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Harry James Orchestra: Hotel Astor Roof, 1942
by Dave Nathan
1942 was a big year for Harry James. He and the band were beginning to be featured in Hollywood films, he had a highly ranked radio show and he was beginning his vigorous pursuit of Betty Grable. Tenor man Corky Corcoran had joined the band the previous October for what was to become a stay of ...
Clairdee: Destination Moon
by Dave Nathan
If a singer chooses to perform a program of standards in a laid back, relaxed manner, the vocalist had better have the chops to sustain slow tempos because there's nowhere to hide. One very fine singers now working out of the San Francisco area, Clairdee, pulls it off going away. With her husky, deep toned contralto, ...
Trudy Kerr: Day Dream
by Dave Nathan
Always in possession of impressive technique and a powerful voice, singer Trudy Kerr brings to her third album greater assurance, more sophisticated phrasing and interpretative qualities gained through experience. She has also moved away from that Chaka Khan approach to singing which characterized earlier recordings. Despite her strong voice, she doesn't overdo it as she moves ...
Various: BluePort Jazz Sampler
by Dave Nathan
This release hawks the virtues of the Blue Port label's first eight releases by whetting the appetite with samples from each of the albums. Featuring a stable of fine jazz musicians, mostly from the West Coast, all of whom offer absorbing and fresh renditions of mostly standard material, this CD allows the jazz fan to become ...
Horace Henderson Orchestra: At the Trianon Ballroom, 1954
by Dave Nathan
During what turned out to be an abortive attempt to recapture its glory days, Chicago's Trianon Ballroom reopened and booked a very good Horace Henderson Orch. into the once highly popular, ornate dance palace. This CD has some of the music from three nights of Orchestra's stand during July of 1954 culled from two broadcasts and ...
Citrus Sun: Another Time Another Space
by Dave Nathan
Take one part fusion, one part acid jazz and two parts funk mix in a blender of electronically created instrumentation and out comes the smooth jazz of a group called Citrus Sun. This new musical unit was put together by Jean Paul Maunick, the father of the British Jazz/R&B/Soul Band, Incognito. Among its members are Average ...
Trudi Mann: .....MMMM.....
by Dave Nathan
For her first trip to the studio as the featured attraction, singer Trudi Mann has put together a roster of tunes that avoid obvious choices. Possessing a deep, husky voice recalling Teddi King, Mann puts her own imprimatur on each of the tunes she presents. She's bouncy on “You Came a Long Way" from St. Louis, ...
Steve Grover Quartet Featuring Brad Terry: Remember
by Dave Nathan
For his second album for Invisible Music, superb Maine-based drummer Steve Grover has gotten together long time collaborator, clarinetist Brad Terry for an appealing program of Grover compositions. Grover, winner of the 1995 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz/BMI Jazz Composers Competition, has been an adjunct professor of Music at the Bates, Bowdoin and Maine Universities as ...
Audrey Morris: Round About
by Dave Nathan
This release is the latest in a series of releases which now total five since Audrey Morris returned to the recording studio and performing at Chicago jazz venues after pausing in her career to raise a family. Always an intimate singer, she has become even more of a minimalist in her delivery. Like Jeri Southern, she ...
Gene Ludwig: Soul Serenade
by Dave Nathan
Gene Ludwig is four square in the traditional school of Hammond B3 organ players and with more than 40 years at the console, he helped to form the tradition. His playing is relaxed, laid back, drenched with a mix of blues and soul. This comes with the realization that the organ quartet can be one of ...
