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Jazz Menagerie: Just Hold Me
by Dave Nathan
This San Francisco based Jazz Menagerie should not be confused with a group of the same name which plays out of Austin, Texas. Like so many of their contemporaries, this inaugural album offers a blend of many musical genre and sub-genres. There's funk, blues, pop and jazz all wrapped in a contemporary cover. Mainstream jazz is ...
Richard Todd: With a Twist
by Dave Nathan
With such notable exceptions as Julius Watkins, Tom Varner and Willie Ruff, the French Horn has not made a large splash as a solo jazz instrument. Often found in orchestras, such as Claude Thornhill's, or in small groups, it adds a distinctive mellow, melodic harmonic substance to the music. Contemporary and classic horn player, Richard Todd, ...
Rachelle Ferrell: Live in Montreux 91-97
by Dave Nathan
The title of this album is somewhat misleading. This is not a collection of songs covering appearances by Rachelle Ferrell during the period 1991-1997. They are from just two visits to Montreux, mostly in 1991. If you didn't know that Ferrell is supposedly possessed of a range of more than six octaves...which exceeds the four or ...
Susie Arioli Swing Band Featuring Jordan Officer: Pennies from Heaven
by Dave Nathan
For her second album, Montreal-based singer Susie Arioli has graduated from a smaller label to a major Canadian one, Justin Time. And why not. Arioli has one of the more personable and refreshing vocal styles on today's scene. With impeccable phrasing and timing, an incredible feel for the lyrics all expressed in an engaging vocal fashion, ...
Joe McBride and the Texas Rhythm Club: Keepin' It Real
by Dave Nathan
Staying with the same approach that has made his previous five albums successful, Joe McBride and his band offer a mix of groove, R & B and smooth jazz. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Most of the pieces on the play list come from McBride's compositional pen Unlike most contemporary or smooth jazz releases, ...
Ray Brown Trio: Some of My Best Friends Are...Guitarists
by Dave Nathan
For the fifth in his Some of My Best Friends Are... series, master bassist Ray Brown has chosen guitar players as his playing companions. Joining Brown and his trio are six select string men running the gamut of styles and inclination from the straight ahead jazz of veteran Herb Ellis through the cool, blues inflected strumming ...
Various Artists: Telarc Jazz: Celebrating 25 Years
by Dave Nathan
Cleveland-based Telarc has issued a 2 for 1 CD recapitulation of its 2 years as one of the leading jazz labels. Although founded in 1977, it focused on the classical music literature. It didn't turn to jazz until the late 1980's but has made up for the later entry by releasing a horn of plenty recording ...
Ron Davis with Drew Birston: Solo Duo Trio
by Dave Nathan
Ron Davis is a dinosaur in this day and age of high specialization and narrow cultural aspirations, in that he is a Renaissance Man. In addition to pursuing his favorite career, jazz piano, and performing regularly in the Toronto area, he also is a published poet and short story writer. He also practices law part time ...
Patti Austin: For Ella
by Dave Nathan
For her 16th album Patti Austin has decided to go with one of those you can't go wrong with it albums. A fine singer in her own right, Austin pays tribute to perhaps the quintessential female jazz singer of all time, Ella Fitzgerald, with a selection of 12 tunes, 11 of which are immediately associated with ...
Alex Leonard: Down in the Depths: Interpretations of Cole Porter
by Dave Nathan
One might well ask “why another tribute album to Cole Porter?". The fact that there is room for so many such recorded accolades is an perpetual acknowledgment of the genius of composers like Porter. Their music is such that it can be susceptible to, and survive, any number of interpretations by any number of interpreters. Joined ...
