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Roger Kellaway: I Was There; Remembering Bobby Darin
by Ernest Barteldes
For a number of years, pianist Roger Kellaway performed alongside Bobby Darin, and on two recent releases he pays tribute to the late frontman by playing instrumental renditions of some of the songs (plus a couple of originals) he played and/or arranged during his years with the singer, who passed away too soon in 1973 at ...
Buddy Rich: The Lost Tapes
by Edward Blanco
Buddy Rich and His Band The Lost Tapes Lightyear Entertainment 2005 From the ashes of a 1990 fire that almost destroyed a piece of jazz music history, Buddy Rich and his band come alive in a fully restored made for home video production of a 1985 concert formerly ...
Jean-Michel Pilc: Live at Iridium, New York
by Brian P. Lonergan
French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc has composed some attractive music in his decade in New York, and he is a dynamic improviser as well. On Live at Iridium, New York, recorded in the fall of 2004, the latter quality is most prominent. Live at Iridium is the first recording featuring Pilc's new trio with ...
The David Leonhardt Jazz Group: I'll Be Home for Christmas
by Jim Santella
With a casual atmosphere that recalls long winter evenings at your favorite nightclub, David Leonhardt and his musical partners interpret this program of holiday favorites in the jazz tradition. The pianist brings a warm glow to each song. They're exciting, and yet Leonhardt manages to put more into each piece than is usually found this time ...
Hilary Noble & Rebecca Cline: Enclave
by Tom Greenland
Ever since the arrival of Machito and Mario Bauza in Spanish Harlem in the '30s, New York has been a hotbed of Latin jazz activism, a vital corner of an artistic triangle cross-pollinated by African and Cuban cultures. Saxophonist/conguero Hilary Noble and pianist Rebecca Cline might not be the original mambo king and queen, but with ...
Buddy Rich: The Lost Tapes
by Jim Santella
Buddy Rich and His Band The Lost Tapes Lightyear Entertainment 2005 Recorded April 3, 1985 and featuring Bill Reddie's thrilling West Side Story" medley arrangement, this lost & found session with the Buddy Rich 15-piece big band comes from the same session as Channel One Suite , which ...
Hilary Noble & Rebecca Cline: Enclave
by Michael P. Gladstone
This album offers some very good Latin (and world) jazz performed by two Americans and their quartet but loses some points, in my opinion, for its free jazz aspirations. Hilary Noble, of Boston origin, has studied with George Garzone and logged some good experience with New York City Latin bandleader Bobby Sanabria. This is his second ...
Hendrik Meurkens: Amazon River
by Jim Santella
With a session of originals and established Brazilian songs, Hendrik Meurkens pays homage to the music that moves him. His guests play a large part in helping the harmonica virtuoso create a recommended album that accurately describes those feelings. He soars high and low, swooping effortlessly around melodic fragments that belie the rustic impression of a ...
Trio da Paz: Somewhere
by Jim Santella
Don't think that a trio consisting of acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, and drums with a name that translates to Trio of Peace" is going to give you a mindless smooth jazz performance without any substance of note. No, Trio da Paz drives hard along jazz's mainstream, putting all their syncopated beats and spontaneous gestures into perspective ...
Richie Hart: Greasy Street
by Jerry D'Souza
For Greasy Street, guitarist Richie Hart augments his usual trio with bassist Joe Corsello and drummer Rick Petrone to include a band of players who bring a welcome dimension to the music. Hart knows where to place them, and this, combined with the song selections, makes for some enjoyable listening. Of these ten tunes, ...


