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Lisa Yves: Jazz for Kids - Everybody's Boppin'
by Dave Nathan
This album has such a fairy tale setting about it that I was tempted to start the review “Once upon a time..." Jazz for Kids is the end product of the work of a dedicated jazz vocalist, Lisa Yves, who turned her talents to teaching kids, young kids at that, the art of jazz vocalizing. A ...
Martin Taylor: In Concert
by Dave Nathan
Scottish born Martin Taylor started performing during the 1960's. He got a lucky break in 1979 when Stephane Grappelli's guitarist broke his wrist and Taylor was asked to step in. That alliance brought him to the attention of jazz critics and public alike and was the beginning of a 20-year association with the great jazz violinist. ...
Marty Elkins: Fuse Blues
by Dave Nathan
Once a waitress at one of the altars of jazz, New York City's Village Vanguard, Marty Elkins has tossed the apron away and stepped onto the performing stage. Some may complain that this maiden album isn't very adventurous because, with a couple of exceptions, it sticks with oft heard standards. There should be such complaint. One ...
Dave McKenna: Dave "Fingers" McKenna
by Dave Nathan
Dave McKenna fills more than five pages in Tom Lord's Jazz Discography and those are just his albums as a leader excluding the scores of albums he has been on as a sideman. Although dubbed by many as one of jazz piano's legends, McKenna dismisses it all by saying that he is just a saloon player. ...
Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers: Dance Hall Days
by Dave Nathan
Has a New Orleans jazz renaissance been going on without a lot of attention given to it? Looks like it. Nagel Heyer, for example, has released several traditional jazz albums by Randy Sandke, George Masso, Byron Stripling and others. Now comes Norrie Cox and his New Orleans Stompers on their second album for the Delmark label ...
Henry Johnson: An Evening at Sea
by Dave Nathan
This An Evening at Sea wasn't planned, but came about at as a result of what turned out to be a fortuitous emergency. Henry Johnson was with Joe Williams on one of those floating jazz festival cruises (this one on the Queen Elizabeth) that Chiaroscuro likes to record. The quartet that was scheduled to play one ...
Abbey Lincoln: Over the Years
by Dave Nathan
During the 1960's Abbey Lincoln successfully combined political activism with a busy, successful career. After divorcing husband drummer Max Roach, the 1970's and 1980's found her relegated to the back burner of the entertainment world although she was still recording, mostly for Indie labels. Then came Stan Getz who recommended her to Verve Records and who ...
The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra: Perspectives
by Dave Nathan
A native of Toledo, OH, now residing in LA, with a day job as an attorney, Gary Urwin has fulfilled a dream of taking a big band into a recording studio. And big it is, with 24 pieces in tow. With increasing interest in big bands these days, it behooves a newcomer to offer something different ...
Joe McBride: Texas Rhythm Club
by Dave Nathan
Liner notes and other promotional material to the contrary, when it's all said and done (and heard), this is an album of smooth jazz. There's the never changing, unrelenting rhythmic patterns laid down by the drums playing around keyboards and electronic gizmos. Like rock players everywhere, these guys grab a hold of a couple of chords ...
Chris Washburne and the Syotos Band: Nuyorican Nights
by Dave Nathan
This album is a testimonial to the courage and determination of the leader of the Syotos Band, Chris Washburne. Seven years ago he was informed that he had a malicious nerve cancer with a 50% chance of surviving and no chance of ever playing again. But he had a successful operation, and like an athlete undertaking ...
