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Liva at Birdland Neuberg
By Enrico Rava & Michael Flugel Quartet
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2000
Madeline Bell: Blessed
by Dave Nathan
Madeline Bell was born in New Jersey where she was influenced early on by Sam Cooke, sang on street corners, in talent shows and at local clubs. She became part of one of the more popular gospel groups in the country, the Alex Bradford Singers. But it wasn't until she moved to England in 1962 that ...
Enrico Rava & Michael Flugel Quartet: Liva at Birdland Neuberg
by Glenn Astarita
With Live at Birdland Neuberg (Germany) the “Michael Flugel Quartet” receives some predictably superb support from the highly regarded trumpeter Enrico Rava. On “My Funny Valentine” Rava demonstrates how to turn a time honored classic into a vehicle for the optimum in artistic expressionism as he stretches the inherent scope of this classic via fiery and ...
Albert Mangelsdorff & Reto Weber Percussion Orchestra: Live At Montreux
by Glenn Astarita
German trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff splits notes by overblowing and humming into his mouthpiece while also crossing octaves with relative ease as he is one of the very few trombonists capable of employing this difficult technique known as – multiphonics. With that and his noted brilliance as an improviser, Mangelsdorff tries his hand at working with a ...
Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra: New Works (Celebration)
by Douglas Payne
Bob Brookmeyer, at age 70, is enjoying renewed celebrity as an artist. But, unlike so many others who ascend to legendary status late in life, it's not because he's out-survived his peers. Still known primarily for his distinctive and lyrical valve trombone playing (he's also an especially deft touch on piano), he's now evolved ...
The Best of the Houdini's: Live at Kiama Jazz Festival Australia
By Houdini's
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 1999
