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The 4 Most/Bob Stewart: The 4 Most/Bob Stewart
by Michael P. Gladstone
The first half of this CD consists of a previously released Dawn album from 1956 called The 4 Most Sing The Arrangements of Joe Derise. The 4 Most was a vocal group quartet that consisted of Al Evans, Chuck Sedacca, Joe Derise and Marv Falcon, supported here by an octet that included Dick Sherman, Gene Quill, ...
Richie Cole & The Alto Madness Orchestra: Back On Top
by Michael P. Gladstone
It is gratifying to find that altoist Richie Cole, one of the major jazz personalities of the 1970s, is still playing at the same high level on this album, which marks his 25th date as a leader. After lengthy contracts with Muse and Palo Alto Records, his albums since the 1990s have been relatively infrequent.
Michael White: Voices
by Michael P. Gladstone
Violinist Michael White was a popular jazz figure during the latter half of the 1960s. As a member of the San Francisco-based John Handy Quintet, White was pivotal. He founded the jazz/fusion cooperative The Fourth Way in the late '60s with pianist Mike Nock and bassist Ron McClure and subsequently recorded for Impulse! during the early ...
Julie Lamontagne Trio: Facing The Truth
by Michael P. Gladstone
This debut recording from French Canadian pianist Julie Lamontagne offers a good opportunity to hear a fresh trio at work. Lamontange is a former student of French pianist Lorraine Desmarais; more recently she studied in New York with Garry Dial and Fred Hersch. Among her many credits, she has worked with the popular Montreal big band ...
Mike Melito Quintet: The Next Step
by Michael P. Gladstone
Drummer and bandleader Mike Melito makes it clear in his liner notes that the music on this album is dedicated to the spirit of Blue Note Records during the 1950s. And he succeeds admirably. For his third album, Melito has assembled a fine quintet featuring trumpeter Joe Magnarelli and tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart, both of whom ...
Stockton Helbing: Lodestar
by Michael P. Gladstone
Drummer Stockton Helbing is a South Carolina native who has spent over two years as the percussionist for Maynard Ferguson and has also worked with Joe Lovano, Arturo Sandoval, and Diane Schuur. The quintet that Helbing has assembled for this debut recording consists of musicians who all attended the jazz school at the University ...
Provost/LaChapelle/Brochu: Live Au Va-Et-Vient
by Michael P. Gladstone
Canadian guitarist Sylvain Provost appears alongside electric bassist Norman Lachapelle and drummer Paul Brochu on this April 2004 live recording from Montreal's Le Va-Et-Vient club. Provost's previous album from 2001, also in a trio setting, included Lachapelle. Provost's style is essentially mainstream and his largest influence appears to be Pat Metheny, with the same ...
The Gary Bruno Quartet: Live at the Studio Cafe
by Michael P. Gladstone
Recorded live at the Studio Cafe in Newport Beach, California, this is a nice relaxing seventy-minute combo outing. It features guitar jazz in a fully mainstream setting without any pretention towards newer techniques that might include distortion, free jazz, or electronics. The addition of a piano to the usual bass and drum pairing is a good ...
Marty Morell Jazz Quintet: Live
by Michael P. Gladstone
Drummer Marty Morell may not be a household name to many, but he does hold a significant jazz title as being the longest running member of the Bill Evans trio--for eight years (1968-1975). Although he did work steadily for artists during the 1960s, Morell provided a bridge between Paul Motian and Elliot Zigmund as the drummer ...
The San Francisco ChamberJazz Quartet: SFCJQ
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is the second release by the San Francisco ChamberJazz Quartet, which is led by pianist and composer Gini Wilson (also called “The Duchess") and reedman Steve Heckman, who was heard to fine advantage on his own recent release, Live at Yoshi's. Most of the compositions were written by Gini Wilson and to her credit, the ...
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