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Harry Connick, Jr.: Harry For The Holidays
by Jim Santella
“It’s that time of year when the world falls in love,” sings the multi-talented Harry Connick, Jr. on his memento gift-wrapped for the occasion. His musical arrangements for big band and orchestra (Connick arranged, conducted, and orchestrated the session) include a variety of styles. Several tracks include lush strings in a melodramatic studio setting, while others ...
Steve Tyrell: This Guy
by Jim Santella
If you were paying attention, you may wonder who sang “The Way You Look Tonight" on the soundtrack to Steve Martin’s Father Of The Bride and its sequel. By now, the secret is out. Steve Tyrell has released three albums in the last four years and we now hear him singing on television and ...
Bela Fleck and The Flecktones: Little Worlds/Ten From Little Worlds
by Doug Collette
Little Worlds is a gorgeous package of three compact discs on which Bela Fleck and the Flecktones seamlessly interweave inspiration, creative spontaneity and judicious production. The crystalline sound quality is just one of the constants deriving from collaboration between Bela himself and recordists Robert and Richard Battaglia: it’s a pleasure to listen to this ...
The Derek Trucks Band: Soul Serenade
by C. Michael Bailey
Soul Serenade is the fourth commercial release for Allman Brothers guitarist Derek Trucks. A second generation band member (the guitarist is the nephew of drummer Butch Trucks), Mr. Trucks studied carefully the lead and slide guitar styles of the late Duane Allman, incorporating the elder Allman’s propensity for crossing music genera lines at will into his ...
Dave Brubeck: For All Time
by Jim Santella
The Dave Brubeck Quartet of the early 1960s created the five albums reissued here with a cool head and a steady hand. The foursome gave its audience something to think about, something to enjoy, and something to remember. Along with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Brubeck's group brought a special quality to the jazz ...
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: Little Worlds
by Jim Santella
This three-disc project puts Béla Fleck's music in a new light. His formidable blend of Americana and jazz is integrated with new sounds brought in by guest artists and their eclectic backgrounds. The banjo virtuoso, his multi-faceted woodwind partner, his profound bassist, and his rhythmic sidekick weave modern jazz around the flagpole with delicate airs and ...
Count Basie: America's #1 Band: The Columbia Years
by Jim Santella
Featuring both Count Basie’s big band and his small group recordings, this 4-CD collection of reissued material includes blues-based jazz that was recorded between 1936 and 1951. Some of the dates have never been authorized for release before, some come from radio broadcast air checks, and many of the recordings appeared on the Vocalion, Columbia and ...
Duke Ellington: Festival Session
by C. Michael Bailey
Two Hundred Fifty-Plus Words on Ellington, Part III. Festival Session is the third in a trio of remastered and reconfigured Columbia releases to the Legacy imprint. The other two are Ellington Uptown and Masterpieces by Ellington , both worthy of purchase considering the amount of reconstruction and updating the releases have undergone since the 1950s. All ...
Duke Ellington: Ellington Uptown
by C. Michael Bailey
Two Hundred Fifty-Plus Words on Ellington, Part II Duke Ellington Uptown was released shortly after Ellington adopted the 12-inch long player philosophy and began recording his concert of some of his greatest pieces. Before the present release, this recording was issued on three different occasions, each released including slightly different material. The original release (Columbia ML ...
Duke Ellington: Masterpieces By Ellington
by C. Michael Bailey
Two Hundred Fifty-Plus Words on Ellington, Part I.Columbia Records waited until the end of 1950 before recording directly to tape, enabling pieces longer that the biblical three minutes to be recorded. All of this, in spite of the fact that long playing records debuted two years previously. This occasion was the first time in ...
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