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Bill Charlap Trio: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein
by J. Robert Bragonier
In 2002, Bill Charlap and his trusty trio mates, Peter and Kenny Washington (no relation), released their second Blue Note CD, a centennial tribute to the music of Hoagy Carmichael, to considerable critical acclaim. Here the trio turns its attention and remarkable talents to the music of the inimitable Leonard Bernstein, with selections from West Side ...
University of Miami Concert Jazz Band: Romances
by J. Robert Bragonier
Since its inception in 1967, the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band has become one of the world’s pre-eminent educational jazz ensembles. Sixteen times Downbeat has awarded the band its DB Award. Over the past 22 years the band has traveled throughout the United States, Europe, Central America, and the Middle East, and appearing with it ...
Jon Mayer: The Classics
by J. Robert Bragonier
Although Jon Mayer got his start in New York in the “glory years” of jazz, he is only now just coming into his own as a jazz pianist of note. Born in 1938, Mayer was raised in Washington Heights, and after graduating from the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan in the mid- to ...
Bob DeVos: DeVos
by J. Robert Bragonier
For aficionados of the Hammond B-3 organ trio, the name of Bob DeVos is immediately recognizable. DeVos has been the guitarist of choice for B-3 luminaries such as Richard “Groove” Holmes, Charles “The Mighty Burner” Earland, and Jimmy McGriff for over three decades. In addition, he's worked with saxophonists Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, David “Fathead" Newman, ...
Kevin Hunt Trio: Love Walked In
by J. Robert Bragonier
Aussie pianist Kevin Hunt has worked with such varied and stellar performers as Mark Murphy, Herb Ellis, Sheila Jordan, and the astonishing Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison, and he has toured regularly with Don Burrows. His playing can be heard on more than 25 albums, at least two of which have been recognized by major awards. (I ...
Nelson Angelo: Cateret
by J. Robert Bragonier
For those who might wonder what is happening in Brazilian popular music these days, this album provides an interesting snapshot. Guitarist, composer and producer Nelson Angelo is probably as close to a living legend as exists in Brazilian contemporary music. Such compositions as “Tiro Cruzado” and Canoa, Canoa” have become Brazilian standards. During his career, he ...
Juliet Kelly: Aphrodite
by J. Robert Bragonier
Juliet Kelly was an unlikely prospect for jazz singer and composer. She was raised in London in a strict, religious household where only music of a specifically religious nature was allowed! She knew nothing about jazz, and she had never sung in public. Studying for a degree in economics, she enrolled in an a cappella jazz ...
Rebecca Sayre: This Is Always
by J. Robert Bragonier
This Is Always is the self-produced debut of Rebecca Sayre, a transplant from Northern California who now calls Nashville home. Committed to a singing career since age 16, Ms. Sayre attended Belmont University, majoring in Voice and Music Business, and after a summer touring in Europe, she returned to the Nashville area, where she sings regularly ...
Anton Schwartz: Holiday Time
by J. Robert Bragonier
Holiday Time is the third recording by San Francisco Bay area resident Anton Schwartz, although this outing finds him fronting a new quartet. Schwartz is a native of New York, where he studied with the late Warne Marsh and Eddie Daniels, and his big, round sound is front and center once again. One does not generally ...
Scott Martin: Caf
by J. Robert Bragonier
Scott Martin’s name may be new to you, but I’ll bet his sound isn’t. For more than ten years, he has played saxophones and flute with the Grammy Award-winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. (For a brief time, he and brothers Stan and Andy constituted Poncho’s entire brass section; both appear with him here.) In addition, ...
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