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Graham Parker at The Brokerage in Bellmore, NY
by Mike Perciaccante
Graham Parker The Brokerage Bellmore, NY April 6, 2005Graham Parker has become a bit of a troubadour. He records and plays the music that he wants to make. On Wednesday, April 6th, Parker made a rare New York appearance at the tiny, yet fabled Long Island venue. Accompanying ...
Cassandra Wilson: Glamoured
by Mike Perciaccante
Cassandra Wilson possesses one of the most recognizable voices in modern jazz. On Glamoured, she again delivers a wonderfully realized album with just the right mix of well-chosen, eclectic covers (Sting's “Fragile," Willie Nelson's “Crazy," Muddy Waters' “Honey Bee" and Bob Dylan's “Lay Lady Lay") and immensely catchy originals ("Heaven Knows" “On This Train," “I Want ...
The Waterboys At Town Hall
by Mike Perciaccante
The Waterboys Town Hall New York City December 4, 2003 Stating that (because fiddle player Steve Wickham was laid up back in Ireland after some minor surgery) “this is the smallest version of The Waterboys ever to grace the stage," Mike Scott and Richard Naiff delivered a tour de ...
Brian Setzer's Christmas Extravaganza
by Mike Perciaccante
Westbury Music Fair Westbury, NY December 2003 Bounding on stage to the Louis Armstrong Christmas classic, “'Zat You Santa Claus?", Brian Setzer and his 18-piece orchestra (along with backup singers Beth Curry and Julie Reiten dressed as Christmas elves) took control of the Westbury Music Fair for two hours on this cool ...
Shane Fontayne: What Nature Intended
by Mike Perciaccante
You may not know Shane Fontayne by his name alone, but you've certainly heard his music. After spending much of his career backing superstar musicians both on tour and in the studio – Bruce Springsteen, Chris Botti, U2, Paul Simon, and Shania Twain, to name but a few – Fontayne has branched out and released his ...
Dr. John & The Lower 9-11 Band
by Mike Perciaccante
The Downtown Farmingdale, Long Island October 24, 2003 Mac Rebennack, more commonly known as Dr. John, The Night Tripper and his band Lower 9-11 (pronounced “nine, eleven"), which features guitarist Reynard Poché, bassist David Barard and drummer/Master of Ceremonies Herman “Roscoe" Ernest III brought their patented version of swamp pop/blues/gospel/jazz/R & B/funk ...
Art Tatum: Piano Grand Master
by Mike Perciaccante
Featuring 99 tracks in total, the Piano Grand Master box set is the finest Art Tatum collection ever assembled. UK-based Proper Records has delivered an appropriately titled four-disc set which presents itself as a career retrospective, but actually spans only Tatum's prime years (1932-1951). The only essential recordings missing from this set are the mid-'50s material ...
Steely Dan at Jones Beach
by Mike Perciaccante
Jones Beach Wantagh, New York August 22, 2003 Jones Beach was definitely abuzz for the first Steely Dan show in New York in quite some time. It was a decidedly older crowd filling the parking lot, tailgating and milling about while anxiously scanning the stage for a glimpse of Donald Fagen and/or ...
Olatunji: Drums of Passion
by Mike Perciaccante
Columbia Legacy's reissue of Drums Of Passion offers a chance for new listeners to fully appreciate the groundbreaking 1959 debut CD of the late African drummer Michael Babatunde Olatunji. Hailed as a genius by none other than jazz greats John Coltrane, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie and referenced by Bob Dylan on his Freewheeling ...
Mad Dog Lester Davenport: I Smell A Rat
by Mike Perciaccante
Eleven years is a long time between recordings. It's an even longer time between debut and sophomore albums. Harpist/vocalist Davenport has finally released his second album, and although it is hard to say that eleven years was worth the wait, this collection is excellent! Though not as cohesive as his 1991 debut, When the ...
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