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Claudia Vorbach: Rainbows Of Your Love
by Richard J Salvucci
For listeners of a certain age, this recording evokes memories of Melanie performing “Candles in the Rain." That was a long time ago--1970--and Melanie is no longer with us, but her influence is evident in Claudia Vorbach's stylings. There was a kind of cheerful irony in Melanie's work, a wink and a nod in “Brand New ...
Anne Burnell: This Could Be The Start of Something Big
by Richard J Salvucci
This could be the Start of Something is a pleasant recording. It is a joint work by a pair of well-known Chicago cabaret singers, Anne Burnell and Mark Burnell. They are hardly novices, so the production is professional in every way. They are willing to take some risks as well. They handle “Joy Spring," a version ...
Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
by Richard J Salvucci
If this recording were named “Dave Stryker Plays Bernard Hermann" (or Miklós Rózsa or Elmer Bernstein), well that would be just fine. They were all gifted composers who wrote film scores. The consensus would likely be that a musician like Stryker was hardly wasting his time, but Stryker With Strings Goes to the Movies hits the ...
Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta
by Richard J Salvucci
If it has been some time since you listened to Ralph Towner, like a few decades or so, it may not be immediately obvious what classical guitarist Patricio Morales is doing. It may not even be obvious that he is playing jazz, although, by Morales' own account, Towner was a mentor and huge influence when he ...
Ginetta's Vendetta: Fun Size
by Richard J Salvucci
Sometimes, it is best to ignore a recording's graphics and just concentrate on the music. This is really the case with Ginetta's Vendetta Fun Size which well-intentioned or not, is apt to lead to a double entendre misunderstanding. Ginetta Minichiello may be short of stature, coming in at 5 feet (1.5 meters) ...
Champian Fulton: At Home
by Richard J Salvucci
Champian Fulton is just fun to hear, no question. There are so many singers and, Heaven knows, even more pianists, so finding one who never really disappoints is no small feat, especially after nearly 20 recordings. Paired here with Stockholm-based reed player Klas Lindquist, Fulton sings and plays her way through various 'songbook' material that bubbles ...
The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave The World
by Richard J Salvucci
The Master of Drums Elizabeth J Rosenthal 320 Pages ISBN: 978-0-8065-4320 Kensington Publishing Company 2025 In the interests of full disclosure, I spent an extended period with Gene Krupa as an adolescent. Relatives were friends of Krupa's. All the nice things Elizabeth J. Rosenthal says about Krupa as a ...
Don Byas: Sax Expat
by Richard J Salvucci
Don Byas: Sax Expat Con Chapman 233 Pages ISBN: 9781496856081 University Press of Mississippi2025 Don Byas, a tenor saxophonist, who was regarded with great respect in his day, is, unfortunately, now not much more than a name. In part, it is because he has been gone for half a ...
Joe Syrian: Secret Message
by Richard J Salvucci
A title like Secret Message does make a listener wonder what it might be. Is it deeply subversive, like the Zimmerman Telegram, or apocalyptic, like Fatima? Of course, as someone is reputed to have said, 'Sometimes, a cigar is just a smoke.' So it is possible to over-interpret a title, which may, in the final analysis, ...
Celia Cruz: La Reina y Su Corte
by Richard J Salvucci
However complicated “Latin Jazz" may seem--ethnically, rhythmically, politically, culturally--guess again. It is more so. Even the term “Latin" irritates some players, notably Arturo Sandoval, who has the chops, the cred, and the ethnicity to be irritated. Because, Latin, he says, is heard only in Church. Well, Sandoval is at least half right, but for the wrong ...
