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Mark Masters Ensemble: Porgy & Bess Redefined!
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is the second outstanding treatment of Gershwin's famed folk opera, Porgy & Bess, within the past eight months. On the other recent version, Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra faithfully delivered the 1959 Gil Evans-Miles Davis arrangement with Clark Terry providing superlative trumpet interpretation. Mark Masters, who has spent the past few seasons artfully interpreting the ...
Chris Cortez: Mum Is The Word
by Michael P. Gladstone
New Orleans-based Chris Cortez is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and businessman. He founded the Blue Bamboo label and has recorded a few albums in the recent past. Blue Bamboo is located in Slidell, Louisiana, just a short distance from the French Quarter. How best to describe the dozen selections on Mum Is The ...
Melissa Sweeney: Golden Thread
by Michael P. Gladstone
Golden Thread is a winning combination of Melissa Sweeney's vocals and pianist/arranger Bill Cunliffe's contributions as chief architect. This project alternates between lush string arrangements with Cunliffe's piano and jazz nonet accompanyment. Sweeney begins with a thoughtfully included verse on the Clare-Gorney standard “You Are My Thrill" [sic]. Cunliffe and Sweeney cop the Nina ...
Marshall Gilkes: Edenderry
by Michael P. Gladstone
Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist and composer in his mid-twenties. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado, he moved to the New York area, where he attended William Patterson University in New Jersey, studying with Conrad Herwig, Ed Neumeister, and Rufus Reid. He became a freelance trombonist and in 2003 was a finalist in the ...
Jean-Christophe Beney: Polychromy
by Michael P. Gladstone
Following up his 1998 debut album, Tenor Joke, with a 2002 release, Cassiopee, French tenor saxophonist Jean-Christophe Beney now provides a new effort on the Canadian Effendi label. Beney's formidable bebop styling is notable for its fluency and attention to lyricism. Unlike many other “new" players, his playing doesn't employ jagged or fragmentary lines ...
Amanda Carr: Tender Trap
by Michael P. Gladstone
Amanda Carr is a Boston-based jazz vocalist who performs at Foxwoods Casino and Fleet Center and sings the national anthem at Fenway Park. She has two earlier albums, has worked with the Benny Goodman Tribute Orchestra and the Artie Shaw Band, and headlined the Euro Jazz Festival in San Giorgio, Italy. This outing finds ...
Michel Donato: Et Ses Amis Europ
by Michael P. Gladstone
French-Canadian bassist Michel Donato has been on the jazz scene since the 1960s, with only a handful of albums under his own name. He has the respect of the Canadian musicians for his musicianship and influence in bringing Monk, Mingus, Miles Davis, and Carmen McRae to the Montreal jazz community. This album finds Donato ...
Amina Figarova: Come Escape With Me
by Michael P. Gladstone
The title of Come Escape With Me resembles the debut recordings of Norah Jones and Nellie McKay within the past few years, and the photogenic cover shot of Amina Figarova on this album seems to announce the arrival of another singer/songwriter. Alas, marketing being what it is, this is neither a debut nor a singer.
Tiny Moore & Jethro Burns: Back To Back
by Michael P. Gladstone
In October of 2004, the thirteen alternate takes of this album were discovered by label owner/master mandolinist David Grisman, who provided the material to augment this reissue of the original 1979 session. It was a first meeting for the two best-known mandolin players largely known for their respective work in country music. Tiny Moore, ...
Sarah Manning: House On Eddy Street
by Michael P. Gladstone
This debut recording from 28-year-old saxophonist and composer Sarah Manning offers a strong introduction to her abilities to write and play within the friendly confines of neo-bop music. That summation is aided immensely by the presence of her trio, which consistently keeps prodding the altoist's performance. Manning is a native New Englander who felt ...
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