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David Adler List's Fat Cat Big Band as Top Ensemble for 2009

With the release of Fat Cat Big Band's new CD; FACE, Fat Cat Big Band continues to be noticed by the industry and fans. David R. Adler names Fat Cat Big Band in his Top 25 of 2009, plus list, in the large ensemble category. For Jade Synstelien Face is the product of years of reflection ...
Gene Ess Trio @ The Bar Next Door, NYC

Award winning guitarist, Gene Ess, will bring his trio to the Bar Next Door on Nov 21, 2009. The sets are at 7PM and 9PM. This concert will feature Gene Ess with his long time members Harvie S and Gene Jackson. Considered a child prodigy by fellow musicians and instructors, Ess performed in clubs and festivals ...
Pianist David Leonhardt Releases "Bach to the Blues"

You may know that David Leonhardt has 38 years of professional experience with many of the top names in jazz from Benny Carter to Stan Getz. You may not know: he played for twenty five years with David Fathead" Newman recording and arranging 5 CDs ; spent four years as musical director for jazz vocalist Jon ...
The State of Piano Playin' Jazz Singers 2009: Brenda Earle and John Proulx

by C. Michael Bailey
There exists in jazz vocals a sub-specialty, those artists who regularly double on an instrument, most often the piano. There are many notable pianist/singers recording, including Patricia Barber, Dena DeRose, Patti Wicks, Harry Connick Jr., Peter Cincotti and Tony DeSare. That is a heady bunch, to be sure. Brenda Earle and John Proulx can now be ...
Kenny & Leah: You and the Night and the Music

by Edward Blanco
A perfect marriage of saxophone and voice, saxophonist Kenny Soderblom and his wife, vocalist Leah McCoy Soderblom, pay tribute to great American jazz standards in a intimate and sensuous performance with You and the Night and the Music. Leah lends her sultry vocals, delivering a host of love songs from the title track to Dancing In ...
Dan Moretti: Tres Muse

by Glenn Astarita
Northeast area saxophonist and Berklee School of Music educator Dan Moretti embarks on the piano-less jazz trio route, hearkening back to the impetus set forth by Sonny Rollins' 1957 Riverside classic, Way Out West. Since then, this framework has gained steam with modern jazz reedmen, sometimes leading to mixed results. Yet Marty Ballou's corpulent and limber ...
Gene Ess Double Guitar Quartet with Rodney Jones

Award winning guitarist, Gene Ess, will bring his double guitar quartet to the Blue Note on Sept 13,2009. The sets are at 12:30PM and 2:30PM. This concert will feature Rodney Jones and Gene Ess in a double guitar musical exploration. The rhythm section of Harvie S and Joey Saylor will add to a great afternoon of ...
Kat Walker: Jazz Skat Gumbo

by C. Michael Bailey
At first brush, Kat Walker's Jazz Skat Gumbo appears to be just one more collection of jazz standards sung by one of the deluge of singers streaming into the already crowded jazz vocals market. Kat Walker indeed sings the standards, but she and her band hail from New Orleans, a fact that adds a decidedly Southern ...
Mia Vermillion: Alone Together With the Blues

by C. Michael Bailey
Mia Vermillion has a big vocal presence. She sings with the wild abandon of Janis Joplin controlled by the fluid precision of Bonnie Bramlett, the gusto of Big Mama Thornton, and the blues foundation of Bessie Smith. She infuses her singing with more humidity than Ma Rainey and more sex than Lena Horn. Tacitly a blues ...
The Sisterhood Of Saxophone Players: Sharel Cassity, Nancy Wright and Pattie Cossentino

by C. Michael Bailey
Once a novelty, women saxophone players have been claiming center stage in the last twenty years. Virginia Mayhew, Idit Shner, Clair Daly and Christine Jensen are among the most notable artists in this sisterhood. Add to this list three more names to consider. Sharel CassityJust for YouDW Records2009 Sharel Cassity ...