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Kerry Politzer: Yearning
by Dave Nathan
A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Kerry Politizer has selected her own compositions for the play list for her debut album. Many of the tunes have a Brazilian bent to them which the quartet feels right at home with. The major players on this set with Politzer, are reed player Eric Rasmussen and strong guitarist, ...
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Jazz Ensemble: Serenade in Blue
by Dave Nathan
The Sea Breeze label holds a preeminent position when it comes to recording the performances of contemporary big bands. One of the more fertile areas for this jazz genre is at those colleges and universities that have active jazz programs. Now comes the University of Cincinnati's Jazz Ensemble headed by its director, Rick VanMatre, with a ...
Liz Mc Comb: Liz Mc Comb
by Dave Nathan
Forsaking a potentially successful career in Rhythm and Blues, Liz Mc Comb instead turned to singing Gospel and singing it with evangelical fervor. Part of the CD comes from a live performance in Paris and the rest in the Los Angeles studio. It's one of the cuts from the live performance which is a must hear. ...
Clark Terry Quintet: Live on QE2
by Dave Nathan
This is a “two fer" album. Not that there are two discs for the price of one. Rather the album is divided between instrumentals by Clark Terry's regular quintet and the other with Terry and the group accompanying four very good jazz/blues singers. The affair was part of a floating jazz festival on the Queen Elizabeth ...
Clark Terry: Herr Ober Live at Birdland Neuburg
by Dave Nathan
Too often, when reviewers write about the albums of elder statesmen of jazz, one of the first things referred to his age and how well they do despite it. There's no need for this condescending reference to Clark Terry. He continues to entertain with his clear, melodic, horns and with his humor. If anything, after more ...
Alon Yavnai: D. S. al Coda
by Dave Nathan
This is the initial recording of pianist Alon Yavnai's sextet (plus guests), a group with an international flavor. Yavnai and Avishai Cohen are from Tel Aviv, Massimo Biolcati was raised in Sweden and Italy, Take Toriyama is a rocker from Japan and George Garzone and Dino Govoni are Americans. All have splendid credentials including several jazz ...
Ron Jackson & Nicki Parrott: Concrete Jungle
by Dave Nathan
Taking on a play list of mostly their individual originals, guitarist Ron Jackson and bassist Nicki Parrott joined other seasoned jazz professionals to put together an album designed for long lasting listening. A bass and guitar duo might be dubbed the “Odd Couple". But the combination works because these two obviously want it to. Jackson's guitar ...
Dino Govoni: Breakin' Out
by Dave Nathan
Whaling City Sound gathered some talented players, veterans and newcomers, for this take no prisoners hard bop set. This blowing session is reminiscent of those events which regularly took place throughout the 1950's and 1960's led by the likes of Hank Mobley, Kenny Wheeler, Johnny Griffin and others responsible for building the foundation for this hard ...
Engelbert Wrobel/Frank Roberscheuten/Chris Hopkins: At the IAJRC Convention, Hamburg 1999
by Dave Nathan
Sabine and Hans Nagel Heyer hosted the 1999 convention of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. IAJRC is an organization of like-minded individuals from several countries who not only collect jazz albums, but who are interested in jazz discography, labels and other recorded jazz matters. Live performances are a traditional part of each year's get ...
