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Sonny Stitt: Just the Way It Was: "Live" at the Left Bank
by Matthew S. Robinson
To inaugurate his latest musical milestone, the starting of Label M, one of Jazz’s most underrated production legends, Joel Dorn, has taken a set of his musical counterpart, the electrifying saxophonist Sonny Stitt, from the vaults of the Left Bank Jazz Society and puts it back on vinyl (er... plastic) to sustain the Society’s mission of ...
Michael Feinstein: Michael and George
by Matthew S. Robinson
Predominately composed with the warm and familiar intimacy of his famed cabaret sets, Michael Feinstein’s latest release panders a bit to the popular and loses some credibility in the process. A noted expert on the life, times and music of Mr. Gershwin who has performed this material many times before, Feinstein fittingly joins the throngs paying ...
Stan Getz: My Foolish Heart "Live" at the Left Bank
by Matthew S. Robinson
Opening with a snappy “Invitation," this newly-found home recording shows off what producer Joel Dorn calls “prime Getz." Rodgers and Hart’s “Spring is Here" wafts and splashes through a fragrant rain chilled by Jack DeJohnette’s shivery brush work, but Jack sharpens the tempo for Chick Corea’s “Litha," sparking Stan and Richie Beirach to burning life. This ...
The Stan Getz Quartet With Chet Baker: Quintessence, Volume 1
by Matthew S. Robinson
Chronicling the first half of the last reunion of two “bad boys" of Jazz, this album demonstrates how, even in the autumns of their lives, Chet and Stan could still play on their feet and swing with the big boys. Like an old, weather-worn door, Baker creaks a bit, but always comes swinging back. From his ...
V/A: Sketches of James
by Matthew S. Robinson
Fitting somewhere between the classical tributes to prog-rock, the Us3/Guru’s Jazzmatazz borrowings and Producer Tim Weston’s previous tribute to Brian Wilson, this collection of ten interpretations of one of the most beloved songwriters of our time flies all over the greater jazz spectrum while keeping its Taylored center. Kickin’ it open is Tower of Power, whose ...
Richard Leo Johnson: Fingertip Ship
by Matthew S. Robinson
Self-taught and self-tuned, guitarist/photographer Richard Leo Johnson takes listeners on a thirteen-part voyage on his Fingertip Ship. Though he pays tribute to Jazz legends Tony Bennett, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt and Jaco Pastorius and explores the feelings of Pink Floyd and The Who, Johnson’s technique, style and delivery are unlike any other performer. Often hitting the ...
