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Lisa Kirchner: One More Rhyme
by Dave Nathan
Lisa Kirchner doesn't have an especially strong voice, but she is very creative as she applies it to the lyrics of songs she selects to sing. There are subtle renditions of such tunes as “Autumn Leaves" as she plays with the melody resulting in a novel interpretation of this and the other classic standards on this ...
Karen Oberlin: My Standards
by Dave Nathan
The title My Standards does not mean that this CD is a play list of classic entries in the Great American Songbook. Rather these are tunes that Karen Oberlin has listened to and adopted over the years, from Irving Berlin's to Elvis Costello's. Not only does the variety of music make this album bracing, but so ...
Sue Tucker: Meant for You
by Dave Nathan
Sue Tucker is one of the ever growing group of jazz singers who avoid vocal histrionics having adopted an unembellished straightforward approach to delivering the tunes they sing. There's no scatting, swooping or heavy breathing associated with their performances. They rely on fresh arrangements of standard material and are absolute masters of knowing how to enhance ...
Don Neely & The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra: Jump Start
by Dave Nathan
Band leader Don Neely has been mining nuggets from syncopated jazz, 1920 style, and 1930's big band music then releasing them on albums featuring his Royal Society Jazz Orchestra} for more than 20 years. His latest, Jump Start, continues in that vein, but has the added attraction of including for a change, some Neely compositions. Among ...
Greg Howard Band: Lift
by Dave Nathan
Greg Howard plays a Chapman Stick. a unique electric 10 stringed instrument where the player taps the strings with both hands to play. Created in 1969, there are now a number of adherents. Using it since 1985, Chapman “broke in' the instrument on his first album Whispers. It's sound resembles a number of a variety of ...
Cathi Walkup: Living in a Daydream
by Dave Nathan
On her second album, San Francisco denizen Cathi Walkup offers a play list of standards and her original material. Walkup continues favors up and medium tempo material almost completely eschewing the ballad form. Even “Angel Eyes" is given a medium tempo presentation, with some fine Tal Farlow like guitar by Brad Buethe and subtle flugelhorn by ...
Janet Seidel & William Galison: Love Letters
by Dave Nathan
With her clear, cool voice, Janet Seidel successfully combines the fluencies of such singers as Chris Connor, Blossom Dearie, Peggy Lee and Doris Day into a style which focuses on delivering the story told by the lyrics rather than making her vocal faculties the message. This is the Australian's 8th album for the La Brava label ...
Bob McChesney Quartet: No Laughing Matter - Plays Steve Allen
by Dave Nathan
A well respected studio player as well as having recorded with such jazz studded groups as the Phil Norman Tenet and the Bill Watrous and Bob Florence big bands, trombone player Bob McChesney has chosen to honor the compositions of Steve Allen for his maiden album as a leader. This means that there is some good ...
Phillip Strange: Quiet
by Dave Nathan
An exercise in musical somber intellectualism and introspection, Phillip Strange's Quiet does not lend itself to casual listening. The playing is hauntingly beautiful as it unfolds during the performance of a play list of eight of his originals and two standards. Kudos to Strange for including a couple of familiar pieces so as to provide a ...
George Lewis: Jammin' New Orleans Style in the 50s
by Dave Nathan
Bunk Johnson, the leader of the New Orleans traditional jazz revivalist movement passed away in 1949. With its leader gone along with many of the big bands and the emergence of bop, traditional jazz was pretty much hanging on by a thread and may have gone off the radar screen of the jazz loving public if ...
