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Wayne Escoffery: Times Change
by Dave Nathan
This is London native Wayne Escoffery's first entry on the Nagel Heyer label. Rather than going with a crowded program, the saxophonist opted for eight tunes leaving him enough time on this hour plus album to examine and probe possibilities and opportunities to create a special listening adventure. The short answer to whether he accomplished that ...
Allan Harris: The Songs of Strayhorn
by Dave Nathan
Vocalist Allan Harris has daringly chosen to record an album dedicated solely to the compositions of Billy Strayhorn. Daring because, first, lyrics to Strayhorn tunes can be difficult to successfully put across to the listener; second, because they are mainly about unrequited unfilled love and are hardly ever cheerful, and third, several lyrics on the play ...
Dave Brubeck Quartet: The Crossing
by Dave Nathan
Dave Brubeck's newest album is titled The Crossing. Whether there is some deep allegorical meaning here is unclear. God knows, at this stage of this man's career he needs neither metaphors nor affirmation. Having performed in each of the last seven decades, Brubeck has passed the greatest and sternest test of all, time. He's here with ...
Dave Pietro: Standard Wonder: The Music of Stevie Wonder
by Dave Nathan
Songs composed by Stevie Wonder have been part of jazz for years. But this is the first time I've come across a jazz album devoted entirely to the music of the Motown master of soul and related genre. Dave Pietro, lead sax with Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra, allots all the time on his 4th CD to ...
Bob Brookmeyer: Plays Piano: Holiday
by Dave Nathan
Being able to play more than one instrument is quite common in jazz, especially these days. Even moving between reed and horn is not unusual as Benny Carter, Jay Thomas and others have demonstrated. But moving from a trombone to a piano with sufficient confidence to make an album with the “second" instrument is more than ...
Chris Ho: Picasso Blue
by Dave Nathan
Pianist and electronic instrument wizard {$Chris Ho} has gathered his regular band, with one exception, into the studio for their 3rd release for Merrimack Records. The one exception is that regular drummer David Renick is spelled on several tracks by a bevy of different percussionists. Another outsider, Karen Briggs, has been added to the mix. The ...
Pastiche: Pastiche
by Dave Nathan
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines Pastiche as “a musical, literary, or artistic composition made up from selections of different works. Potpourri. Hodgepodge." The West Coast singing trio of Sandy Cressman, Jenny Meltzer and Becky West take that definition to heart with a program that is a multicolored musical palette. They are helped in this endeavor by a ...
The Carol Hamersma Trio: Out of My Head
by Dave Nathan
For her maiden album, Carol Hamersma has opted to go with a play list of both familiar and non familiar material, including three of her compositions. Sometimes she sings and plays her guitars, sometimes she just plays. Whatever, there is a certain delicacy about her soft jazz that I found quite appealing. Listen to her recitation ...
Joel Brandon: Haven't We All...?
by Dave Nathan
This album can be divided into two segments, Joel Brandon as a flautist and Joel Brandon as the master whistler. He is a virtuoso in both winning the National and International whistling Championships from 1985 to 1989. The whistling is truly amazing. Unlike those few purveyors of the art over the years such as Jack Marshall, ...
Vanessa Rubin: Girl Talk
by Dave Nathan
This, Vanessa Rubin's second album for Telarc, is one of her best. The play list is varied and the arrangements allow plenty of room to strut her personality and versatility. There's a “that's all folks" scat coda on “Comes Love". “Matchmaker" is a swinging waltz with Eric Alexander's Coltrane influenced sax delving in and around the ...
