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Music With A View: Visions Of Christmas
by Jim Santella
Various Artists Concord 2003 Compiled from A Concord Jazz Christmas, Playboy Latin Jazz Christmas, Late Night Christmas Eve, White Christmas, The Charlie Byrd Christmas Album, and A Concord Jazz Christmas 2, this program of winter holiday favorites includes four “camera angles,” which portray different visual aspects of the holiday season. ...
Just Another Day In The Park
by Jim Santella
Raul Rekow & Karl Perazzo Warner Bros. 2003 Using split-frame, picture-in-picture video mechanisms, percussionists Raul Rekow and Karl Perazzo are able to show the viewer how their 9-piece Salsa band works from the inside and out. Percussive song selections grip you with intensity, as the band flails away with rhythmic ...
Various Artists: Johnny
by Jim Santella
Johnny Cash has always championed the little guy who faces down the giants in his world with a mature sense of satisfaction. In his memorable musical stories, Cash tells about how corporate headquarters doesn’t know what’s going on right in their own backyards, about how the tax man and the toll taker don’t realize that the ...
Joe Lovano: On This Day... At The Vanguard
by Jim Santella
The nonet that Joe Lovano brought to New York’s Village Vanguard the last week of September 2002 returned to the good old days of jamming with well-known friends and improvising over established tunes. Like Supersax, the ensemble emphasizes a collective sound that features unison melodies that ring familiar and true to the veteran bebop fan. Everybody ...
One Night With Blue Note
by Jim Santella
One Night With Blue Note Blue Note 2003 This February 22, 1985 concert at Town Hall in New York featured a cast of jazz artists who’ve become legendary. Blue Note has inserted informative narrative documentary between numbers, so that the concert now comes to us up close and personal with ...
Guida Vargas: Cal
by Jim Santella
Combining the various sounds of Brazil, Angola, South Africa, and Portugal into one original session would seem like a difficult circumstance. It comes naturally to this ensemble, however, since their earliest musical experiences have included all this and more. Singer Guida Vargas is from Angola. Her mother is from Portugal and her father ...
Chucho Vald?s: New Conceptions
by Jim Santella
His quartet and guests give Chucho Valdïs an eclectic atmosphere through which he parades his enthusiasm for American jazz and traditional Cuban music. His heavy piano tirades provide the kind of strength that is needed when one pumps up the volume with Latin percussionists in abundance right and left. Soloists from Irakere share the spotlight this ...
Andy Middleton: Reinventing The World
by Jim Santella
Recorded nearly three years ago in Cologne, Germany, this session features a group of modern mainstream jazz artists who’ve got their eyes set on the future. Saxophonist Andy Middleton dedicates the album, his fourth, to his young daughter, who certainly deserves a better world. Ecological concerns and other global social issues would drive any responsible parent. ...
Connie Evingson: The Secret Of Christmas
by Jim Santella
Scat singing, interpreting familiar lyrics, and inserting fresh, new ideas into her holiday program, Connie Evingson offers a personal gift for everyone. The Jazz lover appreciates the strength of her vocal instrument and the cohesive manner in which she integrates her artistic companions. The Swing lover appreciates the bright outlook that she’s applied to traditional holiday ...
Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours: Carnival In San Juan
by Jim Santella
This hot Latin treat is a steaminng portion of Afro-Caribbean jazz that reflects the specific cultural elements found in Puerto Rico. Trombonist Papo Vazquez wrote most of the selections and interprets them with a little help from some wildly enthusiastic friends. Vazquez, Willie Williams, Arturo O’Farrill, John Benitez and Victor Jones form the ...
