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Catherine Russell: A Swing-Jazz Singer Emerges
By Daniel Kassell Catherine Russell Singers Over Manhattan The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City, NY March 30, 2012 At the start of singer Catherine Russell's Jazz at Lincoln Center performance, MC Todd Barkan (Dizzy's Jazz Club Manager), roused the crowd with, “Thank you for ...
Catherine Russell at Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York native vocalist Catherine Russell, will be the final performance of the 2011-12 season Jazz at Lincoln Center's Singers Over Manhattan series in The Allen Room, March 30-31, 2012 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. Born of music royalty, her father, Luis Russell, was Louis Armstrong's long time musical director and her mother, Carline Ray, performed with ...
From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington
By Dan Block
Label: Miles High Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Kissing Bug; New York City Blues; Old King Dooji; Morning Glory; Are You Stickin'?; The Beautiful Indians; Suburbanite; Ballad Medley (All Heart / Change My Ways); Portrait of Bert Williams; Mt Harrissa; Creole Blues; Cotton Club Stomp; Rocks in my Bed; Second Line.
From His World to Mine
By Dan Block
Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing:
01. Kissing Bug (Strayhorn); 02. New York City Blues; 03. Old King Dooji; 04. Morning Glory; 05. Are You Stickin'?; 06. The Beautiful Indians (Minnehaha/Ellington); 07. Suburbanite;
08. Ballad Medley (All Heart / Change My Ways) (Strayhorn); 09. Portrait of Bert Williams; 10. Mt. Harrissa; 11. Creole Blues; 12. Cotton Club Stomp (McHugh/Ellington);
13. Rocks in My Bed; 14. Second Line.
Tutte le composizioni sono di Duke Ellington tranne quelle indicate.
Human: Under the Holiday Star
by Larry Taylor
Standing out in the 2011 Christmas season's recordings, Under The Holiday Star is, in fact, a swinging big band session for any season. With crisp arrangements, it features crack solos, along with engaging vocals. Without a doubt, a major plus in this collection of classics and yuletide originals is that it's available free from Belgian lager ...
Dan Block: From His World to Mine
by AAJ Italy Staff
From His World to Mine, “dal suo mondo al mio" è la traduzione letterale del nuovo lavoro di Dan Block, sassofonista e clarinettista sconosciuto ai più ma già con Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider e molto attivo sulla scena di Broadway. Scoprendo però che il personaggio in questione è nientemeno che sua maestà ...
Dan Block Plays the Music of Duke Ellington
Reedman Dan Block is cool with me. His Plays the Music of Duke Ellington, From His World to Mine (Miles High 8612) is cool too. It's not just another Duke tribute. For this one Dan obviously spent some time with the song list. It's not the well-worn blockbusters on display here, but instead some of the ...
DIVA Jazz Orchestra / Paul Read Orchestra / Andy Farber and His Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
DIVA Jazz OrchestraJohnny Mandel: The Man and His MusicArbors Jazz2010 Note to NARAS members: please do not cast your vote for Best Big Band Album of 2011 without first having listened to Johnny Mandel: The Man and His Music, recorded in concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Manhattan ...
Dan Block: From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington
by Woodrow Wilkins
Stevie Wonder referred to him as “the king of all"--him, being Duke Ellington, a master bandleader from the golden era of big band jazz. Dan Block pays tribute to Sir Duke with From His World to Mine. Block is a saxophonist, clarinetist and composer who has associated with such artists as Clark Terry, Linda ...
Dan Block: From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington
by Edward Blanco
Bandleader and accomplished reed man Dan Block is an exponent of traditional and swing jazz, and pays homage to the music of Duke Ellington with From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of Duke Ellington. The repertoire's avoidance of the usual Ellington standards and classics makes this a unique project unlike other tributes ...
