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Regina Belle: Lazy Afternoon
by Michael P. Gladstone
In early June, for the '04 Tony Awards broadcast on national TV, hip-hop/R&B singer Mary J. Blige was chosen to sing her version of the big ballad from A Chorus Line , “What I Did For Love." The resulting performance, which incidentally got a standing ovation, was a full tilt reconstruction of the tune that presented ...
Izzi Does It: Izzi Does It
by Michael P. Gladstone
Izzi Does It is a septet consisting of five members of the Izzi family with some help from Frank Cramblitt, bass and Scott Rich, trumpet and flugelhorn. They perform in the Annapolis and Southern Maryland area. Chris is the keyboardist and trumpeter, while Greg is the drummer. Marc plays both tenor and alto sax, while Rob ...
The Blueprint Project: The Blueprint Project
by Michael P. Gladstone
On their third recording the trio of saxophonist Jared Sims, guitarist Eric Hofbauer, and pianist Tyson Rogers elected to add veteran bassist Cecil McBee and ubiquitous drummer-du-jour Matt Wilson. The group was formed in 1997 when the members of the trio were students at the New England Conservatory. One's impression from the liner notes is that ...
Martin Speake/Nikki Iles/Duncan Hopkins/Anthony Michelli: Secret
by Michael P. Gladstone
Secret is a cooperative quartet comprised of British altoist Martin Speake and pianist Nikki Iles, together with Canadian bassist Duncan Hopkins and drummer Anthony Michelli. Their eponymous debut as a unit, recorded in the fall of 2000 in London, is a 79-minute opportunity to hear a new combo. All but two of the compositions are written ...
Tony Woods Project: Lowlands
by Michael P. Gladstone
Tony Woods is a British multi-reed player who heads this ensemble. Lowlands is inspired by the folk melodies of Great Britain and the world. With the exception of two traditional songs, a sea chanty and a folk tune, the other seven compositions are from the pen of Woods. The Tony Woods Project seems most ...
Natasha Miller: I Had A Feelin'
by Michael P. Gladstone
For her third album, Bay Area singer Natasha Miller devotes the eleven tracks to the songs of Bobby Sharp. The songwriter achieved his most notable success with “Unchain My Heart," popularized by Ray Charles in 1961 and later by Joe Cocker. Sharp was a New York songwriter who composed from 1946 through 1978. After having recovered ...
Various Artists: Newport Jazz Festival-50th Anniversary Volume 2
by Michael P. Gladstone
The second volume of this 50th Anniversary compilation presents several jam session-type tracks in the '50s, '60s and '70s, and in the second half female jazz vocalists in small combo settings. This disc acts as a bridge between the trad jazz and post-war swing artists as well as the big bands of Basie and Ellington, as ...
Various Artists: Newport Jazz Festival-50th Anniversary Volume 3
by Michael P. Gladstone
Without mincing words, the final compilation of this three disc series makes the best case for the bop generation and beyond between 1955-'63, closing with a coda from V.S.O.P. The Quintet in 1976. There is little reference to the postwar Swing Era most notably on Volume 1. Volume 3 begins with a previously unreleased ...
Various Artists: Newport Jazz Festival-50th Anniversary, Vol.1
by Michael P. Gladstone
On July 17, 1954 Impresario George Wein opened the gates to the first Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and changed the face of jazz arena presentation for the second half of the Twentieth Century. He took what was essentially the concept of Jazz at the Philharmonic and moved it outdoors into a multi-day concert setting, ...
Canela & Vidal: Univers Miles
by Michael P. Gladstone
For this recording made in Barcelona, Spain in 2002, vocalist Carme Canela and pianist Lluis Vidal undertook the challenge of presenting songs from the Miles Davis Songbook. I've given up counting the various tributes over the course of the past twelve years, but Canela-Vidal should be credited with coming up with ten selections that avoid the ...
