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Joey Calderazzo: Haiku
by Jim Santella
Joey Calderazzo's solo piano album gives him plenty of room for exploration. He moves gracefully through a program of originals and familiar tunes. Some are up-tempo, outgoing and bright, while others turn loose an introspective nature. The pianist explores jazz from several angles. It was the parlor pianist of the late nineteenth and early ...
Mulgrew Miller: Live At Yoshi's, Volume One
by Jim Santella
Gone are the days when a live recording would find the artist being drowned out by loud conversation or by microphones that are misplaced and under-valued. Just look at some of our treasured historical recordings of Bird and Diz, and from other pioneers such as Pops. Some of their early live sessions stood worlds apart from ...
Erin Bode: Don't Take Your Time
by Jim Santella
Erin Bode's frail, delicate vocal delivery gives her a quality that just wants to grow on you. She's got a friendly manner, and her song selection comes from what we've grown accustomed to over the years. Cyndi Lauper, the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and older heroes of the Great American Songbook provide examples of her ...
Diana Krall: The Girl In The Other Room
by Jim Santella
Now approaching forty and having married last December, Diana Krall has made a few changes while putting together this latest album. Some of the songs come from a different direction than her previous material. Nothing can change her core jazz focus, however. The spirit of Nat King Cole, Jimmy Rowles and Ray Brown continues to guide ...
Greg Osby: Public
by Jim Santella
Recorded live at New York’s Jazz Standard this past January, Public combines standards and originals in a program that features Greg Osby’s unique alto saxophone timbre and witty musical conversation. Like Monk, the artist enjoys a light use of dissonance in his uplifting interpretations. His cohesive quartet/quintet reaches deep inside and draws up the emotion.
Chris Potter Quartet: Lift: Live At The Village Vanguard
by Jim Santella
On fire during a live performance in New York, Chris Potter and his teammates stretch out in accordance with the jazz tradition. A lovely theme such as “Stella By Starlight,” or one of their original compositions, serves as a basis for individual expression on Lift. The saxophonist improvises with natural authority. His cohesive ensemble treats this ...
Denny Zeitlin: Slickrock
by Jim Santella
With his straight-ahead acoustic piano trio, Denny Zeitlin improvises over familiar standards and fresh originals. As a practicing psychiatrist in the San Francisco Bay Area, he also teaches at the University of California and lectures on the psychology of improvising. A good teacher should always demonstrate when necessary, and who better for the task than one ...
Joe Lovano: I'm All For You
by Jim Santella
Joe Lovano’s unique tone gives his ballad album a whispering quality that stays up close and intimate throughout. He’s with you back there at the corner table as you nurse your drink for another hour in one of your town’s respected nightclubs. Most of the crowd has already called it a night, but you’re loving this ...
JW-Jones Blues Band: My Kind Of Evil
by Jim Santella
Blues and boogie never went out of style. Bands such as that of J.W. Jones continue to explore the kind of hip-shakin’ excitement that long ago brought Elvis into our lives. Their original program combines early rock & roll with contemporary blues and swing, with a lot of earth-shakin’ goin’ on. His fat guitar ...
Happy Birthday Newport: 50 Swinging Years!
by Jim Santella
Various Artists Happy Birthday Newport: 50 Swinging Years! Columbia/Legacy 2004 Much as we’d like, we simply cannot attend every jazz festival every year. Returning each season to our favorite ones does work, but there’s still too much to see. While the history of the Newport Jazz Festival recalls ...
