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Champian Fulton: The Breeze and I
by David A. Orthmann
Unlike the catholic approach to music evinced by many of today's young artists, the twenty-five year old singer and pianist Champian Fulton positively thrives in the confines of the American Popular Songbook. To cite one example from The Breeze and I, Fulton's fourth disc as a leader, an instrumental version of “My Heart Stood Still" includes ...
Steve Johns with the Bob DeVos Organ Trio
by David A. Orthmann
Bob DeVos' Organ Trio is a prime example of a band that possesses a recognizable sound yet resists facile categorization. Since 2005, along with organist Dan Kostelnik and drummer Steve Johns, the Northern New Jersey-based guitarist has played numerous live gigs and recorded two compact discs, Shifting Sands and Playing For Keeps, both released on Savant ...
Alex Chilowicz Senior Recital
by David A. Orthmann
Alex Chilowicz Senior Recital William Paterson University Wayne, NJ May 9, 2010 In November of 2009, Alex Chilowicz, along with members of the Manhattan School of Music's Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra, performed Focus, Eddie Sauter's seven part composition for string orchestra and improvised tenor saxophone. The piece was originally written for ...
Sarah Manning: Shattering The Glass Ceiling
by David A. Orthmann
Listening to Sarah Manning speak at length is nearly as absorbing as her music. She's intelligent, direct, witty, and serious-minded. As Manning waxes eloquent on topics ranging from the impact of three special mentors, to the benefits of being a well-rounded person, to issues surrounding woman's empowerment, you realize that she relishes every aspect of her ...
Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last
by David A. Orthmann
Tobias Gebb's prodigious talents as a composer, arranger, bandleader, and drummer run throughout the admirable free at last. A positive, good-natured quality pervades the project. Despite the disc's eight tracks being relatively short, each is substantial and complete unto itself. Gebb writes distinctive melodies, clothes them in a variety of forms, and ...
Jim Rotondi at The Turning Point Cafe
by David A. Orthmann
Jim Rotondi The Turning Point Café Piermont, NY April 11, 2010When the words “Bye, Bye" sounded from outside The Turning Point Cafe in the middle of Jim Rotondi's “Angel Eyes" cadenza, he didn't hesitate to imitate the singsong tone of the woman's voice. A journeyman whose credits include the Ray Charles ...
Joe Corsello: Strong Second Act
by David A. Orthmann
In the notes to an unfinished novel, the celebrated 20th Century author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “there are no second acts in American lives." The vicissitudes of the lives of many jazz musicians, some of whom drop out of sight for years or even decades, are exceptions to Fitzgerald's often quoted dictum.The first act ...
Andy Fusco and Friends
by David A. Orthmann
Andy Fusco and Friends Kean UniversityEnlow Recital Hall Hillside, NJ March 25, 2010 There was a stark contrast between the first and the second half of a concert billed as “Jazz on the Fazioli" and “Andy Fusco and Friends." Pianist Ted Rosenthal opened with jazz interpretations on classical ...
Don Williams' Tribute to Billy James
by David A. Orthmann
Don Williams' Tribute to Billy James Trumpets Jazz Club Montclair, NJ February 18, 2010 Revered by Hammond B-3 organ and soul-jazz aficionados, drummer Billy James, who died last November at the age of 73, is best known for his role in the bands of organist Don Patterson. James' galvanizing ride ...
Ralph Lalama: The Audience
by David A. Orthmann
A few choice items from the American Popular Songbook, tunes by Wayne Shorter, Duke Pearson, and Stevie Wonder, plus three brief duo improvisations, all rendered in a recognizable mainstream style by a band that includes two primary soloists and a bass and drums team. On the face of it, Ralph Lalama's second Mighty Quinn release appears ...
