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Marilyn Lerner: Birds Are Returning
by Jim Santella
Recorded in Havana and featuring an international lineup, Marilyn Lerner's latest release builds upon the strengths of her trio and expands the ensemble in differing numbers. Joining pianist Lerner, acoustic bassist Kieran Overs and drummer Dafnis Prieto, are Jane Bunnett on flute and soprano saxophone, Cuban “young lion" Yosvanny Terry on alto and tenor saxophones, Javier ...
Joe Fuentes: Acoustic Trio
by Jim Santella
As Joe Fuentes states in the liner notes to his recording, “the nylon string guitar has made a comeback into the more popular forms of music." Classically-trained and broadly-influenced, the guitarist combines from many musical genres, but settles with the smoother, more adult-oriented side of modern popular music that some refer to as New Adult Contemporary, ...
Sweet Baby J'ai: The Art Of Blue
by Jim Santella
Introduced to jazz at an early age in Kansas City, where her uncle Vernon Gower played bass with Billie Holiday and Lionel Hampton, Sweet Baby J'ai has been impressing Los Angeles audiences for the past ten years with her eclectic approach that includes jazz, blues, and spoken word. Surrounded by several of L.A.'s finest musicians, J'ai's ...
Carol Sloane & Clark Terry: The Songs Ella & Louis Sang
by Jim Santella
In the liner notes George T. Simon tells about the first time he saw Clark Terry perform; it was in a small St. Louis club in 1946, and Simon's original report introduced the trumpeter to Metronome Magazine readers for the very first time. That's a lot of years, and Terry has remained a favorite among jazz ...
Poncho Sanchez: Freedom Sound
by Jim Santella
Performing, for the most part, classic tunes from the Jazz Crusaders' archives, Poncho Sanchez' Latin Jazz ensemble offers a mellow session with a little salsa on the side. Guests Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder work together on only three tracks, and they blend quite well with the Sanchez horn section; however, all the horn players seem ...
Jim Clayton's Greenhouse: Muskoka
by Jim Santella
Jim Clayton's ensemble has the same instrumental make-up as several editions of The Yellowjackets, and the first track, “Full Yellow Jacket," incorporates elements of Yellowjackets arranging as well. But the Greenhouse incorporates a wide range of styles in its arrangements and the quartet allows room for each of its members to speak out. Pat Wheeler holds ...
Lori Russo: It's You, It's Me
by Jim Santella
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has provided the jazz world dozens of legendary artists, including Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Roy Eldridge, Art Blakey, Ahmad Jamal, Eddie Jefferson, Maxine Sullivan, Billy Eckstine, Errol Garner, Earl “Fatha" Hines, and drummer Jeff Watts. In Pittsburgh, Duquesne University has ushered graduates Tim Eyermann, Paul McCandless, Lori Russo, and Eric Kloss into the ...
Dave McKenna: Christmas Ivory
by Jim Santella
Widely respected for his clean, animated bass lines and fluid, swinging right hand melodies, Dave McKenna has put together an hour of solo piano work for the Christmas season. All alone, with the microphones adjusted to further define right and left hands, McKenna provides the listener with a pleasant respite from days of weary holiday shopping. ...
Scott Hamilton: Christmas Love Song
by Jim Santella
The artwork on both covers of Scott Hamilton's Christmas album with strings offers the very same message that the music does. The front cover contains the image of a Christmas tree ornament in front of an evergreen tree, and the glass sphere contains the reflection of two full champagne glasses. The back cover depicts an urban ...
Diana Krall: Love Scenes
by Jim Santella
As a singer, she's been compared to Carmen McRae, Shirley Horn, Nat King Cole, and her teacher Jimmy Rowles. As a pianist she combines the swing of her earliest influence Fats Waller with that of Rowles and another of her teachers, Alan Broadbent. You can hear Broadbent's influence in the clearly-articulated right hand lines that speak ...
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