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Carol Mennie: I'm Not a Sometime Thing
by Jochem van Dijk
In the jazz scene there's a lot of complaining about the current state of affairs in the vocal department, where the risk-free, nap-inducing Great American Songbook collections come rolling down the jazz volcano in thick, ubiquitous lava-waves. So, to paraphrase the tune “Who Needs You" from Carol Mennie's debut recording, I'm Not a Sometime Thing : ...
Dom Minasi: Quick Response
by Jochem van Dijk
Dom Minasi Quick Response CDM Records 2004 Wow. Dom Minasi, the guitar meister famous (amongst others) for enthusiastically ripping to shreds various Duke tunes, made a straight-ahead record. With a Hammond B-3, no less. Or didn't he? Well, yes and no. Yes, on the ...
Marc Mommaas: On the Fringes of Jazz and Beyond
by Jochem van Dijk
When Marc Mommaas graduated as a Communications Major from his hometown university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, he rewarded himself with a trip to New York and took his tenor saxophone with him. He hung around for a few months, and knew that his life had changed forever: “While I was doing nice enough in Holland, I ...
