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Kevin Fort: Perspectives
by Edward Blanco
Pianist and composer Kevin Fort follows his extraordinary debut, Red Gold (CD Baby, 2014), with another tip of the hat to jazz standards and the modern tradition; Perspectives is a musical package nicely filled with new arrangements of six classics and four new originals, performed by a standard piano trio. For more than twenty years an ...
Louis Armstrong, Marilyn Scott & Vicki Burns
by Joe Dimino
From the chops of Boston-based jazz singer Vicki Burns, we begin the 770th Episode of Neon Jazz. From there, we hear from an artist that Burns saw and met in the mighty Ella Fitzgerald. Over the ensuing hour, we hear from some impressive artists with new material in Marilyn Scott, Steve Knight, Kate Wyatt and Joe ...
The Legacy of Leonard Bernstein: Policastro, Sanabria, Nash, Moran, Bloom
by Russell Perry
In 2018, Leonard Bernstein would have been 100 years old, generating renewed interest in his work. His compositions, especially those from West Side Story continue to inspire many fine jazz performances with their beautiful melodies, compelling rhythms, and unique harmony. 100th birthday tributes by Bobby Sanabria & the Multiverse Big Band and, on the other end ...
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Joe Policastro
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Chicago bassist JOE POLICASTRO grew up in the fertile jazz, classical, and popular music scene of Cincinnati, OH. He studied Classical Double Bass Performance on full scholarship at Miami University. Joe earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz/Studio Music from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from DePaul University in Chicago. After performing and recording in Germany, he relocated to Chicago where he quickly established himself an in-demand bassist and arranger/composer. He has performed and recorded with a wide array of artists such as Diane Schuur, Jeff Hamilton, Howard Levy, Phil Woods, Pat and Debby Boone, Tim Ries, IraSullivan, Howard Alden, Rick Margitza, Jim Snidero, David "Fathead" Newman, and Billy Hart
Nothing Here Belongs
Label: Jerujazz Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: I'm On Fire; Speak Slow(ly); Bloodshot; In The Quiet; The Wandering Sea; Oceans Of Notions; No Idea; Plain
Song; This Must Be
The Place (Naive Melody).
Joe Policastro Trio: Nothing Here Belongs
by Jerome Wilson
The Joe Policastro Trio is a working band that has been playing together in Chicago area clubs for almost ten years. This CD reflects that history in how the three musicians play off each others' twists and turns with a near-telepathic rapport. Guitarist Dave Miller darts and swoops with cool assurance while bassist Policastro and drummer ...
They're New to Me
by Patrick Burnette
Four 2019 releases are in the dock this session, and three are so new they won't drop until June. We've got two trios who are willing to search beyond the Great American Songbook for material, largely with positive results; a prog epic whose cover is a lot more ethno-musical than its contents; and a young and ...
Joe Policastro Trio: Nothing Here Belongs
by Dan Bilawsky
Everything belongs here on Nothing Here Belongs, the first Joe Policastro Trio album to focus primarily on original material. The three previous outings from this Chicago-based outfit sold themselves with a pliable approach to covers. On West Side Story Suite (Self Produced, 2013) it was an expansive brush with Bernstein; with Pops! (Self Produced, 2016) the ...
Screen Sounds
Label: Jerujazz Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Yojimbo (Main Theme); Everybody's Talkin'; Nadia's Theme (Theme From "The Young And The Restless"); Cool Hand Luke (Main Title); Summer Kisses, Winter Tears; Twin Peaks Theme; Angela (Theme From "Taxi"); Hallelujah; The Godfather (Main Title And Love Theme); Blade Runner (Love Theme); Having An Average Weekend (Theme From "Kids In The Hall").
Joe Policastro Trio: Screen Sounds
by Dan Bilawsky
There are always new wrinkles to be found in the familiar. That's a philosophical stance that seems to serve the Joe Policastro Trio well. This Chicago-based outfit's debut album--West Side Story Suite (Self Produced, 2013)--served as a distillation and expansion on Bernstein's masterpiece, turning Broadway on its head; Pops! (Self Produced, 2016) referenced both the venue ...
