Results for "Jen Bay Records"

Mark Elf: A Minor Scramble

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

Though comfortably laden with familiar pages from the Great American Songbook, A Minor Scramble also shines in its musical variety. In the middle of the well-handled "After You’ve Gone," guitarist Mark Elf leads a sudden but surprisingly fluid transition from a finger-flying set-up to a mellow, swinging conclusion. Adding to the spice of the album is ...

Mark Elf: Over the Airwaves

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

On this “guitar effort," jazz strummer Mark Elf picks and frets his way to a nearly unbreakable dozen of standards and original tributes. Tipping his trademark cap to the men and stations which make jazz radio and great, Elf also honors the songwriters who have given it musical sustenance as well. “On at KLON" is as ...

Dream Steppin

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Dream Steppin' performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 3:20 2. Too Marvelous for Words performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:38 3. Loved Again performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:44 4. Griff's Riff performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 6:19 5. Oye DNA performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:53 6. Ballad 2000 performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 7:21 7. Rhymin' for Simon performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:32 8. Blues to the Left performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 3:55 9. America (Public Domain) - 3:34 10. Cheek to Cheek performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 5:37 11. Pregnant Chad Blues performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:35 12. Have You Met Miss Jones? (Hart/Rodgers) - 4:38 13. Pregnant Chad Blues [alternate take] performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 1:25

Dream Steppin'

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2002
Track listing:

Dream Steppin'; Too Marvelous For Words; Loved Again; Griff's Riff; Oye DNA; Ballad 2000; Rhymin' For Simon; Blues To The Left; America; Cheek To Cheek; Pregnant Chad Blues; Pregnant Chad Blues (Alternate Fragment). (Total Time: 59.39).

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin'

by Craig W. Hurst
August 1, 2002

Evidence of Mark Elf's high level of musical craftsmanship is encapsulated in his latest offering Dream Steppin'. In a pared down, clean, uncluttered upbeat-sounding trio setting, Elf combines his compositional talents along with his interpretations of standards by Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, and Richard Rogers to produce 12 individual musical selections. One segment of ...

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin

by Andrey Henkin
June 22, 2002

Many musicians, who begin their careers in pro-gressive territories, eventually settle down into tra-ditionalism. The word “settle" implies the end of any creativity, and is unfortunately often accurate. Mark Elf's new album Dream Steppin’ has successful-ly avoided this pitfall, adding an inspired and energetic volume to the straight jazz guitar oeuvre. Elf has come years and ...

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin'

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2002

Mark Elf has adopted a minimalist approach on Dream Steppin’, placing his expressive guitar front and center in a trio setting with old pros Neal Miner on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. Unlike Elf’s previous eight albums on his Jen Bay label, there are no other front–liners or guest artists, and to be honest, none ...

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin'

by David A. Orthmann
April 18, 2002

On Dream Steppin’, Mark Elf’s eighth release for his Jen Bay label, the first thing you notice is the guitarist’s distinctive sound. The tone is full, rounded, and each note rings hard and true. While encompassing the somewhat polite quality of traditional jazz guitar, his sound nonetheless looms large, almost getting in your face without veering ...

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin'

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 2002

Durable Bop-oriented Guitar from New York. On the music scene since the mid 1970s, guitarist Mark Elf's career shifted into a higher gear when he began recording for his own Jen Bay records in the late 1980s. Since that time, he has spun out disc after disc receiving wide airplay. Chief among these are 2000's studio ...

Swingin'

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: I Won't Dance, Indubitably, Lazy Bird, Gambinie's Bambinies, All Of You, Waltz For Wilke, Hey There, Middle Of The Night, Blowins' For the Cohen's, HOV Lane, Manhattan, It Might As Well Be Spring