Ozell Tapes
by C. Michael Bailey
Marcus Miller is the Paul Chambers of the electric bass. His recordings possess the same bass- leadership as Mr. PC, reflecting the spirit in the title of one of Chambers’ 1950s Blue Note releases, Bass on Top. Miller mixes a potent brew of originals and modern jazz classics to produce a sumptuously funky meal of what ...
The Ron Miles Quartet: Laughing Barrel
by C. Michael Bailey
Trumpeter Ron Miles is a bit of jazz anomaly, in that he has taken to shunning the urban genres of jazz. His recent releases are all about wide-open spaces and Americana. Nowhere is this better heard than on his Sterling Circle debut, Heaven (Sterling Circle SCS 151, 2002). On this record from last year, Miles dueted ...
Acoustic Jazz Quartet: Organic
by C. Michael Bailey
"Organic Unity" the approximate center point of the Acoustic Jazz Quartet’s new recording Organic, fairly well sums up in an aural sense the constantly evolving vision of this fine West Coast quartet. This slightly Bossa piece shows exactly how far an already superb quartet has come since its previous release, Acoustic Jazz Quartet (Naxos Jazz 86033, ...
Dan Moretti and Once Through: Stories
by C. Michael Bailey
Jazz educator and all-around musician Dan Moretti adds to his considerable and impressive resume with a new recording from his band Once Through. Stories is Moretti’s outing from academia, giving ample proof that he can walk the walk as well as talk the talk. Leading a guitar- keyboards quintet, Mr. Moretti spins out 21st century grooves ...
The Joe Beck Trio: Just Friends
by C. Michael Bailey
This all-star date incorporates the aggressive electric sound of guitarist Joe Beck with the fusion bona fides of bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb. These guys have been friends for some time and it shows in the excitement of the playing. Beck and his comrades mix it up rhythmically, sonically, electrically, and repertoire-wise. The group ...
Two Vocalists from Telarc Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Freddy Cole-In the Name of Love (Telarc Jazz CD-83545) Maria Muldaur-A Woman Alone With the Blues...Remembering Peggy Lee (Telarc Jazz CD-83568) This March, Telarc Jazz releases two high profile jazz vocal offerings. Singer/Pianist Freddy Cole releases his third offering for the label, In The Name of Love. On her fourth solo release singer ...
The Bill Mays Trio: Going Home
by C. Michael Bailey
Bill Mays spent the majority of 1970s accompanying Sarah Vaughan and Al Jarreau. Lately he has performing on film scores. His talent in these settings is understated and perhaps one must first approach Mr. Mays's art from Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 26 (Concord Jazz CCD 4567, 1992). On Going Home, Mr. Mays is joined ...
Chanticleer and the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston: John Tavener-Lamentations and Praises
by C. Michael Bailey
I suspect that this review is untimely with respect to the fact that John Tavener’s Lamentations and Praises, as performed by the all-Male Chorus Chanticleer with orchestral support by the Handel and Haydn Society, won two Grammy® Awards on February 23, 2003. The two awards captured were for the Classical Best Small Ensemble Performance and the ...
Norah Jones and the Grammy Awards
by C. Michael Bailey
Dateline, Little Rock, Arkansas, Monday, February 24, 2003.Subject: The 2003 Grammy AwardsThis morning, Bruce Lundvall, President of Blue Note Records, woke up, as if from a dream, the happiest man in the world.Why, might you ask?Because, in addition to selling over six million copies of her debut recording ...
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