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Big Band Jazz: It's Not Just for Guys Anymore
by Jack Bowers
Back in the early '90s, Stanley Kay, one-time back-up drummer for the incomparable Buddy Rich, later a manager of such artists as Maurice Hines, Michelle Lee and Paul Burke and the entertainment director for the New York Yankees, had a good idea: the time had come, he reasoned, to assemble an all-woman big band that would ...
George Graham: How About Me?
by Jack Bowers
For one who’s used to hearing trumpeter George Graham lead the cavalry through one breathtaking big–band chart after another, How About Me? takes some getting used to — but once one has surmounted that barrier he (or she) can take pleasure in an abundance of lovely music, wonderfully played. In using a “string orchestra” (to be ...
George Graham: How About Me?
by Dave Nathan
Trumpet/flugelhorn player George Graham brings to this session a long and distinguished career working in the film and TV studios membership in the Bob Florence and Tom Kubis bands. He still works with the Kubis outfit. Both Florence and Kubis have important roles on this Graham's second album as a leader. Florence is at the piano ...
With More Help from My Friends
Label: Pippo Avenue
Released: 2000
Track listing: Peanut Face; Caravan; But Beautiful; Scraping the Top of the Barrel; Kinda 2 Kinda 3; Graham Cracker; Pretty; My Marilyn; I Found a New Baby; My Heart Will Go On; Samba Dee Else; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (60:31).
George Graham: With More Help from My Friends
by Jack Bowers
The first thing one notices about trumpeter George Graham is his absolutely gorgeous tone; the second is that no matter how small or elusive the musical target, he never misses; the third is that this consummate lead trumpeter is also a remarkably sure–fingered and persuasive Jazz soloist. We could go on, but you get the idea. ...