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Vocalist Kim Maguire Releases Holiday Single, 'My Favorite Things'
Kim Maguire’s latest single, “My Favorite Things," blends the nuanced precision of jazz, the fluidity of dance, and the emotional expression of theatre. This seamless integration is no surprise, given Kim’s extensive background in all three disciplines—her true favorite things. The sweeping vocal brushstrokes of this new release reflect her unique ability to merge jazz with ...
Nancy Erickson Lamont: Through the Passages
by Nicholas F. Mondello
On occasion with so many artists presenting recordings, a reviewer may innocently fall into the trap of bypassing a jewel by an unfamiliar singer. Such was the case here. The subsequent discovery was fortuitous. Seattle-based vocalist and composer, Nancy Erickson Lamont's Through the Passages is a thoroughly fascinating, absorbing 12-original-track session with the artist surrounded by ...
Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions
by Dan McClenaghan
Most fans of Seattle-based pianist Bill Anschell will not see this one coming. His comfort zone on his own recordings has been as a mainstream acoustic jazz artist, on albums like Shifting Standards (2018), a piano trio affair, Rumbler (2017) and Figments (2011), a solo piano outing. All of these were released on Origin Records.
Ambulator
Album: Improbable Solutions
By Bill Anschell
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:34
Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions
by Paul Rauch
Pianist and composer Bill Anschell has made his mark in jazz as a distinctive pianist with a notable body of work. His time in Atlanta, and his extensive residency in Seattle, has produced ten recordings as a leader or co-leader, and a well-deserved following on live dates with two distinctive trios, plus his “Rumbler" band. His ...
Improbable Solutions
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ambulator; Nimbus; Gentle Persuasion; Naked Truth; Is This Thing Even On?; Hidden Nobility;
The Following Week; Abandoned; Outburst.
Live at Boxley’s
By Brent Jensen
Label: Records DK
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. I Hear a Rhapsody
2. Bemsha Swing
3. Freebie
4. Body & Soul
5. Footprints
More Sounds of a Dry Martini
By Brent Jensen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Take Ten; Desmond Blue; Look for the Silver Lining; These Foolish Things; Alone Together; Three to Get Ready;
Bossa Antigua; Autumn Leaves; Just Squeeze Me.
Jazz Standards Volume 2: Then Again
Label: Nefertiti Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Yours Is My Heart Alone; Like Someone In Love; I Thought About You; On The Street Where
You Live; Milestones (original version); Body And Soul; How Am I To Know; Darn That
Dream; I Love You; It Could Happen To You; Monk's Mood; San Francisco Holiday(Worry
Later)
Brent Jensen: More Sounds of a Dry Martini
by Jack Bowers
Two decades have passed since alto saxophonist Brent Jensen recorded his debut album for Origin Records, Sounds of a Dry Martini: A Tribute to Paul Desmond, in 2001. To Jensen's surprise, the album became so enormously popular that the possibility of a sequel was envisioned. There was, however, one large stumbling block—by 2007, Jensen had sold ...
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