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Kerry Politzer: Yearning
by Dave Nathan
A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Kerry Politizer has selected her own compositions for the play list for her debut album. Many of the tunes have a Brazilian bent to them which the quartet feels right at home with. The major players on this set with Politzer, are reed player Eric Rasmussen and strong guitarist, ...
Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Aftermath
by Jack Bowers
As last year’s debut album by pianist Mike Long’s NYSAJE was labeled Explosion, it’s entirely appropriate that its second enterprise should be dubbed Aftermath. One should not be lulled, however, into believing that the aftermath is somehow less dynamic than the explosion itself. This aftermath packs a devastating wallop of its own, orchestrated by Longo and ...
Jody Sandhaus: I Think of You
by Dave Nathan
PWinter Moon predicted a bright future for this singer with the passionate delivery. Her Latest release does nothing to dim this prospect. The first album had a play list decidedly leaning toward the melancholy. While there is still some of this here, the program is peppered with bright tunes that highlight Sandhaus' fine sense of timing. ...
Mike Longo with the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Explosion
by Jack Bowers
Any big band that can make Porgy and Bess swing has my approval. Pianist Mike Longo’s New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble not only enlivens a medley of tunes from George Gershwin’s groundbreaking folk opera, it pulverizes without remorse every other chart during a fabulous coming–out party on Longo’s Consolidated Artists label. After forming ...
Adam Rafferty: Blood, Sweat and Bebop
by Jack Bowers
As I’ve often confessed, when it comes to guitars and guitar players I’m by no means an expert — the truth is, they all sound pretty much alike to me. But listening to “Bubu,” the opening track on Adam Rafferty’s debut recording for Consolidated Artists, I was reminded of Wes Montgomery, even though I don’t know ...
Mike Lee: Above The Battleground
by Glenn Astarita
Based in New York City, Multi-Reedman Mike Lee has been receiving a good deal of attention these days and deservedly so. Lee’s work with “The Village Vanguard Orchestra”, Maria Schneider, performances with Sax titan Joe Lovano, gigs with Louie Bellson and others find Mike Lee in estimable company. On his latest CD “Above The Battleground”, Lee ...
More Double Bass
By Nabil Totah
Label: CAP
Released: 1998
Track listing:
Laverne Walk; With Every Breath I Take; Willow Weep for Me; Caravan; My Foolish Heart; Subaru Mama; Lush Life; Only Trust Your Heart; I Just Called to Say I Love You; My Romance; I
