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Duke Ellington Legacy: Thank You Uncle Edward
by Michael P. Gladstone
Duke Ellington Legacy is a musical consortium initiated by guitarist Edward Kennedy Ellington II, a grandson of the musical Duke. He met saxophonist/composer Virginia Mayhew in 1987, and by 2004, Ellington wanted to so something tangible about his ideas, turning the process over to Mayhew. Thank You Uncle Edward is the product of her ...
Virginia Mayhew Septet: A Simple Thank You
by Michael P. Gladstone
It has always been a pleasure to see saxophonist Virginia Mayhew in performance and enjoy her original compositions, which present solid material which she plays with warmth, grace and the best that mainstream jazz can offer on both tenor and soprano sax. Mayhew had to face a definite speed bump in her musical career ...
Perez: It's Happenin'
by Michael P. Gladstone
Jazz vocalist Perez (first name Diana) offers a sampling on her third album, It's Happenin' . The instrumental portion of this album is really topflight jazz, but vocally the first half is pleasant at best, finding some inspiration about halfway through the session. Perez is a child of Cuban Irish and Puerto Rican heritage ...
Plamen Karadonev: Crossing Lines
by Michael P. Gladstone
Plamen Karadonev is a very likeable new pianist on the Boston scene. Originally from Bulgaria, he likes to combine his native folk and classical music with American jazz on his stimulating debut, Crossing Lines. The album is not without surprises, including the partial presence of Boston's George Garzone who gives a lesson or two ...
Hans Glawischnig: Panorama
by Michael P. Gladstone
Bassist Hans Glawischnig was born in Graz, Austria in 1970, to an American mother and Austrian father, Dieter Glawischnig, a well-respected pianist and conductor who led the NDR Big Band for Chet Baker. The younger Glawischnig has been a New Yorker since the early 1990s and now brings his second release Panorama, following his debut recording, ...
Othella Dallas: I Live The Life I Love
by Michael P. Gladstone
Othella Dallas has lived a rather picturesque life in show business, and tells her musical tale in I Live The Life I Love. Between the book-ending opener by Phil Moore, “Lil' Gal From Memphis," and Muddy Waters' closing “I Love the Life I Live," Dallas makes several musical side trips. The CD booklet has ...
Avery Sharpe: Legends & Mentors
by Michael P. Gladstone
Bassist Avery Sharpe pays homage to three jazz musicians influential in his life: McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp and Yusef Lateef. The ambitious and powerful Legends & Mentors provides Sharpe the opportunity to present his own music as well as the compositions of Tyner, Shepp and Lateef. The bassist has provided one section apiece for each artist, ...
The Eric Byrd Trio + 4: Brother Ray
by Michael P. Gladstone
Pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd leads a busy musical life with his group, working out of the Washington, D.C. area and representing the United States as a jazz ambassador at The Kennedy Center, as well as in South and Central American nations. With the release of Maceo Parker's tribute to Ray Charles Roots and Grooves (Heads ...
The David Finck Quartet: Future Day
by Michael P. Gladstone
Over the years, in-demand bassist David Finck has been the choice for several high profile jazzmen and pop stars, always providing a professional and highly musical pulse. On Future Day Finck ensures that his debut as a leader will stand up, with a superlative combination of personnel and music. The inclusion of vibraphonist Joe ...
Tom Dempsey / Tim Ferguson: What's Going On?
by Michael P. Gladstone
The New York-based team of guitarist Tom Dempsey and bassist Tim Ferguson has been playing as a duo over the course of the past twenty years. It is, indeed, a shame that knowledge of the quality of this music appears to be a state secret. Their collaborative What's Going On? provides not only a ...
