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Diane Hoffman: My Little French Dancer
by Jim Santella
Honoring a departed friend through her latest album, singer Diane Hoffman tells stories that provide a clear glimpse of the heartache and depression that follow such a loss. Her “Farewell, Noelle" provides the facts while her interpretation of “When Did You Leave Heaven" provides the feeling. Tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon, guitarist John Hart ...
Piers Lawrence Quartet: Stolen Moments
by C. Michael Bailey
William “Count" Basie was a master of economy in his piano playing. Never flashy or overtly technical, Basie had a knack for being able to play the least number of notes while still maintaining the necessary momentum to swing. Miles Davis was another such master, where the music was more about style than technique. Guitarist Piers ...
Sylvia Bennett: Songs From the Heart
by Michael P. Gladstone
The best comment that one could make regarding Sylvia Bennett's Songs From The Heart is that the singer's presentation of a dozen pretty well-worn tunes from The Great American Songbook is pretty good. Her bright and well-enunciated versions of such time-respected fare as Rodgers and Hart's “My Funny Valentine," Gershwin's “Someone to Watch Over Me" and ...
Piers Lawrence Quartet: Stolen Moments
by Elliott Simon
It's the overall creamy texture of the sound and the effortless vibe created by guitarist Piers Lawrence that makes Stolen Moments such an enjoyable listen. This is one together quartet whose mastery of group dynamics captures your attention right away with a short but effervescent rendering of Sonny Rollins' “Pent-Up House." Lawrence, who is a fluid ...
Joe Henderson: Power to the People
by Tom Greenland
Joe Henderson enjoyed widespread popularity only late in his career, when his cover albums for Verve achieved high (for jazz) sales figures, but since the early '60s he had been making excellent records, both as a sideman and a leader. Here at last is 1969's Power to the People, one of his best recordings made for ...
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: Song for Chico
by Tom Greenland
Like the great Thad Jones-Mel Lewis band, pianist Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra combines the best aspects of a big horn sound with small-group finesse and flexibility. Song for Chico, O'Farrill's tribute to his legendary father, evinces the influences of South American rhythms, hard bop and what might be termed “post-Latin," representing the latest branchings of ...
Odean Pope: To The Roach & Serenity
by Elliott Simon
Odean Pope Quartet To The Roach CIMP 2006 Odean Pope Serenity CIMP 2007 The many-sided figure defined by the intersecting lines among saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman is the ...
Thom Rotella 4-tet: Out of the Blues
by C. Michael Bailey
Let's hear it for the straight-ahead, blues-drenched, Blue Note circa 1955 blowing session. Sometimes after feasting on the rich duck pate of ECM or the decadent foie gras of Winter & Winter, the listener just craves the black-eyed peas and collards simplicity of the blues. Let's also hear it for a full, round arch top guitar ...
Perez: It's Happenin'
by Michael P. Gladstone
Jazz vocalist Perez (first name Diana) offers a sampling on her third album, It's Happenin' . The instrumental portion of this album is really topflight jazz, but vocally the first half is pleasant at best, finding some inspiration about halfway through the session. Perez is a child of Cuban Irish and Puerto Rican heritage ...
Othella Dallas: I Live The Life I Love
by Michael P. Gladstone
Othella Dallas has lived a rather picturesque life in show business, and tells her musical tale in I Live The Life I Love. Between the book-ending opener by Phil Moore, “Lil' Gal From Memphis," and Muddy Waters' closing “I Love the Life I Live," Dallas makes several musical side trips. The CD booklet has ...
