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Ezra Weiss: The Shirley Horn Suite
by Bruce Lindsay
Pianist Ezra Weiss' love of Shirley Horn's music began in his youth, coming to fruition on lovingly crafted The Shirley Horn Suite, his tribute to the singer and pianist who died in 2005. A mix of originals and standards, his fifth album as leader is a sophisticated work, with some fresh compositions and terrific performances.
Get Happy
By Ezra Weiss
Label: Roark Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: For Heather; Once Upon A Time; It's You Or No One; What I Can Never Say; Blue Room; Get Happy, You'll Never Walk Alone; He Loves and She Loves; Run Under the Fountain; Don't Need No Ticket.
Ezra Weiss: Get Happy
by AAJ Italy Staff
Non ancora ventottenne, Ezra Weiss rivela nel suo esordio discografico buona personalità sul piano dell’arrangiamento. Una qualità che farà di lui una bella realtà del jazz contemporaneo, se sarà adeguatamente sostenuta da una più spiccata identità al pianoforte. Nelle dieci tracce del suo Get Happy, il trio con pianoforte basso e batteria non graffia, senza lasciare ...
Ezra Weiss: Get Happy
by Ken Dryden
Pianist Ezra Weiss' third CD as a leader takes a bit of different path than his earlier outings. On hand once more are alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, tenorist Kelly Roberge and either Billy Hart or Jason Brown on drums, while new faces include bassist Corcoran Holt, trumpeter Kevin Louis and trombonists Andy Hunter or Andrae Murchison, ...
Ezra Weiss: Get Happy
by Eyal Hareuveni
The third release by New York-based pianist/composer Ezra Weiss is a sophisticated and optimistic conceptual statement about the search for happiness through original composition, clever references, intimate and nuanced playing, and updating the Great American Songbook with fresh arrangements. Weiss is joined by fellow alumni from the Oberlin Conservatory and Queens College--bassist Corcoran Holt and drummer ...
Get Happy
By Ezra Weiss
Label: Roark Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: For Heather; Once Upon A Time; It's You Or No One; What I Can Never Say; Blue Room; Get Happy, You'll Never Walk Alone; He Loves and She Loves; Run Under the Fountain; Don't Need No Ticket.
Ezra Weiss: Get Happy
by Michael P. Gladstone
Enthusiasts of the Great American Songbook will thoroughly enjoy Ezra Weiss' Get Happy, his third release. Even though six of the ten tracks on this album are standards, two Weiss originals fit within the same boundaries. It is only on the last two tracks, also Weiss originals, where the album veers into other musical territory.
