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Feeling Good (Funk, Soul & Deep Jazz Gems: The Supreme Sound Of Producer Bob Shad)
By Carmen McRae
Label: WEWANTSOUNDS
Released: 2016
Track listing: House Of The Rising Funk; Blue Mitchell; Magical Connection; Soulsides; Mask; Never Did I Stop Loving You; Abscretions; Right On; Scatbird; Red Clay; Rum And Mumbles; I Ain't Got Much (But Whatever I Got It's Yours Baby); Granite & Concrete; Quadrivium; Feelin' Good;
Dominick Farinacci: Sharing Stories
by R.J. DeLuke
Dominick Farinacci, a trumpeter from Cleveland, is a strong improviser with a wide, round tone. It's suited for his predilection for the melodic side of the music. But his vision of music extends beyond the act of playing and the art of performing--something he has done around the globe for years, carving out a successful career ...
Ron Carter: Always at the Center of the Action
by Victor L. Schermer
Great jazz bassists can always be identified by the fact that you really listen to them! A good jazz bassist keeps good time and gets the chords right, but a great bassist, going as far back as Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, Charlie Haden, or Jimmy Garrison, catches your ear because you're surprised and moved by what ...
Jane Monheit and her Muses...
by C. Michael Bailey
When vocalist Jane Monheit blew the music community's hair back with her debut recording Never Never Land (N-Coded Music) in 2000, she was 22-years old, beautiful, sensual, soon-to-be-married and talented with chops to spare. By 2016, Monheit had released nine additional studio recordings, including the well-received Come Dream With Me (N-Coded Music, 2001) and Surrender (Concord, ...
Entourage: Things Are Looking Up
by Jack Bowers
Even with interest in the genre waning, most decent-sized cities are home to one or more local jazz groups, which vary in size, membership, temperament and ability. Entourage, formed in 2007, is an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based quintet led by vocalist Emerson Susan Corley whose core group has been enlarged to as many as fifteen for its ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Carmen McRae
All About Jazz is celebrating Carmen McRae's birthday today! Considered by jazz aficionados to be among the top ten female vocalists of all time, Carmen McRae\'s distinctive behind- the-beat phrasing, impeccable vocal control, and witty, sometimes acerbic way of conveying a lyric are what set her apart as a singularly great singer. She considered jazz great ...
Vocalist Sinne Eeg at Chris’ Jazz Cafe
by Victor L. Schermer
Sinne Eeg Trio Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA March 23, 2016 Sincerity, authenticity, and fidelity to tradition are qualities seriously lacking in what's left of jazz in America today. Computers, unbridled capitalistic exploitation, and a massive field of competing talent have led too many musicians to seek audiences through entertainment, ...
Stephanie Jordan Selected To Perform At The 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced that the Stephanie Jordan Big Band will appear on Thursday, April 28, 2016 in the Zatarain's/WWOZ Jazz Tent as part of the musical lineup for the 2016 Festival scheduled for April 22- 24 and April 28- May 1, 2016. During last year’s Jazz Fest ...
Mundell Lowe / Lloyd Wells / Jim Ferguson: Poor Butterfly
by Mark Sullivan
Mainstream jazz guitar doesn't get much better than this. Guitarist Mundell Lowe's long career includes sideman stints with Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, André Previn, and many others; he has composed film and TV scores as well. Co-guitarist Lloyd Wells also grew up in Laurel, Mississippi, giving the pair a hometown connection. The two previously collaborated on ...
Mundell Lowe / Lloyd Wells / Jim Ferguson: Poor Butterfly
by Dan Bilawsky
Few people could ever claim to have played and/or recorded with such a storied list of performers as Sarah Vaughan, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, and Lester Young. But Mundell Lowe can. In fact, that list barely scratches the surface when it comes to the ...
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