Results for "Mon David"

D+N+A: David/Nelson/Agreement

Label: Dash Hoffman Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Did I Ever Really Live; You Must Believe In Spring; Lush Life; Here’s To Life; In Praise of Bill Evans: I Remember Bill/Very Early/Waltz For Debby; If You Never Come To Me/Skylark; Straight No Chaser; Billie’s Bounce; Imagine; Blame It On My Youth; I Chose The Moon; Always And Forever.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW October 21, 2020

Josh Nelson: D+N+A: David/Nelson/Agreement

By C. MICHAEL BAILEY

Vocalist Mon David and pianist Josh Nelson's D+N+A: David/Nelson/Agreement has two recorded antecedents in John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (Impulse!, 1963) and Emilia Vancini's And If You Fall, You Fall (Espira, 2020). This new release favors the former in that David is a baritone voice as was Hartman and his repertoire on D+N+A is one of ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 2, 2018

Cathy Segal-Garcia: The Jazz Chamber

By JEROME WILSON

On this album, Cathy Segal-Garcia, a vocalist and educator on the Los Angeles jazz scene, comes up with something special, working with a chamber orchestra and a group of jazz musicians to produce a wide-ranging program that veers from lush romanticism to complex jazz-funk. On much of the disc, Segal-Garcia's thick, classically formal voice, ...

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Coming True

By MON DAVID

Label: FreeHam Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Footprints; Invitation; Throw It Away; Only Once; Some Other Time; There Is No Greater Love; Moonlight; Moonlight Serenade; No More Blues; Kailangan Yan; Never Let Me Go.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW December 7, 2009

Mon David: Coming True

By MARCIA HILLMAN

There is a lot to hear on Filipino Mon David's debut American recording. David (pronounced MOAN da-VID), a winner of the 2006 London International Jazz Vocal competition, is able to navigate octaves without skipping a beat, owns a smooth vocal quality sometimes reminiscent of Tony Bennett without the rasp, has a penchant for playing with vocal ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 17, 2009

Mon David: Coming True

By AAJ ITALY STAFF

Nella cover del CD si fa fotografare con una valigia in mano e una custodia con chitarra nell'altra. Sembra pronto a decollare o a sbarcare il filippino Mon David? Si intravedono un passaporto filippino e un altro americano sul retro. Il piano è chiaro. Con una voce baritonale così, tanta preparazione tecnica, un passato da batterista ...

NEWS: RECORDING August 12, 2009

Jazz Album Review: "Coming True" by Mon David

Unlike Japan and the Scandinavian nations, the Philippines is not a country with an international reputation for fostering local jazz talent. However, two Filipino artists are determined to change that. After making a guest appearance on fellow countryman-vocalist Charmaine Clamors My Harana, Mon David now steps into the spotlight with his American debut Coming True. David ...

NEWS: RECORDING July 10, 2009

Mon David Makes Jazz Dreams Come True

New York, New York-July 7, 2009 -- Mon David has staked his claim to his own little piece of the worldwide musical rock with a great reputation in the industry and a sparkling new recording Coming True. The new release transcends the invisible barriers that we tend to put up intentionally or by habit without thinking ...

NEWS: PERFORMANCE / TOUR February 13, 2009

Grammy Grumblings, the John Heard Trio and Others

A lot of hoity-toity goings on lately, with invite-only Miles Davis Kind of Blue reissue bashes and all the Grammy stuff. A lot of fancy people in fancy suits drinking fancy free drinks and talking about jazz — Mostly not talking about jazz, which sometimes seemed to be only the background music at these things, so ...