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Kendra Shank: Reflections
by Mathew Bahl
Although many vocalists pay only lip service to the ideas of “using the voice as an instrument” and the singer “working as part of the group,” on her third CD, Kendra Shank delivers spectacularly on both fronts. Ms. Shank had already set herself apart as a singer who was deeply committed to jazz but unwilling to ...
Jack Brownlow Trio: Suddenly It's Bruno
by Dave Nathan
Jack Brownlow was born in Wenatchee, a small town in Washington State. So was bop saxophonist, Don Lanphere and jazz writer Doug Ramsey. Ramsey relates an interesting bit of jazz trivia about Wenatchee in his very good book Jazz Matters: Reflections on the Music and Some of Its Makers. Ramsey, long an admirer of Miles Davis, ...
Breakthrew
By Misako Kano
Label: Jazz Focus Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Mao; Freezing Drizzle; Never Let Me Go; Spring Is Here; Waltz for Rachel; Timeless Craving; Bath Talk; The Yes I Never Heard; Breakthrew; I Love You; Longing.
Misako Kano: Breakthrew
by Jim Santella
Pianist Misako Kano grew up in Japan and studied at several universities before earning her Master’s degree in Jazz Piano Performance from Manhattan School of Music in 1990. She led this session in New York City in early 1996, and the quartet’s recording was released in Japan. Jazz Focus released the session in 1998 shortly after ...
Birds Are Returning
Label: Jazz Focus Records
Released: 1997
Track listing:
Runaround; I Loves You Porgy; Solomon; Que Pasa; Imogene; ... not to startle the strangeness away; Condensation; Say Now Always; Birds Are Returning.
Marilyn Lerner: Birds Are Returning
by Jim Santella
Recorded in Havana and featuring an international lineup, Marilyn Lerner's latest release builds upon the strengths of her trio and expands the ensemble in differing numbers. Joining pianist Lerner, acoustic bassist Kieran Overs and drummer Dafnis Prieto, are Jane Bunnett on flute and soprano saxophone, Cuban “young lion" Yosvanny Terry on alto and tenor saxophones, Javier ...
