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Lauren Hooker: Right Where I Belong
by Marcia Hillman
Lauren Hooker shows off her multi-faceted talent in this, her debut CD. Teaming up with Allen Farnham (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Tim Horner (drums and percussion), Hooker runs through a selection of jazz standards and originals. Her originals break down into two types: original lyrics for instrumental standards and new pieces. The ...
Frank Foster: Well Water & Manhattan Fever
by Marcia Hillman
Frank Foster Well Water Piadrum 2006 Frank Foster Manhattan Fever Blue Note 2007 Well Water--Frank Foster leading an exciting 20-piece big band--was recorded in 1977 and never ...
Roberta Piket Trio: Love and Beauty
by Marcia Hillman
Pianist Roberta Piket likes to push the envelope a little, which makes Love and Beauty an interesting adventure. Piket is joined by her usual cohorts--bassist Ratzo Harris and drummer Billy Mintz--in this offering of original material and two standards. Things begin with Piket's “I'm My Everything (loosely based on Harry Warren's “You're My ...
Linda Ciofalo: Sun Set
by Marcia Hillman
Linda Ciofalo's Sun Set has connected all the dots to make for an impressive listening experience. Starting with a concept--songs with the word “sun" in the title, or sun-related--the package offers an eclectic collection of selections, innovative arrangements and performances by an engaging vocalist with major chops and choice instrumentalists: John di Martino (piano), John Hart ...
The Bill Charlap Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard
by Marcia Hillman
Bill Charlap delivers on this live date with a trio documented on four previous Blue Note releases. Recorded at the Village Vanguard during the club's weeklong 70th anniversary celebration, this CD pulls together a tasty selection of material and even tastier performances. Charlap with Peter Washington (bass) and Kenny Washington (drums) have worked together for a ...
The Leonisa Ardizzone Quartet: Afraid of the Heights
by Marcia Hillman
Vocalist Leonisa Ardizzone shows off a variety of moods and material on this, her debut CD, where she is joined by Chris Jennings (guitar), Bob Sabin (bass) and Justin Hines (drums), operating as a group rather than a vocalist with a backing band. The CD is a collection of standards and original material ...
Wycliffe Gordon and Jay Leonhart: This Rhythm On My Mind
by Marcia Hillman
Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and bassist/vocalist Jay Leonhart went into the recording studio and pulled off a plum with This Rhythm On My Mind. Using original material written by both, as well as two jazz standards, the duo successfully blended their individual skills and similar senses of humor. There are many magic moments. For ...
Robin McKelle: Introducing Robin McKelle
by Marcia Hillman
Robin McKelle's debut CD is a blast of fresh air from the past. Introducing is done from the stance of a band singer from the 1940s in musical format and material, logical since most legendary jazz and pop singers learned their trade that way. Most of the tracks are read in standard fashion--the ...
Gino Sitson: Bamisphere
by Marcia Hillman
For his third solo album, Cameroonian vocalist Gino Sitson is joined by bassist Ron Carter, drummer Jeff “Tain Watts, bassist Essiet Essiet and pianist Helio Alves for twelve originals all sung in Medumba, a dialect of his native Bamileke language. Because of this, it is difficult to discern the meaning of each song but, according to ...
Marcus Goldhaber: The Moment After
by Marcia Hillman
Marcus Goldhaber's background is in the standard songs of legendary popular music writers and the legendary singers who performed them. His debut album expectedly draws its material from songs dating from the '20s-'50s, and he delivers them in a pleasing straight-ahead manner. Goldhaber is assisted by Jon Davis (piano), Paul Gabrielson (bass) and ...
