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Mel Torm: My Night to Dream

by Robert Spencer
February 1, 1998

Mel Tormé explains in the liner notes to this collection that has “never recorded a straight album of ballads" during his fifteen years with Concord Jazz. “But I've always wanted to do an album exclusively of songs that have the air of moonlight at midnight." So here it is: not a new recording, but twelve tracks ...

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The Charlie Byrd Trio: Au Courant

by Robert Spencer
February 1, 1998

Au Courant indeed! Here's Charlie Byrd playing W.C. Handy, Rodgers and Hart, Jobim, Johnny Mercer, and, for goodness' sake, Henry Mancini with nothing but an acoustic guitar, his brother Joe's upright bass, and Chuck Redd's vibraphone! Does it work? Does it work! These are highly familiar songs played in a quiet, intimate setting that illustrates with ...

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Allen Farnham and the Rias Big Band: Allen Farnham Meets the Rias Big Band

by Robert Spencer
February 1, 1998

RIAS: Radio In America Sector. This German band was formed right after World War II and is now, according to pianist / arranger Allen Farnham, “one of the top contemporary studio / broadcast big bands in Europe." No doubt that is true. These fellows are mostly relegated to the background for solos, as this disc is ...

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Jimmy Bruno: Live at Birdland

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by Bob Patterson
February 1, 1998

Most jazz guitarists know Jimmy Bruno's playing and a few have been lucky enough to see him live. Those who haven't now have a chance with this, his first live recording for Concord.The CD opens with f8, a tune by Jimmy. The name comes from his hobby: photography. It's a pure swinger with a ...

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Robben Ford: Tiger Walk

by Robert Spencer
January 1, 1998

Listening to this new Robben Ford disc reminds me how much this man's guitar contributed to the sound of the much-maligned late period of Miles Davis. At its core Tiger Walk is a quartet recording centering around Ford, Bernie Worrell on clavinet and organ, Charlie Drayton on bass guitars, and Steve Jordon on drums and percussion. ...

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