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Ann Hampton Calloway: Blues In The Night
by Marcia Hillman
Blues In The Night, a program of blues and blues-oriented material, features mostly familiar standards with a few originals written by vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway, who also is responsible for some of the arrangements. Her accompanists on most of the album consist of Ted Rosenthal (piano), Christian McBride (bass) and Lewis Nash (drums), augmented on some ...
Chico Hamilton: Juniflip
by Marcia Hillman
What is it with jazz drummers? They seem to go on forever like the Energizer bunny. Chico Hamilton celebrates his 85th birthday this year with four new releases, of which Juniflip is a swinger with guests George Bohanon (trombone), Jimmy Cheatham (bass trombone), and vocalists Bill Henderson and Arthur Lee (frontman for the band LOVE) augmenting ...
Jon Faddis: Teranga
by Marcia Hillman
"Teranga" is the word for hospitality in the Wolof language of Senegal, and on his release of the same name, Jon Faddis invites you into his musical world. Faddis (trumpet and flugelhorn) is joined by pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Dion Parson, as well as several guests: Alioune Faye (sabor), Abdou Mboup (djembe ...
Johnny Hartman: Johnny Hartman The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings
by Marcia Hillman
Johnny Hartman recorded these 25 songs, all standards and each a special performance, for Gus Wildi's Bethlehem Records during 1955 and 1956. On the first twelve tracks (released on From The Heart), Hartman is backed by trumpeter Howard McGhee, pianist Ralph Sharon, bassist Jay Cave and drummer Christy Febbo. Hartman approaches each song in a straightforward ...
Claudio Roditi: Reflections
by Marcia Hillman
Reflections is a well-paced collection of mostly original material, the bulk of which was written by the date's pianist, Klaus Ignatzek, with one composition each by its bassist, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and Dizzy Gillespie. The opening title track has a memorable melody and features a fluid piano solo by Ignatzek. Trumpeter Claudio Roditi delivers ...
The Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet: Hey, Look Me Over
by Marcia Hillman
As written in the liner notes, Harry Allen and Joe Cohn “fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Joined by Joel Forbes (bass) and Chuck Riggs (drums), Allen's tenor sax and Cohn's guitar play their way through several originals and a collection of standards that have not been overexposed. Both Allen and ...
Victor Prieto: Persistencia
by Marcia Hillman
On Victor Prieto's debut recording, the accomplished Spanish accordionist has chosen to approach his instrument in a new way. Aided by bassist Carlo DeRosa and drummer Allison Miller, Prieto included Egberto Gismonti's “Frevo, John Coltrane's “26-2 and Astor Piazzolla's “Libertango in a program with six original compositions. Starting with “Frevo, Prieto immediately dazzles ...
Jazz Flute: World on a String and Flutevibes
by Marcia Hillman
Dave Valentin World on a String HighNote 2005 Gerald Beckett Flutevibes Summit 2006 The tale of two pied pipers is told on two new CDs: one by Dave Valentin and ...
Highlights In Jazz Features I Love A Piano at the Tribeca Arts Center
by Marcia Hillman
Jack Kleinsinger, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Junior Mance, Barbara Carroll Highlights In Jazz: I Love A Piano Tribeca Arts Center New York, NY May 2006 Jack Kleinsinger devoted a recent evening's concert to the piano and three performers, with different styles, who each explored what a piano can ...
Gerald Wilson Orchestra: In My Time
by Marcia Hillman
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra comes out swinging on this CD, recorded in New York with an all-star cast. From the opening “Sax Chase, Wilson and orchestra wend their way through eight Wilson originals and reworkings of two standards, Miles Davis' “So What and Cole Porter's “Love For Sale. The octogenerian leader pays no ...
