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Rick Haydon & John Pizzarelli: Just Friends
by Ken Dryden
Guitarist Rick Haydon, a veteran jazz educator, is not widely known to most jazz fans. On the other hand, John Pizzarelli has established himself by leading his own trio (and appearing in many Foxwoods Casino ads). Following a concert together in 2004, Haydon achieved his goal of recording a tribute to greats of the instrument with ...
Big City
By Dave Stryker
Label: Mel Bay Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Big City; All Night Long; Feelin' Good; Every Time We Say Goodbye; It Was a Very Good Year; If Ever I Would Leave You; Biddy Fleet
A Second Look
By Vic Juris
Label: Mel Bay Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: A Second Look; Barney K.; So In Love; All the Things You Are; Shades of Jazz; Very Early; Little
Brian; Table for One; Dizzy, Trane and You; Indian Summer
Unearth
Label: Mel Bay Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Minor Leaps; Until the Sun Submits; New for Now; Pacific; Microcosm for Two; Hobroken;
Peru; Unearth.
Jonathan Kreisberg: Unearth
by John Kelman
Some artists evolve gradually over a long period of time, while others seem to advance in great leaps and bounds. Over the past decade, guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has gone from progressive rocker to fusion shredder to modernistic mainstreamer. In the last couple of years he's recorded two discs for Criss Cross--2004's Nine Stories Wide, with bassist ...
Dave Stryker: Big City
by John Kelman
While jazz's miniscule 3% of overall CD sales in North America argues that it's not only marginalized, but in serious trouble, the genre continues to see an upsurge in the number of gifted players who operate with loyal followings that may not make them wealthy, but certainly allow them to continue evolving. For every high-profile artist ...
Vic Juris: A Second Look
by John Kelman
Some performers, like a boxer at the sound of the bell, storm out with something to prove. Musical assertiveness can be a good thing; certainly harmonic knowledge, physical dexterity, and stamina are all meaningful attributes of any good player. But in contrast to those who feel the need to place these elements on immediate display are ...
Jimmy Bruno: Solo
by Alex K. Fong
A lot of musicians first learn their craft through the various method books produced by Mel Bay Publications. And so it is within reason to expect outstanding technique on the recordings recorded by Mel Bay Records. Solo , guitarist Jimmy Bruno's first album for the fledgling label, doesn't disappoint on that score. It's a ...
Solo
By Jimmy Bruno
Label: Mel Bay Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Have You Met Miss Jones; 2. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face; 3. Joy Spring; 4. Satin Doll; 5. Darn That Dream; 6. Just Friends; 7. Misty; 8. I'm in the Mood for Love; 9. The Toffelmire Band; 10. Benny's Tune; 11. Stella by Starlight; 12. Night and Day; 13. Giant Steps
