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Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet: When the Sun Goes Down
by Dave Nathan
Make some room, Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices and Four Freshmen, for the innovative, completely ear catching multi voiced renderings of Washington, D. C.' s Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet. Although not signed with a major label, working out of the Capitol has allowed this group to share various venues with some of the more popular jazz ...
The David Leonhardt Jazz Group: Jazz for Kids
by Dave Nathan
Easton, PA, which sits at the fork of the Leigh and Delaware Rivers is not only the home of Lafayette College and the Crayola crayon factory, but is the site for one of jazz music's most prolific and multi talented pianists of our time, David Leonhardt. in addition to "regular jazz albums, he has released CDs ...
Dick Hindman, Paul Warburton, Colin Bailey: Secret Garden
by Dave Nathan
This 2 CD album is unusual to say the least. Not that the music is all that different, a regular mix of standards and originals, the latter mostly by pianist Dick Hindman. But the logistics involved in getting it to market meandered somehwhat...plus the fact that these guys actually rehearsed before they went into the studio. ...
Frank Lamphere: Ain't Love a Kick: The Unforgettable Songs of Sammy Cahn
by Dave Nathan
One of the most prolific and successful lyric writers in the history of American popular song was Sammy Cahn. His career, like Gaul, can be divided into two parts. The first was that eminently thriving collaboration with Jule Styne which produced one hit after another including "Time After Time", "The Things We Did Last Summer" and ...
Keely Smith: Keely Swings Basie Style...with Strings
by Dave Nathan
Surrounded by a bevy of the West Coast's top studio performers, an army of lush strings and tastefully selected popular song gems brilliantly arranged by Dennis Michaels, Frank Collett and Don Menza, Keely Smith shows that she hasn't lost a jot of that wonderful feel for swinging equaled by few of her peers over the years. ...
Marlene and Billy Ver Planck: Speaking of Love
by Dave Nathan
Since 1955, Marlene Ver Planck has been turning out impeccably crafted albums built on gems culled from the mines of those endearing songs from the American pop culture as well as some off beat pieces, but gems also. This latest endeavor is one of the outputs from Ver Planck's annual trek to London where she works ...
The Bob McHugh Duo: After Midnight
by Dave Nathan
Both Bob McHugh and Ron Naspo are prime examples of fine talents who have been on the music scene for may years, but are not exactly household names. Both have excelled as educators and performers. Naspo has been involved with classical music as well. This is McHugh's 4th album and he calls his playing style "lunge" ...
Deanna Storey: Sometimes I'm Happy
by Dave Nathan
Generally one can get a feel for how adaptable a jazz singer can be by just tracking where she or he has appeared. Deanna Storey migrated to NYC from Seattle (in recent years, it's usually been the opposite direction). In any event, she has appeared at such Big Apple cabaret rooms as Don't Tell Mama's, The ...
Terry Blaine/Mark Shane: Lonesome Swallow
by Dave Nathan
Singer Terry Blaine likes to use her album releases as a vehicle for giving a nod to those who have influenced her. Among these are Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Lee Wiley, Helen Ward, Annette Hanshaw, Martha Tilton, Helen Forrest and Ethel Waters . For their fifth album together Blaine and long time accompanist Mark Shane have ...
Ralph Sutton and Ruby Braff: R & R
by Dave Nathan
Whether it be taking the time to address all the nuances of “Little Rock Getaway" by playing this Joe Sullivan classic at a much slower pace than usual, or mildly swinging and shaking “Big Butter and Egg Man", or splitting the rhythm on “Tain't So Honey, Taint So", the style and substance of the music created ...
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