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Bobby Shew: The Music of John Harmon
by Jack Bowers
Composer / arranger / pianist John Harmon has been associated with Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, for more than forty years as student and educator, and was the first director of the university’s Jazz Studies program. To honor Harmon’s many contributions, the music department brought together the university’s Jazz, Trumpet and Wind Ensembles and Symphony Orchestra ...
The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra Featuring Leroy Jones: The Power and the Glory: A Salute to Louis Armstrong
by Jack Bowers
We’ve heard a number of recorded tributes to Louis Armstrong during the centenary of that renowned Jazz pioneer’s birth but none more captivating than this one by the superb Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra and guest trumpeter Leroy Jones. Louis is gone but his indomitable spirit lives on in stylists like Jones, born and bred, as was ...
Mike Wofford: Time Cafe
by Jack Bowers
The piano, Mike Wofford writes, is an “instrument of endless possibilities,” many of which are brought to light on his first album for Azica Records. Wofford certainly is qualified to advance such an idea, having played piano for almost forty years with a veritable who’s who of celebrated Jazz artists including Shelly Manne, Chet Baker, Bud ...
Tab Smith: Top 'n' Bottom
by Jack Bowers
Here are twenty–one danceable and gently swinging numbers recorded in 1953–54 by the underrated (and almost forgotten) saxophonist Tab Smith who shows clearly why he was held in such high regard by Count Basie, Lucky Millinder and others for whom he worked as a sideman. Smith, who nimbly straddles Jazz’s swing and contemporary eras, displays a ...
The 3rd Coast Jazz Orchestra: Unknown Soldiers
by Jack Bowers
For those who may have been wondering, the 3rd Coast borders Texas (it’s often referred to as the Gulf of Mexico) — and the Unknown Soldiers celebrated on this album, according to music director Rick Lawn, are those many heroes around the country “who are toiling on any given night to keep Jazz alive and enjoying ...
Vince Bilardo: Viva Bilardo
by Jack Bowers
Some debuts are long overdue, and this is one of them. Drummer Vince Bilardo has been a Kansas City phenomenon for more than four decades, a man who, in the words of saxophonist and co–producer Kim Park, “has inspired and tutored three generations of musicians to reach for the best they can possibly be.” It’s time ...
The Mike Longo Trio: Still Swingin'
by Jack Bowers
Between you and me, I had no doubt whatsoever that pianist Mike Longo was Still Swingin’. When one learns to swing from a master such lessons are never forgotten, and Longo’s teachers have included at least two acknowledged geniuses, pianist Oscar Peterson and Mike’s close friend and mentor, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie. Longo served for a ...
Lesley Byers and the Jazz Cats: A Slick Chick
by Jack Bowers
From the name of the album and group I was expecting to hear from Lesley Byers and the Jazz Cats something along the lines of Keely Smith with Louis Prima and Sam Butera's Witnesses, but Byers and her quintet of capable Windy City sidemen offer a more straight-ahead brand of Jazz that's as well-crafted as it ...
Harry Allen: Christmas in Swingtime
by Jack Bowers
Although it was recorded in New York City, the liner notes for this splendid holiday release by tenor saxophonist Harry Allen are in Japanese, an indication that it was not necessarily aimed at a domestic audience but one that is somewhat farther east. What’s more, the copy I have is on the BMG label while the ...
Gloria Cooper: Day by Day
by Jack Bowers
I rather wish that Gloria Cooper didn’t play such nice, tasteful piano; that would make it easier to praise her singing as the highlight of this admirable debut album. Truth is, however, that it’s Cooper’s fingers and not her vocal chords that most often capture and hold one’s interest, even when used to serve the voice, ...
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