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Joey DeFrancesco: Goodfellas
by John Sharpe
Joey DeFrancesco, who was heavily influenced by organ maestro Jimmy Smith, is one of the most energetic and expressive Hammond B-3 players on the scene today. His sound combines huge slabs of swirling block chords with nimble, fleet-fingered keyboard runs. While the concept behind Goodfellas may seem a bit obvious and kitschy -- three Italian-Americans working ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Goodfellas
by Jim Santella
When you spend your youth growing up in South Philadelphia, the music of Frank Sinatra and the earlier music that influenced him has to have a major lasting impact on you. The timeless nature of standards such as “Young At Heart," “Fly Me to the Moon" and “All The Way" cannot be ignored. Other significant crooners ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Joey DeFrancesco's Goodfellas
by Ed Kopp
You can just imagine a pitchman trying to sell this concept to the suits: “OK, everybody, here's the plan: We find us three Italian jazzers. We have 'em play tunes popularized by famous Italian Americans -- Old Blue Eyes and a couple more. We even throw in some old-country favorites -- “O Solo Mio" and such. ...
Marian McPartland: Reprise
by Jim Santella
The reunion of Marian McPartland’s Hickory House Trio on a September weekend in 1998 was recorded live at Birdland. The format they use for much of the session hasn’t changed in fifty years: piano lead, bass solo, and trading fours with a charged-up drummer. And why shouldn’t the format remain constant? McPartland, Bill Crow, and Joe ...
Ray Vega: Boperation
by C. Michael Bailey
Viva La Musica. Pregnant with percussion, Boperation is a standards light beam passed through a Latin prism. The result is an infectious salsa slant on hallowed music ably directed by trumpeter Ray Vega. Vega chooses carefully songs composed by ostensibly his greatest influences if not those he recognizes for the necessary artists the are (were). His ...
Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio: Reprise
by Ed Kopp
Along with fellow pianist Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland is a jazz wonder who continues to make great music at an advanced age. To celebrate her 80th birthday, McPartland reconvened her 1950s trio that served as the house band at the old Hickory House on 52nd Street in New York.Bassist Bill Crow and drummer Joe ...
Ken Peplowski: Last Swing of the Century: Big Band Music of Benny Goodman
by Jack Bowers
To the question of “why another album of Benny Goodman–style music,” the obvious answer is, “when it’s done this well, no other reason is needed.” Ken Peplowski, who like Benny is a clarinet virtuoso of some renown, assembled an all–star big band to pay suitable homage to his illustrious predecessor on Last Swing of the Century ...
Scott Hamilton: Blues, Bop & Ballads
by Jim Santella
Adopting a smooth Ben Webster approach to the tenor saxophone in this era of fire and screaming creativity, Scott Hamilton has for over twenty years satisfied our yen for beauty of tone without sacrificing meaningful dialogue. Consider some of the pap elevator music that oozes from the radio airwaves these days and just how much of ...
Ray Vega: Boperation
by Jim Santella
Ray Vega’s Latin jazz tribute to bop trumpeters includes dedications to Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Henderson, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, and Lee Morgan. True, he missed a few, but the tune selection – each played with a fresh twist – represents ...
Da Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack: Hawaiian Swing
by Jim Santella
Matt Catingub sings with a swing spirit that propels dancers to the floor and away from their small cocktail tables and comfortable seats. There’s nothing comfortable about his big band’s approach to rhythm; it rocks ‘em and socks ‘em with a punch. And that’s the problem. Catingub’s album is designed to attract joyous swing dancers to ...
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