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Mica Bethea: Quintessential Band Geek

by Barbara Salter Nelson
January 29, 2018

It's Sunday afternoon. Mica Bethea rolls into the Cue Note Billiard Room in Palm Coast, Florida. The 34-year old arranger, composer, bandleader and entrepreneur has arrived for Cue Notes weekly Sunday Afternoon Jazz Rendevous. Bethea (sounds like 'buffet') is the “Note" part of Cue Note, which he co-owns with partner and pool guru John ...

Mica Bethea: Stage 'N Studio

by Jack Bowers
October 15, 2017

When listening to the Mica Bethea Big Band's generally admirable two-CD set, Stage 'n Studio, the first thought is, “Why hasn't anyone done this before?" That query is immediately replaced by a second thought: “Perhaps someone has and we simply overlooked it." In either case, Bethea's decision to perform (basically) the same material in a recording ...

The Mica Bethea Big Band: Stage 'N Studio

by Jerome Wilson
August 8, 2017

A young composer from Jacksonville, Florida, Mica Bethea shows an impressive command of big band writing and arranging on this set. Traces of all the usual modern large ensemble influences can be heard in his work, but he also brings his own ideas to the table and creates something fresh and energetic. This is ...

What a Wonderful World

By Linda Cole

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.

Linda Cole and Joshua Bowlus: What a Wonderful World

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 ...