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Joanne Brackeen: Popsicle Illusion
by David Adler
This virtuosic solo piano outing by Joanne Brackeen gives Chick Corea’s year 2000 solo series a run for its money. It’s also quite a departure from the busier sound of 1999’s Pink Elephant Magic. But like her previous record, Popsicle Illusion is packed with Brackeen’s characteristic exuberance, sophistication, and diverse stylistic command.Beginning with a ...
Pink Elephant Magic
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Pink Elephant Magic; Ghost Butter; Wave; What’s Your Choice, Rolls Royce?;
Beethoven
Meets the Millennium in Spain;
Strange Meadowlark; Tico Tico; In Vogue; Cram n Exam; Filenes.
Joanne Brackeen: Pink Elephant Magic
by Glenn Astarita
One of the great pianist’s and unsung heroes in Modern Jazz returns in incendiary and dynamic fashion. Joanne Brackeen’s Pink Elephant Magic is stunning, articulate and easily one of the premier jazz recordings of 1999. The title track and opener, “Pink Elephant Magic” is simply an outstanding composition! The complex and seemingly difficult to perform arrangement ...
Joanne Brackeen: Pink Elephant Magic
by Jack Bowers
This new recording showcases not one but two of Joanne Brackeen’s conspicuous talents, and is uplifted not only by her exemplary keyboard work but her persuasive writing as well. Brackeen, now some 30 years removed from her early service with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, writes with clear images in mind, and the results can be observed ...
JoAnne Brackeen: Pink Elephant Magic
by Jim Santella
From the march tempo and hard bop power of “Pink Elephant Magic" to the drifting ballad waltz time of “Filene’s," JoAnne Brackeen’s latest album covers a lot of territory. The pianist’s seven compositions, coupled with three familiar pieces, provide variety and result in a well-rounded set. Bret Primack’s informative liner notes are available on the ‘net ...
Joanne Brackeen: Pink Elephant Magic
by Bob Margolis
A Master pianist other than a Flanagan, or a Peterson, is faced with the daunting task of recording something that separates them but allows for their brilliance to shine through. The subject of this piece has consistently been able to do this, primarily using vehicles other than the trio or solo format. Putting together perhaps her ...
