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Frank Vignola/Joe Ascione: 33 1/3: The Frank & Joe Show
by Mitchell Seidel
Guitarist Frank Vignola and drummer/percussionist Joe Ascione recently marked their one-year anniversary of Sunday night gigs at New York's Sweet Rhythm with the release of this wonderfully quirky album that defies definition. How else can you describe a recording that features the theme from an old cartoon show, a rock era pop tune, Cole Porter and ...
Arbors Records
by Mitchell Seidel
The Arbors catalog is populated by artists who may resemble their audience: a little gray around the temples and slightly heavy around the middle, playing swing-based music that benefits from their years of experience. Others on the label are those younger swing and bop-influenced musicians who have found no permanent home at other domestic labels that ...
Tom Pletcher/Dick Hyman: If Bix Played Gershwin
by Mitchell Seidel
Pianist Dick Hyman has to be recognized as one of the foremost students of historical jazz. The authentic-sounding retro background tracks you hear behind scenes in many Woody Allen movies came from bands led by Hyman and his like-minded sidemen. Cornetist Tom Pletcher obviously shares Hyman’s enthusiasm for exploring old works and making ...
Daryl Sherman: A Hundred Million Miracles
by Mitchell Seidel
Listening to Daryl Sherman’s cheerful singing on this album, you may find yourself forgetting that she’s also the pianist on the date. That oversight is your misfortune. Her lightly swinging style on the keyboard shows just how much of these songs she has learned inside out. Last year’s centennial of Richard Rodgers served ...
Stan Kenton: Back to Balboa
by Mitchell Seidel
By 1957, the Big Band Era was pretty well over. Fortunately pianist Stan Kenton never got the message. In fact, he continued to tour with various aggregations well into the ‘70s, ultimately laying the groundwork for modern jazz education with school performances and clinics. While the handwriting may have been on the wall in ...
