Results for "Mark Elf"

A Minor Scramble

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Minor Scramble 2. After You've Gone 3. Tico-Tico 4. It Was Written in the Stars 5. Nobody Else But Me 6. Blues in Fat Tues. 7. Niche 8. Too Close for Comfort 9. Something to Live For 10. I Concentrate on You 11. Come Rain or Come Shine 12. Fine Romance

Over the Airwaves

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. On at KLON 2. TGEG Blues 3. Cookie Maker 4. Erv's Curve 5. Lush Life 6. Love for Sale 7. Blue Moon 8. In Three for Bob P. 9. Mr. Suave 10. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 11. By Myself 12. Stormy Weather

Mark Elf: The Eternal Triangle

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

Backed by an old school who’s who which includes Ray Drummond, Jimmy Heath, Ben Riley and Hank Jones, guitarist Mark Elf presents a simple album rich in its simplicity. The title opener is a mellow cascade into a be-boppy bay where the water's fine and everyone's in the pool. Though Elf does take a solo, it ...

Mark Elf: A Minor Scramble

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

Though comfortably laden with familiar pages from the Great American Songbook, A Minor Scramble also shines in its musical variety. In the middle of the well-handled "After You’ve Gone," guitarist Mark Elf leads a sudden but surprisingly fluid transition from a finger-flying set-up to a mellow, swinging conclusion. Adding to the spice of the album is ...

Mark Elf: New York Cats

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

As is his way, guitarist Mark Elf uses his 1998 trio album New York Cats as an opportunity to pick from among the best in music and musicians to create an album of feline felicity. Known for corralling members of major label stables on past recordings, Elf works his magic this time with the help of ...

Mark Elf: Over the Airwaves

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

On this “guitar effort," jazz strummer Mark Elf picks and frets his way to a nearly unbreakable dozen of standards and original tributes. Tipping his trademark cap to the men and stations which make jazz radio and great, Elf also honors the songwriters who have given it musical sustenance as well. “On at KLON" is as ...

Dream Steppin'

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2002
Track listing:

Dream Steppin'; Too Marvelous For Words; Loved Again; Griff's Riff; Oye DNA; Ballad 2000; Rhymin' For Simon; Blues To The Left; America; Cheek To Cheek; Pregnant Chad Blues; Pregnant Chad Blues (Alternate Fragment). (Total Time: 59.39).

Dream Steppin

By Mark Elf

Label: Jen Bay Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Dream Steppin' performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 3:20 2. Too Marvelous for Words performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:38 3. Loved Again performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:44 4. Griff's Riff performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 6:19 5. Oye DNA performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:53 6. Ballad 2000 performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 7:21 7. Rhymin' for Simon performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:32 8. Blues to the Left performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 3:55 9. America (Public Domain) - 3:34 10. Cheek to Cheek performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 5:37 11. Pregnant Chad Blues performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 4:35 12. Have You Met Miss Jones? (Hart/Rodgers) - 4:38 13. Pregnant Chad Blues [alternate take] performed by Elf / Lewis Nash / Neal Miner - 1:25

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin'

by Craig W. Hurst
August 1, 2002

Evidence of Mark Elf's high level of musical craftsmanship is encapsulated in his latest offering Dream Steppin'. In a pared down, clean, uncluttered upbeat-sounding trio setting, Elf combines his compositional talents along with his interpretations of standards by Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, and Richard Rogers to produce 12 individual musical selections. One segment of ...

Mark Elf: Dream Steppin

by Andrey Henkin
June 22, 2002

Many musicians, who begin their careers in pro-gressive territories, eventually settle down into tra-ditionalism. The word “settle" implies the end of any creativity, and is unfortunately often accurate. Mark Elf's new album Dream Steppin’ has successful-ly avoided this pitfall, adding an inspired and energetic volume to the straight jazz guitar oeuvre. Elf has come years and ...