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Give the Singers Some!
by Chris M. Slawecki
God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men And bring them back to heaven again. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Singers Ruth Naomi Floyd Root to the Fruit ...
Joe Williams: Music for Lovers
by Chris M. Slawecki
Joe Williams' Music for Lovers comes closer to the cocktail sophistication of Nat King Cole or Billy Eckstine than to any blues jump or shout to which Williams gave joyous voice as vocalist with the Count Basie Band. Perhaps the best part of this material, drawn from Williams' 1959-63 ballad albums for Roulette Records, ...
Dinah Washington: Music for Lovers
by Chris M. Slawecki
Dinah Washington's biting, blues-smoked phrasing is often cited as the primordial ground from which singers such as Esther Phillips and Nancy Wilson blossomed, and through them, more contemporary vocalists like Chaka Khan and Patti Labelle subsequently bloomed. This new collection of ballads draws from Washington's 1962-63 recording prime, a fertile period when she released several albums ...
Ithamara Koorax: Brazilian Butterfly
by Chris M. Slawecki
Except for two ballads--the cosmopolitan “Carinhoso with her Brazilian jazz fusion compatriots Azymuth, and Herbie Hancock's title track--Ithamara Koorax's ninth album is her most adventurous release. It seems constructed to honor legendary Brazilian vocalist Flora Purim and her husband/bandleader/percussionist Airto. This Brazilian Butterfly soars and flutters while multiple percussionists (often as many as four on the ...
Dionne Warwick: My Friends and Me
by Chris M. Slawecki
Primarily known as the soft, supple voice in front of so many classics written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick here enters the popular “Duets arena by revisiting most of that catalog in the company of other female artists. It took more than “Wishin' and Hopin' to transform this concept into a worthwhile listen (though ...
The Holmes Brothers: State of Grace
by Chris M. Slawecki
Wendell Holmes plays guitar, piano and sings, and Sherman Holmes plays bass and sings. When Popsy Dixon joins on drums and vocals, this trio transforms into the Holmes Brothers, the Blues Foundation's 2005 Band of the Year. Their three-part harmonies are honeyed country gospel, but their front-stoop funk and dark, broken-hearted tales are pure country blues.
Ruth Naomi Floyd: Root to the Fruit
by Chris M. Slawecki
Along with her sidework with instrumentalists Charles Fambrough, Uri Caine and other jazzmen of note, composer/vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd gives voice to her own muse through her own label, Contour Records. Her fifth release continues her longstanding collaboration with pianist James Weidman, known for his accompaniment for vocalists Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson. It also features ...
Thiago de Mello & Dexter Payne: Another Feeling
by Chris M. Slawecki
Have you ever walked alone through a quiet beautiful woodland and stepped into an open space full of nothing but warm and growing brightness, and felt like nature was a cathedral and you were seated in its front row? Another Feeling sounds just like that: completely, naturally, immaculate and beautiful. Dexter Payne on clarinet ...
The Rooftop: A Live Shot
by Chris M. Slawecki
A musical message of hope sent from a city built on an island to a city stranded in water, A Live Shot documents a New York City performance by rising East Coast neo-soul stars, a benefit concert for New Orleans musicians recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Guitarist Christian Ver Halen wrote or co-wrote all the ...
Radio Citizen: Berlin Serengeti
by Chris M. Slawecki
Berlin's Niko Schabel knows what German techno-music pioneers Kraftwerk began demonstrating all those years ago: if people program them right, even machines got soul. A multi-instrumentalist and producer who leads a jazz quartet and plays with The Last Poets and other groups, Schabel weaves together the electronic jungle of Berlin Serengeti from samples, loops ...
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