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Mark Shim: Mind Over Matter
by Jim Santella
When Mark Shim stands to take a solo with The Mingus Big Band, his youthful, clean-cut appearance comes in direct contrast to the deep, robust tone coming from his tenor saxophone. Drawn to tenor saxophone “players with a darker sound," as he states in the liner notes, Shim has made impressions on those with whom he's ...
Allen Farnham: Meets The RIAS Big Band
by Jim Santella
Pianist Allen Farnham leads a quintet of Chris Potter on tenor saxophone, Hendrik Meurkens on harmonica, Chris Berger on acoustic bass and Tim Horner on drums for “Samba de Sorvete" and “Lost in Zurich." The other tracks employ the quintet members as soloists with the RIAS Big Band from Berlin; the acronym stands for Radio In ...
Charlie Byrd: Au Courant
by Jim Santella
Growing up in rural Virgina, meeting and working with Django Reinhardt, studying with Andres Segovia, and recording jazz albums for over 40 years has given Charlie Byrd much to share with his audiences. The title of this album, meaning “up to date," reminds us that this timeless music we call Jazz never fails to lose its ...
Richard "Groove" Holmes: Groove's Groove
by Jim Santella
Based in the blues and gaining popularity early in his career with a 1965 version of “Misty," Groove Holmes was one of the premier artists to employ the Hammond B3 organ. Starting out as a bassist and teaching himself organ as he went along, Holmes found that he could produce a solid bass line with his ...
The Mingus Big Band: Que Viva Mingus!
by Jim Santella
Charles Mingus wrote over 300 compositions in his lifetime, all of which provoke interest among fans of good music. The ten Mingus compositions presented here were arranged specifically for the New York-based Mingus Big Band by Michael Mossman, Chico O'Farrill, Hilton Ruiz, Sy Johnson, Earl McIntyre, Steve Slagle and Ronnie Cuber. The Latin sounds of this ...
Howard Johnson & Gravity: Right Now!
by Jim Santella
Howard Johnson's six-tuba jazz ensemble Gravity provides a pleasant harmony for each of the arrangements he's included in this new release, and yet they supply varied excitement and expression as well. Backed by a rhythm section of pianist Ray Chew, bassist James Cammack and drummer Kenwood Dennard, the tuba choir draws together with simple charm and ...
Abbey Lincoln: Who Used To Dance
by Jim Santella
Abbey Lincoln is different. Although strongly influenced by Billie Holiday's dramatic feel for and presentation of a song's message, and embedded in bebop through her eight-year marriage to drummer Max Roach, the singer maintains her own distinctive manner of delivering a lyric. Seven of the nine tracks on Who Used To Dance are ballads that serve ...
Dave Grusin: West Side Story
by Jim Santella
It's been forty years already since West Side Story premiered on Broadway in New York City; since then, jazz luminaries such as Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, and Dave Liebman have released recorded collections of Leonard Bernstein's exciting music from that score. Individual songs from the musical, such as “Somewhere," “Maria," and “Tonight," have become ...
Various Artists: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture "Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil"
by Jim Santella
Clint Eastwood, who in 1971 incorporated footage from the Monterey Jazz Festival into his film directorial debut ("Play Misty For Me"), has released a Johnny Mercer songbook to accompany the current box-office hit set in Savannah and centered around a true-life murder that took place in the Mercer House. Established in 1860 by Mercer's great grandfather, ...
Donald Byrd: Electric Byrd
by Jim Santella
This landmark recording from 1970 followed on the heels of Miles Davis' Bitch's Brew and contained many of the same elements that Miles used in his innovative ventures; jazz moved away from the wah-wah trumpet and ushered in the wah-wah guitar. With a lineup including Mickey Roker on drums, Ron Carter on bass, Duke Pearson on ...
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