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Bobby Hutcherson: In The Vanguard
by Jim Santella
The reissue of Bobby Hutcherson's live Village Vanguard session from December 5-6, 1986 isn't the first. It's such a fine album that it's been issued quite a few times and has garnered high ratings. 32 Jazz has included Bob Blumenthal's original liner notes in which he lists several from the long list of jazz artists who've ...
Beegie Adair: Jazz Piano Christmas
by Jim Santella
Traditional Christmas music is always a welcome treat this time of year. We’ve grown up with these songs, listening to Nat King Cole, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald singing ‘em on the radio. As long as they’re performed tastefully, anything goes. The Green Hill label’s niche is instrumental albums to which one would normally ...
Matt Renzi/Masa Kamaguchi/Jimmy Weinstein: Lines And Ballads
by Jim Santella
With each member of the trio fulfilling an equal role, Renzi, Kamaguchi and Weinstein have put together a session of exciting modern mainstream jazz that’s both creative and lyrical. With nods to several of the original builders of this idiom - Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk – the trio comes ...
Red Rodney: Live At The Village Vanguard
by Jim Santella
The first time on CD, the reissue of Red Rodney’s 1980 sessions at The Village Vanguard marks the beginning of his comeback and finds the leader’s trumpet work in fine form. Two experienced horn players and a young rhythm section made for a strong program with hard bop drama and pure musical ballad sentiment. In the ...
Ron Carter: Orfeu
by Jim Santella
Active in both classical and jazz circles, bassist Ron Carter has also shown a preference for Brazilian music throughout his career. He's returned to Brazil each January for the past six years to perform with his ensemble and to learn from local artists. Carter, 62, and one of the most recorded jazz players of all time, ...
Rosemary Clooney: Songs From The Girl Singer: A Musical Autobiography
by Jim Santella
This compilation provides a summary of Rosemary Clooney’s singing career. Intended to serve as a companion piece for her Doubleday autobiography Girl Singer: An Autobiography which was be released last month, the 2-CD set is organized into two logical volumes. Disc one begins with a 1946 radio session with Tony Pastor and concludes with a 1961 ...
Mel Torme: The Best Of The Concord Years
by Jim Santella
Mel Tormé sang “You’re Driving Me Crazy" at the Blackhawk Club in Chicago when he was only four years old. Many years later, as a Musicraft 78-rpm single, it marked the beginning of his solo ballad career. This 2-CD compilation includes a stirring performance of the same song made in August 1990 at the Concord Pavilion. ...
D'WYS: Organtasy
by Jim Santella
His music combines jazz, blues, soul, funk, rock, gospel and a lovely South African vocal style that reaches around the world. At times, however, it’s way too much. Take a lyrical vocal melody, add tasteful instrumental accompaniment, and you have a formula that works in any environment. However, when you start adding too many sounds at ...
Poncho Sanchez: Latin Soul
by Jim Santella
When my wife and I go out dancing, it’s usually to the beat of this different drummer. You get into a groove with his saucy rhythms and relax while moving your body to the beat; but each time a hot soloist steps forward, it’s time to put your feet on autopilot and turn your attention to ...
Kelley Love and the Pandemonia Orchestra: Foolin'
by Jim Santella
Remember Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers gliding around the movie set? Composer Kelley Love put together a 32-piece contemporary swing orchestra in 1992 to capture that mood and to blend big band charts with movie studio moods. The orchestra has changed its name from Lomar Chamber Orchestra and the personnel vary as situations permit, but Love’s ...
