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Montclair Women's Big Band: Montclair Women's Big Band
by Edward Blanco
Referred to as one of the best-kept secrets in jazz, the Oakland-based Montclair Women's Big Band unveils fourteen classic jazz and blues standards on this self-titled debut album. Under the direction of trumpeter and bandleader Ellen Seeling, this seventeen-piece ensenmble plays regularly at the Montclair Women's Cultural Arts Club. The band is comprised of players from ...
Jerry Vivino: Walkin' with the Wazmo
by Edward Blanco
New York-based multi-instrumentalist Jerry Vivino, a session player and member of the Max Weinberg 7 house band on the Conan O'Brien late night TV show for the past thirteen years, gives us an offering of an entertaining blend of straight-ahead jazz, bebop and other styles on Walkin' with the Wazmo. On this diverse selection of eight ...
Ryan Haines Big Band: New Horizons
by Edward Blanco
I just can't help but feel that the outlook for big band jazz keeps improving with every new release that hits the shelves these days. This new album by the Ryan Haines Big Band confirms my perception. With nine tasteful charts ranging from contemporary to swing, from blistering to mellow, there's plenty of heart and heat ...
The Bob Lark / Phil Woods Quintet: In Her Eyes
by Edward Blanco
Dr. Bob Lark has just issued a new prescription for incurable jazz fanatics: full immersion in the music of In Her Eyes. The trumpeter and educator holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and serves as the chair of Jazz Studies at De Paul University in Chicago, where he teaches jazz trumpet and directs the university's Jazz ...
The Bud Shank Big Band: Taking The Long Way Home
by Edward Blanco
An integral part of jazz for over sixty years, alto great Bud Shank has compiled over fifty diverse albums in his long and distinguished career. While he grew up with the Big Band Era and later, as a professional, became part of the Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton big bands, he never desired to lead his ...
The Harry Allen - Joe Cohn Quartet: Hey, Look Me Over
by Edward Blanco
The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet was recently nominated for the best small ensemble of the year by the Jazz Journalist Association for its 2006 Jazz Awards. Hey, Look Me Over offers several convincing reasons why. Playing a selection of jazz standards favoring the harmonious marriage of the tenor and guitar, Allen and Cohn fashion ten tracks ...
Ted Hogarth Collective: Misconception
by Edward Blanco
Multi-saxophonist Ted Hogarth's second outing, Misconception, is a charmer with an appealingly relaxing and soft side, though it has a splattering of the hard bop sound on several tracks. A veteran of the Chicago jazz scene, Hogarth's experience extends to playing regularly with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and, most notably, with trumpeter Rob Parton and his ...
Joris Teepe's Groningen Art Ensemble: Jazz In Jazz Out
by Edward Blanco
Jazz In Jazz Out, an album of fresh and varied music, encompasses different styles and colors, blending mainstream, funk, straight-ahead and classical genres in one interesting set. The Groningen Art Ensemble is led by the internationally renowned composer/bassist Joris Teepe, chairman of the Jazz Department at the Prince Claus Conservatoire at the Hanze University of Groningen, ...
Chuck Redd: Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All The Time
by Edward Blanco
Vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd pays tribute to a close friend and one of his musical fathers, the late legendary jazz guitarist Barney Kessel, on this recording featuring five Kessel compositions and other favorite standards recorded by the guitarist. A much in-demand drummer featured on fifty recordings throughout his career, Redd plays the drums on only ...
Greg Abate Quintet: Monsters In The Night
by Edward Blanco
Jazz master and multi-saxophonist Greg Abate, long known as the “prince of bebop," has thirteen previous recordings as a leader to his credit. Harnessing his physical style of play and combining it with his versatility on the saxophones and flute, he has made one hair-raising and jaw-dropping album with Monsters In The Night, whose nine tracks ...
