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Steve March Torme: Swingin' at the Blue Moon Bar & Grille/The Night I Fell for You
by Dave Nathan
Like Gary Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Jr. and sons of celebrity singing fathers, it's virtually impossible for Steve March Tormé to avoid comparisons with his famous father, Mel Tormé. In the case of Steve, he has two eminent fathers. After his mother divorced Mel, she married Hal March, the emcee for the popular quiz show, the ...
Pat Hawes: That Salty Dog
by Dave Nathan
Unlike many of the traditional jazz revival bands focus on the New Orleans style, especially those located in Europe, Pat Hawes and his group explore traditional jazz from other jazz citadels, like Chicago. Thus there is a large tray of colors on this album not found on those that deal exclusively with just one style of ...
Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge
by Dave Nathan
Performing since she was 17, Janet Seidel is now one of Australia's more prominent vocalists. Despite the title of her latest effort, this is by no means an album of easy listening, lounge type music. Even though there's the presence strings on several tracks, they are offset by musicians steeped in the jazz tradition like Tom ...
Acker Bilk: The Frankfurt Concert
by Dave Nathan
England's Acker Bilk's big hit of 1961, the sugary, vibrato packed “Stranger on the Shore" masked the fact that Bilk had been (and continues to be ) a fine New Orleans jazz performer. Bilk was a leading member of the traditional jazz revival in Great Britain during the late 1950's and early 60's sharing that spot ...
Stan Kenton Orchestra: Live
by Dave Nathan
Big bands may have started to disappear from the entertainment scene after War World II; but not Stan Kenton's. Unlike those other groups which hung in there like Ellington and Basie, Kenton virtually discarded playing for dance dates concentrating more and more on concerts. This allowed him to develop and play arrangements which became more complex ...
Bobby Watson: Live at "Someday" in Tokyo
by Dave Nathan
Japanese musicians. It's nice to report that not only was this a good idea, but so was the outcome. This is an exciting session that will keep your toe tapping and heart thumping throughout the entire 70 minutes of music. All but one of the compositions are by Bobby Watson--"Ms. B.C." was written by Pamela Watson--- ...
Mike Murley/Ed Bickert/Steve Wallace: Live at the Senator
by Dave Nathan
This trio of excellent Canadian musicians have been performing together for the last couple of years and are captured in a live performance from the Top of the Senator, one of Toronto's jazz venues. This session features standards plus a couple of Mike Murley originals. Murley's sax, which is out in front on most tunes, is ...
Sarasota Sunsets: Live on the Road
by Dave Nathan
This CD captures live performances of the Sarasota Jazz Band and Mike Vax's Big Band in live performances in Sarasota, FL and Oakland, CA, respectively. Pianist and honcho of the Sarasota group, George W. Carroll, sings on about half the tracks. None of the other performers are listed except for Roger DeLillo on trombone. That's unfortunate ...
Gerald Veasley: Love Letters
by Dave Nathan
A mixture of smooth and hip hop issued under the name of jazz, Gerald Veasley's album for the Heads Up label is a combination of pablum and sedative. If your lucky, it will put you to sleep before it drives you crazy with boredom, because each track is virtually indistinguishable from every other track. No dynamics ...
Jim Galloway: Music Is My Life Featuring Dick Wellstood, Jay McShann, Humphrey Lyttelton
by Dave Nathan
Sackville has compiled in this two CD set three live performances by Canadian multi-reedist Jim Galloway player at various Toronto jazz venues which found their way to LPs that have been unavailable. Galloway teams with two pianists, Dick Wellstood and Jay McShann and then joins England's consummate purveyor of New Orleans traditional music, trumpet and clarinetist, ...
