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Michael Pagan Trio: Three for the Ages
by Edward Blanco
Pianist Michael Pagan is known as a prolific composer and arranger for small combos to big bands, and is currently Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. It is, however, his performance as a musician on Three for the Ages that stands out above his already impressive musical credentials. Adept ...
Pag's Groove
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Essential Trivia; Lyric Interlude; Pag's Groove; Waltz for a Bad Hair Day; Never Let Me Go;
Crazy Man's Game; More than a Friend; We're Almost There.
Michael Pagan Big Band: Pag's Groove
by Michael P. Gladstone
For his second album on Capri, pianist/composer Michael Pagán leads his big band on eight selections that demonstrate his ability to add texture and harmonization to the arrangements. Other than the Ray Evans/Jay Livingston standard “Never Let Me Go," all of the tunes are originals. Originally from Ohio and with a degree from Northwestern, ...
Michael Pagan Big Band: Pag's Groove
by Jack Bowers
Big bands dead? Far from it, my friend. In fact, so many spectacular new albums have been released this year that I may have to enlarge my Top Ten list to a Top Twenty. Here's another leading candidate for inclusion on anyone's honor roll, Pag's Groove, composer/arranger/pianist Michael Pagán's highly impressive big band debut on Capri ...
Michael Pagan Big Band: Pag's Groove
by Dan McClenaghan
The saxophones come prowling out, darkly, on “Essential Trivia," the opening track on Pag's Groove. Then the bass and vibes lighten the feeling, and the Michael Pagán Big Band starts the show off swinging. Gorgeous tones prevail, vivid colors splashing all over the charts. Composer/arranger/bandleader Michael Pagán's arrangements use a palette that includes all the colors, ...
John Hines In the Pocket
By John Hines
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: In the Pocket; I Could Write a Book; Secret Love; Central Park West; Hard Times; A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square;
More Than a Friend; Kickin' Back; In a Sentimental Mood
Nobody Else But Me
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: I hear a Rhapsody #1; Never Before, Never Again #2; There'll Be Another Spring #3; Have You
Met Miss Jones #4; Aspire #5; Peau Douce #6; "Round Midnight #7; Nobody Else But Me #8;
Improvisations on Stella By Starlight #9; The Island #10
Michael Pagan Quintet: Is Waiting for You
by Jack Bowers
Not at all what was foreseen, and so much for one’s preconceived notions. Knowing that Cadence Records has a tendency to veer toward the avant–garde, I suspected that this date by pianist Pagán’s quintet might answer to that description. Not so. I’ve checked and double–checked, and you can rest assured that Pagán delivers the whole package ...
Is Waiting for You
Label: Cadence Jazz Records
Released: 1995
Track listing: Trio Etude; My Old Flame; Crazy Man’s Game; To Billy Strayhorn; Bossa for Betty; Is
Waiting for You; Show–Type Tune; Stay in Your Lane (54:44).
