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Pianist John Di Martino Interviewed at AAJ

Pianist John Di Martino Interviewed at AAJ

John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...

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John di Martino: Piano Man In/On Demand

Read "John di Martino: Piano Man In/On Demand" reviewed by Marcia Hillman


John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...

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Some Other Time

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: Nice Work If You Can Get It; Beginner's Luck; They Say It's Wonderful; Some Other Time; Blue Skies; Without A Song; It's Magic; Taking A Chance On Love; The Good Life; If Someone Had Told Me; My Favorite Things; September In The Rain; Danny Boy.

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Diane Schuur: Some Other Time

Read "Some Other Time" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


In questo disco Diane Schuur affronta con la sua band standards degli autori più famosi e riesce a darne interpretazioni di tutto rispetto, che hanno le caratteristiche giuste per passare a pieni voti all'ascolto del pubblico piú critico. Il suo è un lavoro che ha dell'artigianale: le grandi versioni, le innovazioni, le hanno già fatto le ...

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Diane Schuur: Some Other Time

Read "Some Other Time" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Deedles never really left her jazz roots. However, the two-time Grammy-winning vocalist says Some Other Time is her way of getting back to the basics. Nicknamed “Deedles" at a young age, Diane Schuur has had her feet firmly planted in two worlds: pop and jazz. Many of her releases combined elements of both, particularly during her ...

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Diane Schuur: Some Other Time

Read "Some Other Time" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


One listen to any Diane Schuur recording and it's clear that “Deedles has a musical personality as big as a universe. Schuur's expansive and expressive voice does not mince words or techniques. She sings a straight-ahead, no-nonsense brand of jazz that brims with brio and leaves no misunderstanding what the composers intended for the Great American ...

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Article: Live Review

Concerto di Diane Schuur

Read "Concerto di Diane Schuur" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Metropolitan - Palermo - 08.02.2007 Un cartellone “crossover”, pensato per un pubblico giovane, con ampi sconfinamenti di genere tra blues, soul e fusion. È questo il filo conduttore della rassegna “Jazz al Metropolitan”, giunta quest’anno alla quinta edizione. Ed ancora la magia del tango, nella performance (31 gennaio) dell’Hyperion Tango Quintet; un felice connubio tra ballo ...

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Live in London

Label: GR2 Classics
Released: 2006
Track listing: Deedles' Blues; I'll Close My Eyes; Close Enough For Love As; Poinciana; Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight; You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To; When October Goes; Besame Mucho; The Very Thought of You; So In Love; It Don't Mean A Thing; Send Me Someone to Love; Over The Rainbow.

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Diane Schuur: Live in London

Read "Live in London" reviewed by Vincent Stephens


Does Diane Schuur still matter? Though the vocalist has been performing actively on the national jazz scene since her 1984 GRP debut, Deedles, came out, and she has won two Grammies, critical interest in her work has waned since the early 1990s. Many critics have lauded her powerful voice and stylistic versatility but lamented her tendency ...

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Schuur Fire

Label: Not On Label (Diane French Self-released)
Released: 2005


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