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Leslie Lewis: Midnight Sun / Keeper of the Flame
by Jack Bowers
Leslie Lewis is a singer who has found steady work on the West Coast and elsewhere, and for good reason--she's personable, easy on the eyes, and more to the point, has a pleasant mid-range voice, sings squarely on key, and knows how to sell a lyric. Keeper of the Flame and Midnight Sun are Lewis' second ...
Lars Andreas Haug Band: Conrairo
by Eyal Hareuveni
The new generation of Norwegian tuba players keep challenging this under-rated instrument. Two years ago it was the trio of Martin Taxt, Kristoffer Lo and Robin Hayward who investigated the timbre characteristics of the tuba on microtub (Sofa Music, 2011) and last year Lo explored the tuba as a sound source for dark and intense soundscapes ...
SFJAZZ Collective: Phoenix, AZ, March 21, 2013
by Patricia Myers
SFJAZZ CollectiveMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZMarch 21, 2013The SFJAZZ Collective delivered an intense contemporary-jazz performance that showcased the playing and composing skills of this stellar octet, sponsored since 2004 by the non-profit SFJAZZ.The Collective's ninth annual tour is celebrating the genius of Chick Corea--the sixth keyboardist to be honored by ...
Lee Tomboulian: Imaginarium
by Bruce Lindsay
Terry Gilliam's 2009 movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was a complex, complicated, fantasy tale. Lee Tomboulian's Imaginarium doesn't quite match Gilliam's ambitious, if flawed, breadth of vision--after all, Tomboulian constructs this particular Imaginarium with just a piano and an occasional accordion--but he still displays an impressive range of ideas on this enjoyable recording.Tomboulian ...
Ithamara Koorax: Celestial Elegance
by Chris M. Slawecki
Singer thamara Koorax recorded her 15th solo CD, Got to Be Real (Irma, 2012), live in the studio" in Rio de Janeiro, the place of her birth, with her touring band--bassist Jorge Pescara, drummer Haroldo Jobim (a cousin of Antonio Carlos Jobim) and keyboardist Jose Roberto Bertrami, founding member of Brazil's famous fusion export Azymuth, on ...
Manner Effect: Abundance
by Hrayr Attarian
Manner Effect is not merely an energetic group consisting of a vocalist backed by a four- piece band, but a quintet with two frontline instruments and a rhythm section. This is primarily due to Sarah Elizabeth Charles's utilization of her amazing vocal cords as a wind instrument, and in her delivery of songs in the tradition ...
Jazz on the Bosphorus: Troubled Waters
by Francesco Martinelli
For seven years now the rather laboriously named Istanbul Jazz Center (confusingly the logo includes the letters JC's," I don't know why) has been one of the major clubs of the Turkish city. Situated in the posh neighborhood of Ortakoy, in the shadow of the first Bosphorus Bridge, its schedule has featured major international jazz stars ...
Suzanne Cloud & Trio @ Phila. Center City Jazz Vespers Sunday May 20th!
Appearing at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, May 20th for their monthly jazz vespers will be singer Suzanne Cloud and her trio, featuring pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Steve Beskrone, and drummer Jim Miller. 5:00 PM, admission is free. Reception follows. Parking next to church is $7.00. For ...
George Duke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection
by Chris M. Slawecki
The George Duke Band: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection compiles the six albums that keyboardist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer George Duke released on Epic Records between 1977 and 1979, accompanied by extensive and reflective notes on each album personally written by Duke, who wrote, arranged and produced just about every track. As ...
The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection
by Chris May
The six albums comprising this collection of George Duke's 1977-80 Epic releases are of uneven qualityas the keyboardist himself acknowledges in the liner bookletbut they make an interesting historical artifact. From a jazz" point of view, five of the discs approach irrelevance, but the sixth, 1980's samba-informed A Brazilian Love Affair, is a classic which still ...


