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Quartango: Espirit
by Dave Nathan
There has been a resurgence in the tango partly due to the championing of Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla by Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Brazilian guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad. Now comes the French Canadian tango quartet with an album adapting this dance form to other musical genre such as jazz, opera, Cuban music, etc. ...
Ranee Lee: Dark Divas
by Dave Nathan
Ranee Lee, a Brooklyn native transplanted in Canada, has written a show honoring the divas who have influenced her the most in her career as a jazz diva herself. Her seventh album for the Justin Time label is a capsulized version of this review and features songs that were sung by Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Pearl ...
Joe Augustine: Cool Today, Jazz Tonight
by Dave Nathan
Joe Augustine has been performing in a variety of settings at a variety of venues for more than 25 years. Along the way he has recorded several albums for different labels. His latest CD features a play list of his originals with familiar jazz and pop material. One hears in Augustine's straight from the shoulder attack ...
Paula West: Come What May
by Dave Nathan
With her innate sense of timing and phrasing, her ability to swing and to caress a ballad all with a rhythmic fluidity, Paula West's third album is a clinic on vocalizing. The play list is a combo of standards and less familiar material of differing modes. No matter where they come from, West's no vibrato delivery ...
John Tank Quartet: Canadian Sunset
by Dave Nathan
Canadian John Tank is one of the leading members of that school of jazz musicians who can play progressive jazz in such a way to make it impossible to understand and follow the group's musical intentions. The quartet doesn't assail the ears with harmonies and assorted noises that annoy rather than pleasure. He and the imperturbable ...
Nancy Wilson: A Nancy Wilson Christmas
by Dave Nathan
Jazz singers come and go, sometimes so fast that if you blink your eyes you'll miss them. It is gratifying and comforting to bask in the warmth of that small bevy of vocalists who have been around a long time and, like fine wines, age well and maintain a steady output of albums. Nancy Wilson is ...
Claudia Schmidt and the Jump Boys: "Live" at the Old Rectory Pub
by Dave Nathan
For the last several years, Claudia Schmidt has been one of the Midwest's most well known folk performers, utilizing voice and guitar. She has now reinvented herself as a jazz/blues singer and dispatches the play list on this CD as if she has been doing this material forever. Judging by the applause, so does the audience ...
Melissa Walker: I Saw the Sky
by Dave Nathan
Canadian born Melissa Walker decided to break off law studies to become a barrister at the court of song, and wasn't that a bit of luck for us. On this her third Enja release, Walker proves conclusively that great standards need never when in the hands of an imaginative stylist able to restore their magic and ...
Jim Hall: Jim Hall & Basses
by Dave Nathan
Around five years ago fellow guitarist Pat Martino cut an album with fellow guitar players of differing styles. Now master guitarist Jim Hall, is walking down a similar path, only with a gaggle of highly accomplished bass players representing somewhat, but not completely, different artistic profiles. Dave Holland has been on the cutting edge of jazz, ...
John Goldsby: Viewpoint
by Dave Nathan
Viewpoint takes a slightly different course than most recent releases by the German Nagel Heyer label which have focused on mainstream/traditional jazz. On this album they give Kentucy born and top ranked bassist, John Goldsby, the opportunity to perform on a series of originals and standards, assuming a modern, progressive bent. This is Goldsby's second album ...
