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Melvin Smith: Perseverance

Read "Perseverance" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 22, 2023

Perseverance, Florida-bred saxophonist Melvin Smith's seventh album as leader of his own group, is a hard-blowing session on which he shows (again) that he is one of the leading bop-based reed masters on today's scene. On soprano or tenor, Smith displays a clarity of purpose and storehouse of astute phrases that serve him well at any ...

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Sam Taylor: Let Go

by Edward Blanco
April 17, 2023

Presenting his third offering from the Cellar Live record label, Harlem-based and Philadelphia native, saxophonist Sam Taylor unleashes an exciting bop-filled package of contemporary jazz covers, making a superb job of interpreting the music of composers such as Benny Golson, Hank Jones, Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen and laying down sturdy new treatments of oft-recorded ...

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Sam Taylor: Let Go

by Edward Blanco
March 15, 2023

A very tasteful and swinging version of the Jimmy Van Heusen classic standard “Here's That Rainy Day," from tenor saxophonist Sam Taylor on his third album as leader entitled Let Go featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford and an all-star rhythm section of pianist Jeb Patton, bassist Neal Miner and drummer Willie Jones III. The quintet sets out ...

Album

Falling

By Kristen Lee Sergeant

Label: Tiger Turn Productions
Released: 2022

Album

Let Go

By Sam Taylor

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: Luminescence; Let Go; Angel Face; Getting' Together; Out Of The Past; Prisoner Of Love; Here's That Rainy Day; Philly New York Junction; You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile; Bye Bye Baby

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Sam Taylor: Let Go

by Pierre Giroux
December 8, 2022

Tenor saxophonist Sam Taylor is a man with a purpose. He is committed to sharing the joy music brings him with like-minded listeners. For this album, he brought together a number of his heroes including trumpeter Terell Stafford, pianist Jeb Patton, bassist Neal Miner and drummer Willie Jones III at one of jazz's most iconic recording ...

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Recent Vocal Releases

by Jerome Wilson
April 27, 2022

Here are five recent releases by vocalists who each have their own unique spin on jazz singing. Liz Terrell It's All Right With Me Westmont 2022 Liz Terrell's musical path has led her into the worlds of cabaret, musical theatre and gospel. This is her first recording ...

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March 2022: Send For Me

by C. Michael Bailey
March 15, 2022

Catherine Russell Send For Me Dot Time Records 2021 Where can one separate nostalgia from performance practice? Vocalist Catherine Russell prefers to engage her art using older formats. On Send For Me, Russell infuses her performances with a certain New Orleans-cum-Chicago flavor, circa 1930. She does not do this as a ...