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Doug Wamble: Bluestate
by Jim Santella
Based on the blues, Doug Wamble's modern mainstream jazz album combines heartfelt emotion with forward-looking creativity. He's managed to fold the roots of American music and classical music into his guitar presentation, which sparkles with anxiety. Dramatic energy invades each bar. As a vocalist, he's driven by the heart. Wamble's verbalizations, not the most polished, are ...
Dianne Reeves and Terence Blanchard at the Orange County Performing Arts Center
by Jim Santella
Founders Hall Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa, California May 7, 2005 Two leading voices in mainstream jazz turned up last weekend at Founders Hall to delight a packed house with emotions soaring and to communicate with their audience as up-close and personal as the folks who live ...
Clairdee: Music Moves
by Jim Santella
Music in motion. That's what Clairdee's performances are. Recorded live at Yoshi's in Oakland, California, Music Moves reveals a singer who communicates with her audience on all levels. It's easy to love her music and the way she delivers it. In her comments on this album, Clairdee mentions her deep respect for singers of ...
Grant Geissman Quartet: There and Back Again
by Jim Santella
The Grant Geissman Quintet AIX Records 2005 Contemporary jazz from this exciting quintet works best when you've got the chance to watch them in action. Recorded in a studio with each artist wearing headphones and taking cues from each other while sitting apart from each other, the camera pans back ...
Judith Owen: Lost and Found
by Jim Santella
The intimate setting that singer Judith Owen adopts for this, her fifth album, provides a delicate platform that gets you in the door gently. Her soulful presence, backed by piano, bass, and drums, strolls casually with deep feelings. Every track is a statement about life and love, caring and sentiment, inner feelings and finding answers to ...
Hayes Greenfield: Peace of Mind
by Jim Santella
With a charged-up quartet interpreting originals that honor the careers of heroes such as John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Hayes Greenfield explores the wide-ranging fields that encompass modern jazz. His alto saxophone sounds off with breathtaking tirades that thrill. Greenfield's last album, Jazz-Ma-Tazz, was for children. This one goes much further, bringing together generations ...
Dr. John: The Best of the Parlophone Years
by Jim Santella
Including selections from Duke Elegant, Creole Moon, N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or D'Udda, and Anutha Zone, as well as two bonus tracks, The Best of the Parlophone Years presents Dr. John doin' what he does best. With that voice, there's no mistake who's settin' down the blues for ya. There are only a handful of voices in ...
Mem Shannon: I'm From Phunkville
by Jim Santella
Fifteen years as a cab driver in New Orleans gave Mem Shannon the experience that he needed to communicate effectively with his audience. He's gathered a common ground selection of songs for this latest album so that he can relate to folks from both sides of the tracks: those who've grown up with the “Big Easy" ...
Jimmy Thackery: Healin' Ground
by Jim Santella
Jimmy Thackery's feel-good contemporary blues-rock album provides a Healin' Ground for whatever ails ya. He drives his message home with stories to tell and a powerful guitar that talks better 'n most of us during our daily activities, as he communicates on a personal level with his audience. As “Healin' Ground" drives with its ...
Joe Lovano: Joyous Encounter
by Jim Santella
The aptly titled Joyous Encounter reunites the best with the best. Unlike last year's I'm All For You, however, this program includes much more than just ballads. Up-tempo jaunts and leisurely strolls balance the program in much the same way that our lives turn each day. And the end result is, of course, a joyous experience ...
