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Duduka Da Fonseca: Samba Jazz in Black & White
by Jerry D'Souza
Duduka Da Fonseca, perhaps best known as a founding member of Trio Da Paz, avers that he has been blending samba with jazz all his life. He showcased this in 2002 when he led a fine band of musicians on Samba Jazz Fantasia (Malandro Records) and directed a whole new load of listeners in the direction ...
Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet: Samba Jazz in Black & White
by Jim Santella
Drummer Duduka Da Fonseca explains the title of his latest project in terms of the dual meaning of the expression “black & white. In its familiar common-sense usage, the term implies an element's fundamentals, its structure in simple terms, ignoring all the gray areas in between. To that end, the album explains the connection between jazz ...
Dom Minasi: The Vampire's Revenge
by Dan McClenaghan
With The Vampire's Revenge, guitarist Dom Minasi goes for it. This two-disc, 112-minute set takes its inspiration from a seemingly unlikely source--the vampire novels of Anne Rice--and results in one of the most ambitious and best free jazz outings of recent years. This huge undertaking includes some of the best avant guarde players on the scene--nineteen ...
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook
by Jim Santella
Carmen Lundy Jazz and the New Songbook Afrasia Productions 2006 While watching Carmen Lundy sing her new songs at the Madrid Theater in Los Angeles, you begin to feel as though you're a part of her circle. With friends all around her on stage, the singer delivers her ...
Carol Robbins: Jazz Play
by Jerry D'Souza
The harp makes one of its rare appearances in jazz in the hands of Carol Robbins on Jazz Play. She also wrote several of the tunes on this recording and included some standards. And where does that place the music? Right in the mainstream, with some softer shades of what is known as contemporary jazz. The ...
Art Lillard: Reasons to be Thankful
by Jim Santella
Recorded in 2000, this session by Art Lillard's big band combines lively swing and a traditional mainstream essence into one original package. Lillard and members of his organization wrote the music for this romping program. Lillard, a drummer, leads the band with a swinging rhythmic foundation and comfortable strides. He brings in vocal soloists for six ...
Anita O'Day: Indestructible!
by C. Michael Bailey
Writer's Note: This is not the original article I submitted for publication. That article lacked a critical compass. I have taken advantage of the Internet and recast my opinions more thoughtfully. I have revised the article to better reflect my active rather than reactive feelings toward Indestructible!. After all, Anita O'Day is a National ...
Carol Robbins: Jazz Play
by John Kelman
In the second Dirty Harry movie, Magnum Force, the catchphrase of Clint Eastwood's Inspector Callahan is “A man's got to know his limitations. Over the past decade, harpist Carol Robbins has attempted to defy the preconceived limitations of her instrument. She's employed the harp--surely one of the most unwieldy of instruments--in a jazz setting, despite inherent ...
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook
by Jim Santella
With this live two-disc set recorded in the Los Angeles area, Carmen Lundy sings original songs that she's created in order to communicate exactly what she feels about the state of jazz in this new century. She's also a painter who uses oils on canvas, and her works were exhibited in a month-long exhibit at the ...
The Leif Arntzen Band: Channeling Chet
by Michael P. Gladstone
In pursuing the musical spirit of Chet Baker, Canadian trumpeter/vocalist Leif Arntzen and his group take on a dozen compositions almost entirely associated with the late icon. Does the success of this album depend upon just how close Arntzen gets in emulating Baker? To my mind, that is not the issue. Arntzen is a ...
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