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Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith: Legacy
by John Kelman
When Joey DeFrancesco--a key player in the late-'80s Hammond B-3 organ revival while still in his teens--teamed up with organ legend Jimmy Smith in August of 2004, little did either know that Smith would pass away a scant six months later. If Smith was ailing, one would never know it from the result of those sessions. ...
Marian McPartland & Friends: 85 Candles: Live in New York
by Jim Santella
On the day after Marian McPartland turned 85, this large group of her jazz friends got together at Birdland in New York to celebrate with her. She played piano with them in an endearing program of love songs that belie their affection for each other. Everybody loves Marian McPartland and respects her for her many accomplishments.
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line of Sight
by John Kelman
Like his previous release, Abacus, alto saxophonist John O'Gallagher pursues a cerebral blend of free exploration over a foundation of structured composition on Line of Sight, his second recording with his group Axiom. O'Gallagher and his quartet -- tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby, bassist John Hebert and drummer Jeff Williams -- navigate their way through charts that ...
The Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-1962
by C. Andrew Hovan
Various Artists The Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-1962 Mosaic Records 2004 Following the be-bop innovations of the early to mid '50s and the subsequent popularity of hard bop during the '60s, many of jazz music's elder statesmen found themselves in a very precarious position. Swing and Dixie styles had ...
Wayne Shorter: Night Dreamer
by John Kelman
By the time he made this recording, a few short months before he was to join Miles Davis' groundbreaking second quintet, saxophonist Wayne Shorter had already earned a reputation as a player combining heady intellectualism with a more visceral approach as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He'd also released four records for the Vee-Jay ...
Dave Brubeck & Marian McPartland Joy
by AAJ Staff
Two octogenarian, piano-playing jazz legends, Dave Brubeck and Marian McPartland, brought jazz Joy to the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia March 16. MARIAN MCPARTLAND'S TRIO performance follows the release of the two-CD 85 Candles: Live in New York celebrating her 85th birthday at Birdland. The only problem with the title at this time is that as Ms ...
Eric Felten: Meets the Dek-Tette
by Jim Santella
In a tribute to Mel Tormé and Marty Paich, veterans of the West Coast jazz scene gather with singer/trombonist Eric Felten to interpret enjoyable standards in their own sweet way. Felten's clear baritone voice gives the session a smooth texture that proves to be an appropriate homage to singer Tormé. Patterned after Miles Davis' ...
Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select 16
by Jim Santella
Andrew Hill Mosaic Select 16 Mosaic Records 2005 All but six of the 31 tracks on this 3-CD boxed set from Mosaic have never been issued before. Recorded between 1967 and 1970, the mainstream jazz on Andrew Hill's Mosaic Select 16 represents the last remaining unissued sessions from his Blue ...
Art Pepper: Mosaic Select 15
by Jim Santella
Art Pepper Mosaic Select 15 Mosaic Records 2005 Featuring Art Pepper's 1956 and 1957 Aladdin sessions, which have been issued on The Return of Art Pepper (Jazz West), Collections (Intro), Modern Art (Blue Note), Just Friends (Pacific Jazz), Solo Flight (Pacific Jazz), The Art of Pepper (Omega) and The Art ...
Eldar Djangirov: Eldar
by Jim Santella
He's only eighteen, but he's making quite an impression everywhere he goes and in every corner of the world where his music can be enjoyed. This album, his third, is a straight-ahead collection of favorite songs with several originals. His acoustic trio interprets each of them with sensual passion.Eldar, who has chosen not to ...
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