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Carter Calvert: It's A Man's World

Read "It's A Man's World" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
May 12, 2016

Sophistication, sultry and a powerhouse--though these words are often used in description of jazz vocalists, in this case it is actually true. Carter Calvert spots a six octave voice that is well-rounded, precisely tuned, and can grit and shine with the best of them. Carter is not a newbie by any sense of the word. Calvert ...

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What a Wonderful World

By Joshua Bowlus

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter; Is You Is or Is You Ain't (My Baby); Cheek to Cheek; Frim Fram Sauce; I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face; Mona Lisa; Take the 'A' Train; .Night and Day; Straighten Up and Fly Right; Everything Happens to Me; East of the Sun (West of the Moon); Smack Dab in the Middle; What a Wonderful World.

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Linda Cole and Joshua Bowlus: What a Wonderful World

Read "What a Wonderful World" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 5, 2014

Yes...that Cole Family. The same talent pool that gave us Nat King Cole and Freddy Cole has also given us Linda Cole (a daughter of the brothers Cole's cousin). Linda Cole teams with pianist/arranger Joshua Bowlus and his quartet for a breezy stroll through 13 pieces from the Cole Family songbook and beyond. Globally, Bowlus supplies ...

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Jax Jazz Collective: Lotus Blossom: The Music of Billy Strayhorn

Read "Lotus Blossom: The Music of Billy Strayhorn" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 1, 2014

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)--Americas's finest bandleader, America's finest composer--released his own tribute to Billy Strayhorn, his partner in music and tune smithing. It was called ...And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA, 1967). Ellington and Strayhorn's music was so intertwined that the Duke's less that fanatic fans might think that “Lush Life," “Take the A Train" and ...