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Paul Jost: While We Were Gone
by Richard J Salvucci
According to Francis Bacon, some books are to be tasted and others to be swallowed whole. Likewise with recordings. Some are to be sampled. Others are to be thoroughly assimilated. Where the listener lands with Paul Jost will depend on a host of things. Are you political? If so, are you progressive? Then by ...
Angel Roman: Mambo Blue
by Richard J Salvucci
Latinos know that there is no such thing as generic Latin music, although you can find common rhythmic patterns, melodic motifs, instrumentation and harmonies spread across the Caribbean, Mexico, central and South America . So if you are looking for “typical" Latin stuff, you will not find it here. Although to a nonexpert ear, there is ...
Marcos Ariel: Piano Blossoms
by Richard J Salvucci
You may have noticed a great deal of recent music has been a response to the isolation, apprehension, and even dread let loose by Covid-19 and our turbulent politics. Small wonder. Many otherwise well-informed people have given up on reading newspapers. You sympathize. It is all too unsettling. For many, music is a ...
Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet: Fools For Yule
by Richard J Salvucci
Before you simply scroll past to say, “Oh boy, another Christmas recording," stop. This one is different, hip and fun. If you remember the classic done by Manhattan Transfer years ago, which you may have well memorized by now, you are ready for another one. “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," the ...
Canaries In A Musical Mineshaft
by Richard J Salvucci
1955 was an interesting year. Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA The Mickey Mouse Club made its TV debut. A quiz show called “The $64,000 Question," (we might call it, with reason “The $1,000,000 Question" today) was all the rage. The singer Donna Brooks briefly joined Hal McIntyre's band. At the relatively late age of 30, Philadelphia ...
Jan Daley: Home for Christmas
by Richard J Salvucci
It's that time again. Ready or not, that happy holiday season will include Christmas music. As someone once observed, everyone has a Christmas recording. It is probably harder to find someone who does not have a Christmas recording than someone who does. There is even a Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition of Mariah Carey's 1994 ...
The Barry Deister Quintet: Music for Jazz Quintet & Strings
by Richard J Salvucci
Some music really does speak to the soul, inadvertently, but effectively, nonetheless. And there are painters, real painters, of whom Barry Deister is one. And so are the musicians who accompany him on this truly beautiful set of compositions. Since these are difficult times, there are days when everything seems to be an effort. It is ...
Jeremy Monteiro & Alberto Marsico: Jazz-Blues Brothers
by Richard J Salvucci
You could go a long time without hearing a keyboard and organ duo. Some may remember an explosive recording featuring Michel Petrucciani and Eddy Louiss, Conference du Presse, recorded live in Paris in 1994. What a treat, hard bop from what might seem an unlikely place. You can find it online. This ...
Michael Hudson-Casanova: Echoes of Thought
by Richard J Salvucci
Art Blakey would always open with a theme. Over the years, the theme changed, just as did Bu and his musicians. But the context was always the same. “Pay attention, y'all. This is Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers." If a listener is old enough to remember that moment, and willing to make due allowance for ...
Lady Millea: I Don't Mind Missing You
by Richard J Salvucci
The publicist's materials accompanying this release characterize newcomer Lady Millea as something “akin to 'Sarah Vaughn meets Karen Carpenter.'" Ok. For the record, Lady Millea was indeed a pleasant surprise, if not exactly a revelation on that level. She sings a selection of originals by J. Frederick Millea, aka “L.A.Cowboy." She brings very much in mind ...
