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Barbara Sfraga: Oh, What A Thrill
by C. Michael Bailey
More Vocals. Gail Wynter's My Shining Hour and Jackie Allen's Which? precede Barbara Sfraga’s addition to the Naxos Jazz Vocal Jazz coffers. All of these vocal collections have their charm. All are quite different. Sfraga begins her disc in a most unorthodox way: by setting the Jerry Lee Lewis chestnut, “Great Balls of Fire” ...
Jimmy Smith: Six Views of the Blues
by C. Michael Bailey
Greeeezy! Organist Jimmy Smith never made a bad record for Blue Note. A couple of his Verve recordings are stinkers, but still have some merit. But his Blue Note Recordings, well, they are the epitome of B-3 Hard Bop. That is why the revelation of previously unreleased Blue Note Sides is such a ...
Wycliffe Gordon: Slidin
by C. Michael Bailey
The Best of the Best. Wynton Marsalis, like Miles Davis and Art Blakey, has been responsible for presenting the jazz world with a legion of fully-formed and competent talent. Those who have been through Wynton’s School of the road include Marcus Roberts, the late Kenny Kirkland, Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Reginald Veal just to name a few. ...
Byron Stripling: Striplingnow!
by C. Michael Bailey
A Most Interesting Tone. Count Basie Band trumpeter Byron Stripling has a tone that is a throwback to a bygone era. He has a vocal style that is the same. His trumpet style is an amalgam of Louis Armstrong, Cootie Williams and Roy Eldridge. Dirty yet precise, Stripling’s trumpet blows a blast of fresh air that ...
Wynton Marsalis: Reeltime
by C. Michael Bailey
The Penultimate Experience. Wynton Marsalis has reached the next to the last release in his Swinging Into the 21st Century series. When originally released, the enduring buyer could save all of his/her boxtops and mail them to Sony and receive the eighth and final release with a handsome slipcase for the entire set. The ...
Ralph Carmichael's Big Band: Big Band Christmas
by C. Michael Bailey
Tremendous Sound. Make no mistake, this is a BIG band disc. Carmichael's band bursts out all over the place with holiday cheer. His arrangements and bubbly and bright, providing a contemporary big band seasonal offering. The arrangements were originally used with another great big band, that of Stan Kenton's in 1961. This current disc was recorded ...
Kelley Love and the Pandemonia Orchestra: Foolin
by C. Michael Bailey
The Twilight Zone Imagine for a minute a big band. No, a really big band, comprised of a full rhythm and horn section smoothed out by a full complement of strings. Imagine further all original material and arrangements welling from the mindspring of a single musician with a singular vision. Kelley Love leads his Pandemonia Orchestra ...
Bobby Watson: Quiet As It's Kept
by C. Michael Bailey
Bobby Watson has recorded on and off for RED Records since the mid-1980s. His RED releases, all critically acclaimed, comprise an impressive collection had he never recorded another note. His other RED recordings include Round Trip, Appointment in Milano, Love Remains, This Little Light of Mine, and now Quiet As It’s Kept. All are uniformly fine ...
The Ron McClure Sextet / The Los Angeles Jazz Quartet: Double Triangle / Conversation Piece
by C. Michael Bailey
Better The Second time Around. Naxos Jazz has spent the last three years building a solid base of recording artists. Evidence of this is found in the two most recent releases by The Los Angeles Jazz Quartet and bassist Ron McClure. Both artists have previous debuted on the label with the LAJQ’s Look To The East ...
Mitteleuropa Ensemble: Frammenti
by C. Michael Bailey
A Multicultural Surprise. My AAJ colleague Glenn Astarita forwarded this Mitteleuropa disc my way describing it as “Italian Jazz”. I have had some experience with RED records, Sergio Veschi’s Milano venture that includes documenting performing Italian Jazz musicians. With this in mind, I approached Frammenti ( Fragments ) with a somewhat pinched expectation and what I ...
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