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Jon Lucien: Romantico
by Dave Nathan
Jon Lucien made his first recording as a leader in 1970. This album is a reissue of one that was initially released in 1982 on the Precision label, but not widely distributed. In addition to singing, Lucien also plays a variety of instruments while he sings, I assume to keep his hands busy. Many of the ...
Ted Hogarth: Steps Taken
by Dave Nathan
Chicago-based performer and jazz educator, Ted Hogarth, is adept at all the single reed instruments, specializing in the baritone sax and bass clarinet, al la one of his famous predecessors, Harry Carney, who pioneered the use of the bass clarinet in an orchestral setting. Hogarth has regularly performed with a number of high-level jazz artists such ...
Tommy Mara: The Lost Crooner
by Dave Nathan
Tommy Mara's comeback album is divided into two parts. The first three tracks are from the present where Mara is backed by some outstanding New York musicians. Back in the 1950's, Tommy Mara had a burgeoning career complete with top-40 presence and a growing fan club. He then disappeared from the scene until now, reemerging with ...
Corky McClerkin: The Power of One
by Dave Nathan
On this his second album and first for the Southport label, Chicago pianist, Corky McClerkin, runs through a program comprised entirely of his compositions. They combine the best of soul jazz and hard bop, reflecting the 1960's era when McClerkin was cutting his musical teeth. McClerkin is joined on the set by a variety of Chicago ...
Michael O'Neill: Never Too Late
by Dave Nathan
Veteran guitarist Michael O'Neill brings to this album a set of enviable credentials. He worked with Stevie Wonder in the 1980's and has been with George Benson for the better part of 14 years. With that length of time, one expects to hear some of the master guitarist's style and approach in O'Neill. It's there, but ...
Leslie Orofino: Moonlight Cocktails
by Dave Nathan
Veteran cabaret singer Leslie Orofino has been performing with her show Moonlight Cocktails at such prominent Big Apple watering holes as the Hotel Algonquin's Oak Room for some time now. Encouraged by success, she has taken the production into the recording studio, with this CD the result. After just a few words, Orofino immediately reminds one ...
Terrie Richards Alden/Howard Alden: Love
by Dave Nathan
Concord Records lent guitarist Howard Alden to Nagel Heyer to allow him to record with his vocalist wife, Terrie Richards Alden. The result assures that this loan will not end up as a bad debt entry in the books of either label. It is not easy to sing with just guitar backing, even if it is ...
Gary LeMel: Lost in Your Arms
by Dave Nathan
Warner movie industry executive Gary LeMel, emboldened by the success of his previous albums, has come out with his third effort for Atlantic Records. This album can be divided into two different sets. The first, which unfortunately dominates, has LeMel supported by a large set of strings in addition to piano and rhythm. The arrangements are ...
Kitty Margolis: Left Coast Life
by Dave Nathan
If the major purposes - - or at least some of them - - of a jazz singer are to inject a fresh breath into standards and to make sense of newer material, then San Francisco singer Kitty Margolis sits at the top of the class for achieving these noble goals. The West Coast vocalist is ...
Jo Stafford: Jo Stafford
by Dave Nathan
Allegro subsidiary, Cocktail Hour, has been releasing bargain priced two CD sets of some of the great singers of the American Popular Song. One of the more celebrated, Jo Stafford, is represented in that series with a compilation of songs she recorded for Capitol Records during the 1940s before moving over to Columbia where she scored ...
