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Gloria Reuben & Marty Ashby: For All We Know
by Dan Bilawsky
The deeply felt farewell on vocalist Gloria Reuben's Perchance To Dream (MCG Jazz, 2015)—a duo take on “Here's to Life," with guitarist Marty Ashby—foreshadowed the arrival of this intimate date. It may have taken five years for this pair to find their way to this work, but it was destined to happen at some point. This ...
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra: DIVA + The Boys
by Dan Bilawsky
The all-female DIVA Jazz Orchesta has a boy-meets-girls story threaded into its origin, as drummer Stanley Kay served as the impetus behind the group's formation. Therefore, it's only fitting that the ladies have a few gentleman over to join them for some high times in the music every now and then. This eight-song set, ...
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra: DIVA + the Boys
by Jack Bowers
After more than twenty-five years as one of the world's most renowned big bands, drummer Sherrie Maricle's superlative all-female DIVA Jazz Orchestra invited a quartet of “the boys" onboard to help ensure the ensemble's twelfth album's success. Even though DIVA needs no consorts to affirm its unremitting mastery, it is nonetheless pleasurable to witness these talented ...
Meeting of Minds
By Bob Mintzer
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2018
Track listing: Autumn Leaves; I Concentrate on You; I Want to Be Happy; I Get Along Without You Very Well; The Way You Look Tonight; You Go to My Head; Old Devil Moon; Weird Blues; Speak Low; I’ll Remember April.
Bob Mintzer Big Band / New York Voices: Meeting of Minds
by Jack Bowers
Here's an appetizing treat for fans of big bands and vocals alike, neatly wrapped in one handsome package by the stalwart Bob Mintzer Big Band and the splendid New York Voices. Together, band and voices take a fresh look at eight memorable standards from the Great American Songbook written by such master craftsmen as Cole Porter, ...
New Bob Mintzer Big Band – New York Voices Album, "Meeting Of Minds," Out Now From MCG Jazz
“Meeting of Minds focuses on the integration of voices with the big band. The combination of the dynamic writing styles of Bob Mintzer and Darmon Meader, from New York Voices, produces a very dense yet very fresh sonic palette. There are subtle harmonic and rhythmic nuances in the arrangements that blend together to deliver an engaging ...
Bob Mintzer Big Band/New York Voices: Meeting Of Minds
by Dan Bilawsky
Meeting Of Minds plays more like a merger than an encounter. And that, after all, is how all successful collaborations should feel. Hearing Bob Mintzer's big band and New York Voices join forces for a trip through newly-arranged takes on '30s and '40s gems from the Great American Songbook is a reminder that some music can ...
Fathers and Sons
By Don Aliquo
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2017
Track listing: But Not For Me; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Because He Lives; The Symbol of Priority; So Danco Samba; The September One; I Should Care; Fathers and
Sons; Lush Live; Wendt's Bent.
Joyful Jazz
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Jingle Bells; Jingles, the Christmas Cat; Carol of the Bells; A Cradle in Bethlehem; Do You Hear What I Hear?; It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; White Christmas; Merry Christmas, John Coltrane; Snowfall; Sleigh Ride; The Christmas Song; Joy to the World.
The Hope of Christmas
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. On Union Street (A Christmas Toast)04:13
2. The Hope of Christmas 04:12
3. One Star 04:35
4. Discovery 05:12
5. I Believe 03:46
6. I Saw a Sparrow 03:19
7. Santa Doesn't Like Me 03:35
8. Christmas Isn't Christmas At All 04:46
9. I Want To Play Santa 04:26
10. What Good Is Being Cranky (When It's Christmas Time) 04:01
11. My Gift of Thanks 04:23
12. Fly With The Angels 05:47
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