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Keely Smith: Vegas 58 - Today
by Celeste Sunderland
When Keely Smith sings “I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues, you believe her because she's the kind of woman whose authority goes un-argued. But in a way you doubt her because she's also the sort of lady who would always find her way around the blues. Actually, there's very little blues to be had ...
Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy
by Dennis Hollingsworth
There have been many great practitioners of the Hammond organ in jazz history, including Shirley Scott, Groove Holmes, Charles Earland, and Larry Young. Today, Dan Wall and Larry Goldings have helped bring the organ back to the forefront. But perhaps no one can claim the overall impact of the late Jimmy Smith. His harmonic conception and ...
Gary Burton: Next Generation
by John Kelman
Mentoring is a significant part of the jazz tradition--established artists have long provided a musical context where young musicians can evolve and assimilate the experience and knowledge of their mentors. Miles Davis did it throughout his career, bringing a number of significant musicians to the fore, including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and John McLaughlin.In ...
Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy
by John Kelman
When Joey DeFrancesco--a key player in the late-'80s Hammond B-3 organ revival while still in his teens--teamed up with organ legend Jimmy Smith in August of 2004, little did either know that Smith would pass away a scant six months later. If Smith was ailing, one would never know it from the result of those sessions. ...
Steely Dan: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
by John Kelman
Purists may balk at the idea of piano legend Marian McPartland tarnishing the unadulterated nature of her NPR series, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz--which has seen her interview and play with artists including Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, and many others--by inviting pianist/vocalist Donald Fagen and guitarist Walter Becker, more commonly known as the pop group ...
Keely Smith: Las Vegas '58-Today
by Jim Santella
In her lovely big band tribute to Louis Prima, Keely Smith sings the chestnuts that we remember him by. Her voice is in top form and she's able to provide the kind of intimate humor that she and Prima exhibited together. It's a live session that contains all the natural elements that make you feel like ...
Marian McPartland & Friends: 85 Candles: Live in New York
by Jim Santella
On the day after Marian McPartland turned 85, this large group of her jazz friends got together at Birdland in New York to celebrate with her. She played piano with them in an endearing program of love songs that belie their affection for each other. Everybody loves Marian McPartland and respects her for her many accomplishments.
Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy
by Terrell Kent Holmes
With the passing of organ legend Jimmy Smith on February 8th, the jazz world lost a boundless innovator and a good old friend. His final recording, the appropriately titled Legacy, proves that, even in his seventies, he was still the man on the B3. He shares the bill with disciple Joey DeFrancesco, once hailed as the ...
Charlie Byrd: Homage to Jobim
by Jim Santella
Charlie Byrd was a genius. For this live session that opened the 26th annual Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival in 1994, the guitarist brought in harmonica player Hendrik Meurkens, clarinetist Ken Peplowski, and one of the finest rhythm sections around for his set. A tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim, the program features Byrd's musical partners in a sensual ...
Various Artists: Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration
by Jim Santella
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Harold Arlen's birth, Concord Records has compiled some of the best interpretations of his songs from the Pablo, Prestige, Riverside, Moodsville, New Jazz, Galaxy, and Concord Jazz labels. Disc one features the vocalists, while disc two features instrumental memories. The double album comes with comprehensive liner notes by Will Friedwald ...
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