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Larry Coryell: A Retrospective
by Jim Santella
Larry Coryell A Retrospective Inakustik 2007 This two-DVD set complements Improvising: My Life In Music, guitarist Larry Coryell's 2007 autobiography from Backbeat Books. Filmed in concert at Hollywood's The Avalon in October 2005, the focus is on Coryell's blues-laden impressions of jazz and rock. Coryell grew up ...
Love Letters: Ella Fitzgerald, Nicki Parrott/Rossano Sportiello & Ed Reed
by Jim Santella
Ella Fitzgerald Love Letters From Ella Concord Jazz 2007 Nicki Parrott & Rossano Sportiello People Will Say We're in Love Arbors Records 2007 Ed Reed Sings Love Stories ...
Wynton Marsalis: Standards & Ballads
by Jim Santella
Drawing from previous Columbia albums that were originally released between 1983 and 1999, this compilation serves as a best of collection when it comes to jazz's traditional partnership with the romantic song. It's a love-fest. What's more, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis shares his passion for these fourteen chestnuts with his audience fluently, readily and sincerely. ...
Katie Bull: The Story, So Far
by Jim Santella
A genuine jazz singer, Katie Bull pulls no punches when it comes to interpreting original material. She tosses in a few classic songs on The Story, So Far while portraying lyrics convincingly, scat singing with natural ease, adding a sincere blues texture to each selection, all of it coming from the bottom of her heart.
James Harman: Side Dishes
by Jim Santella
Compiled from twelve of James Harman's most recent CDs, which were originally released between 1981 and 2003, Side Dishes offers a good look at where he's at today. Singing and playing a mean harp, the bluesman packs a wallop into every performance. Based in Los Angeles, he continues to please local audiences just about all year ...
Royce Campbell: Get Happy
by Jim Santella
Guitarist Royce Campbell collected songs with happy themes for this trio recording. Featuring violinist Joe Kennedy (1923-2004), the session swings in the mood intended, with an acoustic timbre and an open resonance to match. String jazz gets too little attention; yet, the violin has been with jazz since its inception. Guitar and double-bass remain integral elements ...
The Large Ensemble: Maria Schneider, Brad Steinwehe & Westchester Jazz Orchestra
by Jim Santella
Maria Schneider Orchestra Sky Blue ArtistShare 2007 Brad Steinwehe Nutville Sea Breeze Jazz 2007 Westchester Jazz Orchestra All In Westchester Jazz Orchestra 2007
Evan Christopher: Delta Bound
by Jim Santella
The clarinet and New Orleans share a long tradition of rhythmic swing and lyrical adventure. Long before Pete Fountain and Larry Shields, there were trad jazz pioneers including Lorenzo and Louis Tio, Lorenzo Tio Jr., Albert Nicholas, Alvin Batiste, Johnny Dodds, Barney Bigard, Omer Simeon, Jimmy Noone, Tony Scott and Sidney Bechet. The instrument, with its ...
David Ostwald: Blues in Our Heart
by Jim Santella
Trad jazz never goes out of style. Thus, David Ostwald's two-step parade draws weekly New York audiences to Birdland in respectable numbers. They come from all walks of life: folks who remember Louis Armstrong as well as those who simply remember “dear old Mom and Dad, and the family getting “high on this exceptional form of ...
Monk Competition 2007: Trumpets
by Jim Santella
Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Trumpet Competition Los Angeles, California October 27-28, 2007 The 20th annual Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition featured trumpeters this year, along with a concert tribute to Herbie Hancock that brought out an array of guest artists. A night to remember, the event was filmed ...
