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Harry Connick, Jr.: Music From The Happy Elf
by Dan Bilawsky
"The Happy Elf" is just one of many numbers that Harry Connick, Jr. dished out on Harry For The Holidays (Sony/Columbia, 2003), but this particular song proved to be the seed for cross-marketing manna, which makes it a microcosm of the man himself. Connick has crooned his way into the hearts of millions, proven himself on ...
Celebrate the holidays with Harry Connick, Jr.'s "The Happy Elf" and start a new tradition!
CAMBRIDGE, MA: From Grammy award winner Harry Connick, Jr. comes a new instrumental jazz holiday album, Music From The Happy Elf. Offered as a companion disc to The Happy Elf, Connick's first picture book for children available this holiday season from Harper Collins, Music From The Happy Elf is the fourth edition of Marsalis Music's ongoing ...
Ron Westray / Thomas Heflin: Live from Austin
by Josep Pedro
A live recording is always a great chance to experience some of the core principles of jazz. Improvisation and spontaneity arise when musicians feel free and comfortable with the tunes and arrangements. A collaborative effort between trombonist Ron Westray and trumpeter Thomas Heflin, Live from Austin was recorded in 2009 at the Elephant Room, one of ...
New Harry Connick Jr. Album
Over the past two decades, Harry Connick, Jr. has taken a very hands-on approach to his recording career. The multi-talented Connick has called the shots at the numerous phases of his album projects--writing original material or picking songs, choosing the ensemble settings and writing arrangements, singing and playing piano, and with the aid of co-producer and ...
Backstabber's Ball
By Neal Caine
Label: Smalls Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Intro (1:03); 2. DEA (5:53); 3. Good Goooold (7:12); 4. WMD interlude (0:38); 5. WMD
(8:30); 6. Late Night Living (3:33); 7. Corporate Jazz (2:58); 8. Conversation for Two (6:33);
9. WMD interlude (0:51); 10. Crescent City Reflections (7:38); 11. Clare Evermore (4:12);
12. WMD interlude (0:59); 13. The Hempire Strikes Back (5:05); 14 Backstabber's Ball
(9:49); 15. Outro (1:01).
Neal Caine: Backstabber's Ball
by Jim Santella
It's an odd title for a superb album. The compositions are Neal Caine's, and he leads with a powerful rhythmic stroke from behind his big double bass. Two tenors, Ned Goold and Stephen Riley, give him plenty of lyrical matter, playing it soft and whispery as Caine's quartet emphasizes straight-ahead jazz with a comfortable grasp of ...
Neal Caine: Backstabber's Ball
by Eric J. Iannelli
Its title sounds more likely to appear in the heavy metal section of the record store, but sonically Neal Caine's Backstabber's Ball has far more in common with the classic West Coast cool jazz releases of the early '60s than the identikit angst rock of today. As such, it isn't a departure for Smalls Records; rather, ...
Harry Connick, Jr.: Other Hours
by Mark F. Turner
You might not recognize this side of Harry Conninck Jr. The entertainer and vocalist is more associated with “Old Blue Eyes" (Frank Sinatra) than Monk. He is renowned for his skill as a vocalist, but his passion for jazz piano and writing music has recently garnered him more attention in theatre and other venues. The fact ...
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