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Randy Waldman: UnReel
by Jim Santella
Baby Boomers know these songs. We grew up with 'em. Randy Waldman has placed songs from television and motion pictures into jazz surroundings. It's been done before, and it's always a welcome scene. Waldman's piano leads most of the session, and his guests certainly know jazz. He plays both trumpet and piano on “Leave It To ...
Marian McPartland & Willie Pickens: Ain't Misbehavin'
by Jim Santella
Five duets and two solo pieces apiece give veteran pianists Marian McPartland and Willie Pickens plenty of room to stretch out. This live session was recorded just before Christmas last year at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in Chicago. The program of chestnuts leaves room for individual interpretation, as well as the chance to recall a familiar ...
Marian McPartland/Willie Pickens: Ain't Misbehavin': Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Dave Nathan
One usually hears Marian McPartland working in tandem with another pianist on her long running NPR show. But here she matches up with venerable Chicago piano stylist Willie Pickens during a week long run at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in the Windy City in December of 2000. What a happy Christmas present for Chicago jazz fans. ...
The Art Farmer Quartet: ARTistry
by C. Michael Bailey
If the listener is hunting for a clinic on the flugelhorn, look no further. Art Farmer, along with Clark Terry, might be the greatest exponent of the flugelhorn of the past two decades. Though a founder and leader (with Benny Golson) of the widely influential Jazztet, Farmer often found himself in the critical background. Fortunately, this ...
John Patitucci: Communion
by Jim Santella
Bassist John Patitucci has assembled a tasteful collage, intended to serve as an extension of Imprint, his last release as a leader. Mostly modern mainstream originals that run suite-like through various impressions, this is improvised jazz at its best. This time out, Patitucci's tastes include lively Latin jazz, lyrical ballads, samba, Afro-Caribbean fantasy, and more. His ...
Jimmy Bruno: Midnight Blue
by Charles Chapman
Jimmy Bruno’s new release, Midnight Blue, is his best to date. Bruno’s past releases, though technically flawless, seemed to cater to the jazz elite and did not open the door for the rest. With “Blue Midnight," he not only opens the doors, but he also commands your presence--and won’t let you go until the album ends. ...
Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
by C. Michael Bailey
I am listening to The John Coltrane Quartet's Ballads as I write this piece. I have never considered Coltrane a player of “pretty music." Where Charlie Parker was “just looking for the pretty notes" during his frenetic creative spurts, Coltrane was just planning to look for a place for all notes, presented in just the right ...
Michael Feinstein: Big City Rhythms
by Matthew S. Robinson
Having created some of the best and most enduring musical catalogs of the composers of the Great American Songbook and some of the best cabaret sets ever heard, Michael Feinstein is breaking new ground with his first Big Band album. Growing up in the personal attendance of the legendary Ira Gershwin and in the comforting shadow ...
Joey De Francesco: Goodfellas
by Matthew S. Robinson
(Whistling “Speak Softly Love") Recognize that tune? Of course you do! It’s the theme from “The Godfather" Okay- so maybe this type of intro doesn’t work so well in print. But one thing which does work is this album! No plaintive strings or weeping accordion. No way. This is Jazz. Jazz that swings like DiMaggio and ...
Michael Feinstein: Michael and George
by Matthew S. Robinson
Predominately composed with the warm and familiar intimacy of his famed cabaret sets, Michael Feinstein’s latest release panders a bit to the popular and loses some credibility in the process. A noted expert on the life, times and music of Mr. Gershwin who has performed this material many times before, Feinstein fittingly joins the throngs paying ...
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