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Cynthia Hilts: And a Few Montana Friends-Stars Down to the Ground
by Dave Nathan
Cynthia Hilts came from New York for a year's stint as artist in residence at the Montana Artists Refuge. This features music she wrote while working and living in the Big Sky State. The music embraces a wide range of styles including jazz, funk, folk and new music used in varying harmonic settings feelings of sadness, ...
Greg Clayton: Live at Boomers
by Dave Nathan
String Jazz continues its crusade to bring to the public the finest in guitar jazz. The emphasis with this UK label is on quality, not quantity. So when a new release becomes available, both jazz fans in general and especially those who favor the stringed instrument, should rush to snatch it up. This time it's the ...
Marcus Miller: M2
by Dave Nathan
For his first studio album since 1964, Marcus Miller has laid out a program of nine originals and five jazz standards. Seeking to be the new Rahaan Roland Kirk, Miller plays a large number of instruments. I guess he plays them well because it's difficult to single out any through the electronic sheets of sounds being ...
John Mackay: Peaced Heart and Often Grin
by Dave Nathan
John Mackay came to the Napa Valley and Sonoma wine countries of California via Toronto, New York and Boston. In addition to jazz, Mackay has written choral works and is currently immersed in Indian music and instruments. This album is dedicated to Sri Sri Bhagavan who has the title of Divine World Teacher. The six Mackay ...
Nancie Banks Orchestra: Out of It
by Dave Nathan
Each Nancie Banks Orchestra album seems to come with an unconditional guarantee that the listener will be treated to creative and compelling charts played by a dynamic big band. The group's 4th album, Out of It, is one of those satisfaction guaranteed albums. There's a new wrinkle with this latest effort with Cecil Bridgewater conducting, arranging ...
The George Maurer Group: On Track-Live at the Dakota
by Dave Nathan
St. Cloud, MN is known for its granite, printing and lens manufacturing industries. Now it can put another feather in its claim to fame hat as the home of Pine Curtain Productions, the album for the very good jazz aggregation, The George Maurer Group. This is the Group's second album and with the exception of adding ...
Ron ReitanQuintet: Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume II
by Dave Nathan
This CD is the rest of a live performance of the Don Reitan Quintet at the Chez Joey in Biloxi, MS in 1961. The first part of the session is on Vol. 1. This group of young performers were helping to introduce the style of music being played by Art Blakey Messengers and other progressive jazz ...
Don Reitan Quintet: MS-Sippi Cookin'
by Dave Nathan
In 1961, Don Reitan was playing at a Biloxi, MS watering hole tongue in cheek named Chez Joey. The owner called in an engineer from New Orleans to record Reitan's quintet in performance. For the next 38 years, the tapes were kept by the drummer of the group, Lee Charlton. They have finally been released but ...
Catherine Dupuis: Moments
by Dave Nathan
Working mostly in a trio scenario, Catherine Dupuis' second album offers a wide-ranging play list, mostly standards, spiked with a couple of originals, a folk tune, and apiece by Sting. Like her first album, top rank pianist Bill Mays is the principal accompanist and is responsible for all but one of the fresh arrangements. Dupuis has ...
Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band: Milagro's Journey
by Dave Nathan
Sea Breeze Jazz continues to be the major recorder of contemporary big band music. It's reputation for providing a venue for the best that's out there is in no way hurt by the 4th album of the San Francisco-based Jazz Garden Big Band under the leadership of Dave Eshelman. This particular release is dedicated to the ...
