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Eberhard Weber: Stages of A Long Journey
by Michael P. Gladstone
Bassist Eberhard Weber has had a long recording career with ECM Records, dating back to 1970. His first album as a leader, The Colours of Chloe (ECM, 1974), helped to define the sound and essence of the ECM persona. His series of absorbing and innovative albums has continued through to Endless Days (ECM, 2001). ...
Janice Friedman: Swingin' For The Ride
by Michael P. Gladstone
Janice Friedman has brought her solid style of piano playing to several albums, including vocalist Judi Silvano's Women's Work: Live at Sweet Rhythm (JSL, 2007). Word is that Friedman's husband, David Prager, is the one who has encouraged her piano playing and especially her efforts at vocalizing. So, we have Prager to thank for ...
David Janeway Trio: Excursion
by Michael P. Gladstone
Pianist David Janeway, with only a handful of albums under his belt, bursts out of the pack with the exciting Excursion. He is accompanied by veteran bassist Harvie S. and drummer Steve Davis. Excursion also features a guest appearance from trumpeter Charles Moore, who provides an eerie and effective Miles Davis vibe on Janeway's ballad, “Another ...
Phil Wilson's Panamerican All-Stars: Celebrate the Music of Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim
by Michael P. Gladstone
So, what's not to like? Educator, arranger and trombonist Phil Wilson leads his Panamerican All-Stars to celebrate the music of Antonio Carlos “Tom" Jobim. This music is timeless. If you're wondering how many times you can listen to “Corcovado, “Chega de Saudade, “Insensatez" or “Desafinado" without having to stifle a yawn of over-familiarity, put aside that ...
Judi Silvano: Women's Work: Live at Sweet Rhythm
by Michael P. Gladstone
Jazz singer Judi Silvano is the wife of tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and she has appeared on some of his Blue Note albums, including Viva Caruso (2002), Celebrating Sinatra (1996) and Universal Language (1992), with a rather operatic vocalese style. Silvano began recording under her own name on Blue Note with Vocalese (1996) and ...
Julie Christensen: Sometihing Familiar
by Michael P. Gladstone
Julie Christensen is a jazz vocalist with a very non-jazz past, who can easily win you over with her unusual delivery and choice of material. Something Familiar begins with Jimmy Webb's obscure “Just Like Marilyn," and seems about as far away from a jazz opener as one can get. By the time ...
Josephine Livoti: Bright Moments
by Michael P. Gladstone
For her debut album, singer Josephine Livoti brings some positive factors to the table include a very effective piano trio, a few very interesting choices of tunes and an animated style. Unfortunately, she also provides some uneven vocals that contribute to the overall impression of this album. . Livoti begins promisingly with a vocal ...
Octobop: Very Early
by Michael P. Gladstone
Why can't they make albums like this anymore? A few words that might best describe this project could be: West Coast Jazz both joyous and swinging. The group's leader, reedman Geoff Roach, puts the Octobop musical mission in total perspective. Roach has always been enamored of the mid-sized West Coast bands of Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich ...
Sandy Dennison: Jazzed!
by Michael P. Gladstone
File under: Supperclub Jazz. Very reminiscent of an age in which Lena Horne made regular appearances at the Waldorf Astoria in the 1950s and Lainie Kazan played the Oak Room during the 1960s, Portland, Oregon-based vocalist Sandy Dennison even opens her album with a typical flag-waver from those days which, in this case, is the Bricusse/Newley ...
Dick de Graaf Quartet: Moving Target
by Michael P. Gladstone
Tenor and soprano saxophonist Dick de Graff has built an impressive catalogue of 120 original songs over the years and has been a well-known fixture on the European scene for decades. De Graaf, originally from The Netherlands, is now Rotterdam-based. His recordings consist of over a dozen albums as leader or co-leader. Although he has a ...
