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Mimi Fox: Kicks
by Ed Kopp
Not many string-benders are as talented as Mimi Fox, a San Francisco-based musician with a strong sense of swing and a clean, economical style.A former student of Bruce Forman's, Fox shares more qualities with her bop-minded mentor than with the majority of male jazz guitarists in her age group who have adopted a more ...
Best of Dmitri Matheny
Label: Papillon Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1 Emerald Buddha
2 Sea of Tranquility
3 One Bright Pearl
4 Like a River
5 Penumbra
6 Dragon Dance
7 Red Reflections
8 Desert Moonlight
9 Stardust
10 Serenity
11 White Christmas
12 Soca Nova
13 Harvest Moon
14 Whisper, Muse
15 Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Starlight Cafe
Label: Monarch Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Stardust; When Lights Are Low; Twilight World; Spring Skylight; Whisper, Muse; Geneva; Soca Nova;
Corcovado; Saturn
Gershwin On Monarch
Label: Monarch Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: The Man I Love; They Can
In The Long Run
By Dave Ellis
Label: Monarch Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Ced & Dunn*; You
Dave Ellis: In The Long Run
by Jim Santella
The biography at http://www.monarchrecords.com/bio-ellis.html refers to saxophonist Dave Ellis as a “30-year-old rising-star saxophonist" who offers a variety of styles and preferences. The Monarch web site also includes samples from each of the tracks on In The Long Run. His early experience and few recordings only show the surface of what Ellis can do. His two ...
The Crown Project: Gershwin On Monarch
by Jim Santella
With a full orchestra backing smaller intimate jazz ensembles, various artists appearing under the umbrella title The Crown Project have gathered to pay tribute to George Gershwin’s music. Leading players are pianist Mark Gasbarro, flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny, saxophonists Doug Norwine & Justo Almario, and singers Sandi Patty & Tim Davis. Gasbarro performs “Nice Work if You ...
Dave Ellis: In the Long Run
by Joel Roberts
Tenor saxophonist Dave Ellis's resume includes a number of diverse, high-profile jobs both inside and outside the jazz world: a tour with the post-Grateful Dead touring band, the Other Ones; a spot in Dead guitarist Bob Weir's Ratdog; and membership in the popular groove-jazz group, the Charlie Hunter Trio. But In the Long Run, his second ...
Dmitri Matheny: Starlight Cafe
by Joel Roberts
Already tabbed a “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in the 1998 Down Beat Critics' Poll, flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny seems on the verge of establishing himself as a major new jazz star. His third release on San Francisco's Monarch label may just put him over the top. Conceived as a “collection of nocturnes," Starlight Cafe is a quiet, ...
Dmitri Matheny: Statlight Cafe
by Jim Santella
Recorded live at La Note Café and Restaurant Provencal in Berkeley, California earlier this year, Dmitri Matheny’s third album offers ballad material suitable for framing and displaying in the living room where you’ll be able to revisit it every day when you come home from a hard day’s work. The trio’s members form a cohesive seamless ...
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