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Oasis
By Mike Longo
Label: CAP
Released: 2004
Track listing: Bag of Bones; Chanson; Mike's Lament; Love Walked In; Alone Together; Infusion; The Godfather; Lazy Afternoon; Covenant City; Nocturnal Sea Voyage; The Night We Called It a Day; No More Blues; Song of My Dream.
Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Oasis
by Jack Bowers
Having ignited an Explosion and braved the Aftermath on their first two albums, composer/arranger/pianist Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble offer the listener an Oasis on the third, a sanctuary that is perhaps a touch more temperate and peaceful but nevertheless houses an ample reserve of pugnacity and power. Longo, ...
Mike Longo: Oasis
by Jim Santella
Mike Longo's New York State Of The Art Jazz Ensemble preserves the big band tradition that he served loyally with Dizzy Gillespie for more than sixteen years. Lyrical ballads and hot romps characterize the spirit well. Collectively, the band provides a balanced performance that swings with a relaxed air. Vocalist Hilary Gardner interprets “Love ...
Live: Detroit Jazz Festival
By Mike Longo
Label: CAP
Released: 2003
Track listing: My Funny Valentine; Trane
Mike Longo Trio: Live: Detroit Jazz Festival
by Jim Santella
You can feel the training Mike Longo received from Oscar Peterson when he stretches out liberally on “Fiesta Mojo.” The swing he inherited from Cannonball Adderley and the spontaneity that stems from his long association with Dizzy Gillespie also show up on this live recording from last year’s Detroit Jazz Festival. Bassist Santi Debriano and drummer ...
Still Swingin'
By Mike Longo
Label: CAP
Released: 2002
Track listing: All or Nothing At All; How High the Moon; Trane's Blues; It Never Entered My Mind; Oleo; Wildflower; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; The Night Is Love; Without a Song; From This Moment On; Bones; Savannah Calling.
The Mike Longo Trio: Still Swingin'
by Jim Santella
Timeless standards from an intimate piano trio bring a lasting impression when they swing. As Mike Longo tells it at jazzbeat.com , “The motivation for making a CD of this nature came as a result of my watching the Ken Burns special on Jazz." Later, he confesses: “I thought, 'There has got to be a contemporary ...
Mike Longo with the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Explosion
by Jack Bowers
Any big band that can make Porgy and Bess swing has my approval. Pianist Mike Longo’s New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble not only enlivens a medley of tunes from George Gershwin’s groundbreaking folk opera, it pulverizes without remorse every other chart during a fabulous coming–out party on Longo’s Consolidated Artists label. After forming ...
